Since 2014, the Administration for Community Living/Administration on Aging (ACL/AOA) has been funding grantees to expand and sustain evidence-based falls prevention programs to address the growing number of adult falls. This funding has led to widespread access to falls prevention programs across the U.S. to help older adults and adults with disabilities reduce risk.

The 2020 cohort of falls prevention grantees represented eight organizations, including community-based organizations, health systems, state units on aging, and universities. They began their awards in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, presenting significant challenges for pivoting in-person programs to new virtual implementation methods, maintaining staff and volunteers to lead programs, and recruitment of participants.

Through hard work and innovation, grantees implemented a variety of falls prevention programs, hosted impactful Falls Prevention Awareness Day events, trained new leaders, formed strong partnerships, and met the needs of older adults and adults with disabilities.

Read the following grant impact summaries for a view of the grantees' most significant accomplishments, lessons learned, and next steps. Grant impact summaries will be added as awards end on a rolling basis through 2024.