FORECAST · COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Evaluating Innovative Community Based Nutrition Models that Improve Health Outcomes for Older Adults in Senior Nutrition Programs
- Expected deadline
- Not stated
- Who can apply
- Private colleges and universities
- Award range
- $400,000 to $439,520
- Expected awards
- 5
- Total program funding
- $2.2 million
- Your own money required
- Yes, cost sharing or matching is required
- Opportunity number
- HHS-2027-ACL-AOA-INNU-0014
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Assistance listing
- 93.045
More on who can apply
Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement.
What it funds
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity is to support innovative, community-based nutrition and healthy aging models that improve the health, well-being, and quality of life of participants in the Older Americans Act (OAA) Senior Nutrition Program. Projects are expected to develop, implement, and evaluate promising approaches that strengthen nutrition services through community partnerships, increase access to healthy foods, promote healthy aging and chronic disease prevention, and develop practical resources and best practices that can be replicated throughout the Aging Network to enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of senior nutrition programs nationwide.
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.
New to this? Applying for a federal grant, step by step · Register to apply · How to read the notice · Write the narrative · Build the budget · Agency contact: AoA.OAA@acl.hhs.gov
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.