Cooperative Agreement 90FP0016

The New York State YMCA Foundation received a $599,969 cooperative agreement from the Administration on Aging (part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) under the Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs Financed Solely by Prevention and Public Health Funds (CFDA 93.761) program. The purpose of this 4-year award, which commenced on June 1, 2024, is to implement and sustain evidence-based falls prevention programs for older adults and adults with disabilities in New York. The...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded a $548,308 cooperative agreement to Education Health & Research International Inc. under the Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs Financed Solely by Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF) program. The award will support the delivery of evidence-based falls prevention programs to older adults from May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2027 in New Jersey. As described in the program description, these cooperative...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living awarded a $549,327 cooperative agreement to the Atlanta Regional Commission under the Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs Financed Solely by Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF) program. This project will expand access to three evidence-based falls prevention programs across the metro Atlanta region from May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2027. As intended under the PPHF program, the Atlanta Regional...

The University of Iowa was awarded a $599,295 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs Financed Solely by Prevention and Public Health Funds (CFDA 93.761) program. The funding will support the implementation and sustainability of evidence-based falls prevention programs for older adults and adults with disabilities in Iowa over a 4-year period from June 2024 to May 2028....

This Cooperative Agreement award of $600,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs Financed Solely by Prevention and Public Health Funds (CFDA 93.761) program supports Metropolitan Community Health Services Inc., a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center, in implementing and sustaining evidence-based falls prevention programs for older adults and adults with disabilities in rural Eastern...

The County of Middlesex in New Jersey will receive $516,939 under a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living on May 1, 2023. The funding supports the Middlesex County Empowering Seniors Fall Prevention Network Project through April 30, 2027. The project aims to increase the availability and sustainability of evidence-based fall prevention programs for older adults in Middlesex County. This aligns with the goals of the...

This Project Grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs (CFDA 93.136) provides $794,410 to Kinima, Inc., a women-owned small business, to develop an augmented reality-based mobile technology solution for fall prevention among seniors living in subsidized housing. The project aims to create innovative computer vision and motion tracking capabilities that leverage a user's mobile...

The National Institute on Aging awarded a Project Grant (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) totaling $544,163 to Care.coach Corporation to implement and scale the CDC's STEADI fall prevention algorithm using a conversational relational agent for community-dwelling older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment. The project aims to develop and rigorously test a digital STEADI intervention that leverages Care.coach's conversational AI and virtual health assistant platform to screen older...

The Project Grant award R21AG091218, titled "E-GAPCARE: Expanding the Reach of a Fall Prevention Intervention for Older Adult Emergency Department Patients Through Telehealth," is funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) under the Aging Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.866). The $858,000 award will support a 2-year project to evaluate the feasibility of adapting the Geriatric Acute and Post-Acute Fall Prevention (GAPCARE) intervention for delivery via telehealth to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $192,041 to the University of Illinois to develop a personalized fall risk analysis and detection system using wearable devices. The key products and services to be delivered include: Creating a personalized fall risk analysis and detection model for each user by real-time learning of their limb-core dynamics using machine learning algorithms....