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ACL's National Paralysis Resource Center (managed by the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation) will open a new funding opportunity for community-based organizations that serve people living with any type of paralysis.

ACL awarded one cooperative agreement to the ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center to operate the Lifespan Respite Care Program: Technical Assistance and Resource Center (TARC). The goal of the TARC is to support the Lifespan Respite Care program, its grantees, and the national effort to ensure availability of, and access to, comprehensive, high quality respite care services and information for family caregivers across the lifespan. With this grant the TARC will work to:

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) awarded the National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment (NCBOE) to the National Council on Aging, Inc. (NCOA).

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) awarded the State Health Insurance Assistance Program Technical Assistance Center (SHIP TA Center) to the Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging (NEI3A).

ACL's Office of Healthcare Information and Counseling has awarded the Northeast Iowa Area Agency on Aging as the Senior Medicare Patrol National Resource Center (SMPNRC). The

“Kinship Families and Grandfamilies” are families in which children are raised by their grandparents, other extended family members, or adults with whom they have a close family-like relationship. Currently, there are an estimated 2.7 million children in grandfamily/kinship households without parents in the home.

Correction: A previous version of this announcement included an incorrect name of the awardee in bold text below.