ACL Announces Recipients for Year 3 of Advancing State Implementation of the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
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The Administration for Community Living (ACL) recently announced the selection of awardees to receive funding for a third round of Advancing State Implementation of the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers grants.
Six state units on aging (SUAs) will receive cooperative agreements for a range of activities to support family caregiving. The purpose of the funding is to continue to develop statewide activities that advance the goals, recommendations, and actions outlined in the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers and its forthcoming 2026 update.
SUAs will collaborate with their state developmental disabilities agency as well as at least one additional state agency and a tribe or tribal agency. Grant activities will have a strong emphasis on engaging populations with highest economic and social needs. The first cohort of grantees has yielded groundbreaking innovation and promising results, laying a strong foundation for this work.
The 2026 state implementation grant recipients include:
• California Department of Aging
• Illinois Department on Aging
• Maryland Department of Aging
• Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging and Independence (AGE)
• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
• Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Six state units on aging (SUAs) will receive cooperative agreements for a range of activities to support family caregiving. The purpose of the funding is to continue to develop statewide activities that advance the goals, recommendations, and actions outlined in the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers and its forthcoming 2026 update.
SUAs will collaborate with their state developmental disabilities agency as well as at least one additional state agency and a tribe or tribal agency. Grant activities will have a strong emphasis on engaging populations with highest economic and social needs. The first cohort of grantees has yielded groundbreaking innovation and promising results, laying a strong foundation for this work.
The 2026 state implementation grant recipients include:
• California Department of Aging
• Illinois Department on Aging
• Maryland Department of Aging
• Massachusetts Executive Office of Aging and Independence (AGE)
• Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
• Wisconsin Department of Health Services