COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Uptake Initiative
The application for grants for the COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Uptake Initiative for Older Adults and People with Disabilities is now closed. However, there is an opportunity for senior centers to apply for service contracts in the amount of $10,000 to support vaccine uptake. Learn more here.
Current grantees: Explore vaccine sites and resources, including trainings on how to host your vaccine clinic, provide in-home vaccinations, and conduct outreach to older adults and people with disabilities.
In a coordinated effort to promote COVID and flu vaccinations, NCOA has enlisted its national network of senior centers and community-based organizations to make it as easy as possible for older adults and people with disabilities to get their shots and protect their health.
With $50 million in federal funding from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, the largest grant in its history, NCOA has provided funding and technical assistance to hundreds of diverse community-based organizations, enabling them to conduct tailored outreach, host vaccine clinics, and offer services many older adults need to get vaccinated, such as transportation and assistance in scheduling appointments.
About the COVID-19 and flu vaccine uptake funding opportunity
NCOA awarded grants for 6- and 12-month projects. Grant awards will support a larger national vaccination program, funded under the ACL's COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Uptake Initiative for Older Adults and People with Disabilities Notice of Funding Opportunity (HHS-2023-ACL-AOA-HDRC-0043), under which NCOA was funded. This funding opportunity has a main goal to increase the number of older adults and people with disabilities receiving COVID-19 and Influenza vaccinations.
Who is participating in the vaccine initiative?
Our grantees are community-based organizations serving serving diverse racial and ethnic populations in both metropolitan and rural areas. They are using the funding to conduct tailored outreach, host vaccine clinics, and offer services many older adults and people with disabilities need to get vaccinated.
Who was eligible to apply for grant funding?
Organizations that were eligible to apply for grants under this program:
- Senior centers
- Community centers
- Local community organizations that serve, support, and include older adults and people with disabilities
- Faith-based organizations that serve, support, and include older adults and people with disabilities
- Governmental agencies
- Other federally recognized nonprofit organizations
Area agencies on aging (AAAs), No-Wrong Door Systems (NWDS)/aging and disability resource centers (ADRCs), centers for independent living (CILs), other ACL-funded disability networks, and other aging and disability community-based organizations (CBOs) had the opportunity to apply under a different call for proposals.
This COVID-19 and Influenza Vaccine Uptake Initiative for Older Adults and People with Disabilities Notice of Funding Opportunity (HHS-2023-ACL-AOA-HDRC-0043) is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $50 million with 100% funding by ACL/HHS. The content are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. government.
Get to Know the Grantees
These community-based organizations received funding to conduct outreach, host clinics, and offer services many older adults need to get vaccinated.
This Health Clinic Meets Black Older Adults Where They Are
Co-located with a barbershop, this NCOA Vaccine Uptake Initiative grantee located in Madison, WI found a unique way to help local Black men improve their health. Read their story.
