FORECAST · COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
FY2027 Grants to Highest State Courts to Improve Guardianship
Administration for Community Living · Income Security and Social Services
- Expected deadline
- Not stated
- Who can apply
- State governments
- Award range
- $200,000 to $500,000
- Expected awards
- 6
- Total program funding
- $2.5 million
- Your own money required
- Yes, cost sharing or matching is required
- Opportunity number
- HHS-2027-ACL-AOA-EJIG-0011
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Assistance listing
- 93.747
More on who can apply
Authorizing statute restricts eligibility to the highest courts in a state (Elder Justice Act Section 2042(b)). Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
What it funds
The purpose of the EJIG program is to support the development and advancement of new and emerging approaches to address issues related to elder justice. For this opportunity, awards will be made to the highest state courts to improve guardianship by: assessing the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, safety, integrity, and accessibility of adult guardianship and conservatorship proceedings; implementing changes deemed necessary as a result of the assessments; and/or implementing systems to simplify the filing process for conservators and guardians and better enable courts to identify discrepancies and detect fraud and the exploitation of protected person.
Open the official notice on Grants.gov ↗What to do next
- This is a forecast: the agency expects to post the full notice later. Open it on Grants.gov and subscribe there to be told when it posts.
- Get your SAM.gov registration ("all awards") and Grants.gov account active now; both take time.
- Use the forecast's award range and eligibility to decide whether to prepare.
- Watch for the notice; the dates here are estimates and can change.
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From Grants.gov's official daily extract of Oct 25, 2026. The notice on Grants.gov and its attachments are what count. UX Contract is independent and not a government website.