Notice2023-14828
Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Initiative
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Published
July 13, 2023
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Health and Human Services DepartmentCommunity Living Administration
Abstract
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the intent to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative agreement held by the National Council on Aging for the Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Initiative. The administrative supplement for FY 2023 will be in the amount of $1,974,846, bringing the total award for FY 2023 to $3,269,466. The supplement will provide sufficient resources to enable the grantee and their partners to increase funding for technical assistance (TA) to state aging and disability partnerships to collaborate with workforce entities to strengthen the Direct Care Workforce (DCW). The funding will enable the grantee to support additional states, including at more robust levels than originally planned. The funding will also enable additional work to strengthen the self-direction workforce by identifying gaps in knowledge and highlighting best practices to support and sustain those who self- direct, for dissemination via the DCW resource hub to a national audience.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 133 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 44807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14828]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the
Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and
Capacity Building Initiative
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the National Council on Aging for the Strengthening
the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
Initiative. The administrative supplement for FY 2023 will be in the
amount of $1,974,846, bringing the total award for FY 2023 to
$3,269,466. The supplement will provide sufficient resources to enable
the grantee and their partners to increase funding for technical
assistance (TA) to state aging and disability partnerships to
collaborate with workforce entities to strengthen the Direct Care
Workforce (DCW). The funding will enable the grantee to support
additional states, including at more robust levels than originally
planned. The funding will also enable additional work to strengthen the
self-direction workforce by identifying gaps in knowledge and
highlighting best practices to support and sustain those who self-
direct, for dissemination via the DCW resource hub to a national
audience.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or comments
regarding this program supplement, contact Caroline Ryan, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community
Living, at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0c3c1d2cfccc9cec58ed2d9c1cee0c1c3cc8ec8c8d38ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="355654475a595c5b501b474c545b755456591b5d5d461b525a43">[email protected]</span></a> or (202) 795-7429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through this initiative, ACL seeks to
advance capacity to recruit, train and retain a high-quality,
competent, and effective direct care workforce of professionals capable
of meeting the growing needs that older adults and people with
disabilities have for such supports. The purpose of this program is to
catalyze change at a systems level that will address the insufficient
supply of trained DCWs, promote promising practices at all levels of
the service system and improve data collection to enable a full
understanding of the workforce issue.
The outcomes of the initiative are as follows:
1. Increase the availability and visibility of tools and resources
to attract, train and retain the direct care workforce in quality jobs
where they earn livable wages and have voice in their working
environment, and have access to benefits and opportunities for
advancement.
2. Increase the number of states that develop and sustain
collaborations across state systems and workforce agencies to implement
strategies that will improve the recruitment, retention, and
advancement of high quality DCW jobs.
Program Name: Strengthening the Direct Care Workforce: A Technical
Assistance and Capacity Building Initiative.
Recipient: The National Council on Aging.
Period of Performance: The supplement award will be issued for the
second year of the five-year project period of September 30, 2022
through September 29, 2027.
Total Award Amount: $3,269,466 in FY 2023.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement Supplement.
Statutory Authority: Section 411(13) of the Older Americans Act,
Section 161 (2) of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill
of Rights Act, and Section 21 program of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973.
Basis for Award: The National Council on Aging is currently funded
to carry out the objectives of the project entitled Strengthening the
Direct Care Workforce: A Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
Initiative the period of September 30, 2022 through September 29, 2027.
This supplement will enable the grantee to carry their work even
further, providing technical assistance to more state partnerships and
support additional work to strengthen the self-direction workforce. The
NCOA is uniquely positioned to complete the work called for under this
project. NCOA's partners on this project include the University of
Minnesota Institute on Community Integration (ICI), National
Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD),
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), DiverseAbility, Lincoln
University Cooperative Extension Paula J. Carter Center on Minority
Health and Aging (PJCCMHA), Green House Project Center for Innovation
(GHP), Housing Innovations (HI), National Alliance for Caregiving
(NAC), the Rockingstone Group (Rockingstone), and Social Policy
Research Associates (SPR). Establishing an entirely new grant project
at this time would be potentially disruptive to the current work
already well under way. If this supplement is not provided, the project
would be unable to expand its current technical assistance and training
efforts to reach more state partnerships across aging, disability and
workforce stakeholders to work together to strengthen the direct care
workforce.
Dated: July 8, 2023.
Alison Barkoff,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging.
[FR Doc. 2023-14828 Filed 7-12-23; 8:45 am]
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