Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces (Equine Assisted Therapy)
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- VA-EQUINE-24
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $750,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Other
- Eligible applicants
- Not on record
- Full announcement
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About this opportunity
This notice of funding availability announces a $1.5 million grant opportunity from the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide adaptive sports programs focused on equine therapy for veterans and members of the armed forces with mental health disabilities. Eligible applicants must have significant experience managing large-scale adaptive sports programs for people with disabilities and submit applications by March 27, 2024 that detail proposed programs, budgets, and partnerships. Applications will be evaluated based on the applicant's experience serving disabled populations, program design and compliance with priorities to provide instruction, training, equipment, athlete assessment and classification, and administration of adaptive sports activities.
Grants can fund up to $750,000 per award and must support equine therapy adaptive sports programs for one year. Awardees will participate in an outreach campaign with VA and report on performance metrics to the agency. The funding is provided through the VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces program assigned to federal assistance listing 64.034.
Synopsis
Eligible applicants must qualify as a non-Federal Government entity with significant experience in managing a large-scale adaptive sports program for persons with disabilities if those disabilities are those that disabled Veterans and disabled members of the Armed Forces may have.
The Adaptive Sports Grant Program provides grants to eligible adaptive sports entities to plan, develop, manage, and implement programs to provide adaptive sports activities for Veterans and members of the Armed Forces with disabilities. For the purpose of this program, adaptive sports activities include: (1) instruction, participation, and competition in adaptive sports; (2) training and technical assistance to program administrators, coaches, recreation therapists, instructors, VA employees, and other appropriate individuals; (3) coordination, Paralympic classification of athletes, athlete assessment, sport-specific training techniques, program development (including programs at the local level), sports equipment, supplies, program evaluation, and other activities related to the implementation and operation of the program.
The primary goal for this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) is to ensure that appropriate levels of resources are provided to eligible adaptive sports entities with capabilities that are well-suited to meet the needs and priorities for Veterans with disabilities and members of the Armed Forces with disabilities.
This NOFA announces the availability of $1,500,000 to be awarded for proposals providing equine therapy targeted for Veterans and members of the Armed Forces with disabilities related to mental health issues. Adaptive Sports proposals not focused on equine therapy should apply to VA-SPORTS-24.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2024 Application Instructions.docx | DOCX document | |
| VA Form 10096 Adaptive Sports Grant Application.pdf | ||
| VA-EQUINE-24 NOFA.docx | DOCX document |
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