Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) Resource Center
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- HHS-2025-ACL-CIP-MPRC-0031
- Agency
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Administration for Community Living
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $1,500,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Income Security and Social Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Unrestricted
- State Governments
- County Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Special District Governments
- For Profit Organizations
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- City/Township Governments
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Points of contact
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- Rebecca Kinney rebecca.kinney@acl.hhs.gov (202) 795-7375
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is seeking a single cooperative agreement to operate the Senior Medicare Patrol Resource Center (SMPRC), which will provide training, technical assistance, and promotional activities to support 54 SMP state-based projects nationwide. The primary objective is to empower Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report healthcare fraud, errors, and abuse through targeted outreach, counseling, and education. Key contract requirements include developing a user-friendly website, supporting team member recruitment and training, creating fraud prevention awareness materials, and providing comprehensive technical assistance to grantees. Evaluation criteria will focus on project relevance, approach, budget, project impact, and organizational capacity. Critical dates include a letter of intent deadline of July 10, 2025, and a full application due date of July 30, 2025, with an anticipated project start date of September 1, 2025.
The funding opportunity offers a cooperative agreement with $1,500,000 allocated for the first year and $1,000,000 for each subsequent year, with an additional $500,000 specifically designated for testing new technologies in Year 1. The project period is structured as a three-year cooperative agreement, involving weekly meetings with the ACL Project Officer and requiring flexibility in supporting the nationwide network of SMP projects. The grant falls under CFDA Number 93.048 and is open to a wide range of applicant types, including state and local governments, tribal organizations, non-profit entities, and institutions of higher education, with the primary performance location being domestic and supporting projects across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.
Synopsis
The mission of the Administration for Community Living"s (ACL) Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program is to empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse through outreach, counseling, and education. The SMP program seeks to empower beneficiaries through increased awareness and understanding of health care programs to protect them from the economic and health-related consequences associated with Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse. ACL provides grant funding to support 54 SMP state-based projects, including grantees in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. With this funding opportunity, ACL is seeking applicants for a single cooperative agreement to operate the Senior Medicare Patrol Resource Center (SMPRC). The SMPRC will provide training, technical assistance, and promotional activities to support the SMP program and its 54 projects nationwide.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| MPRC 2025 NOFO Q and A - 7.11.25.pdf | ||
| MPRC NOFO Q and A -7.9.25.pdf | ||
| Foa_Content_of_HHS-2025-ACL-CIP-MPRC-0031.pdf |
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