Legal Assistance Enhancement Program Grants

HHS-2026-ACL-AOA-LAEP-0055 · Administration for Community Living

social services justice law Income Security and Social Services

Closes: 2026-08-25 · 49 d
Award ceiling: $250,000
Award floor: $100,000
Program funding: $1,000,000
Expected awards: 5
Cost sharing: No
Posted: 2026-06-29
Instrument: Cooperative Agreement

Characterization · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-07

ACL will fund cooperative agreements to expand or improve the delivery of legal assistance to older adults through state and local public-private partnerships.

Funds: service delivery
University: direct
social behavioral: minor

⚑ Approximately five awards · Cooperative agreement · Foreign entities are not eligible

Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules

IPPRA	39 weak	outside portfolio topics; signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is minor; funds service delivery, not research (capped)
Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo)	15 none	technical depth: none; funds service delivery (capped)
Tom Love Innovation Hub	0 none	no commercialization signal

Description

To carry out Older Americans Act Section 307(a)(11), and 45 C.F.R. 1321.93 and 1324.303, ACL plans to fund approximately five (5) cooperative agreements to expand or improve the delivery of legal services to older adults through public-private partnerships at the state and local levels. Enhancements made through this funding opportunity will support measurable and sustainable improvements to the delivery of a full range of legal assistance to older adults, from legal advice to full representation.

Eligibility

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.

Apply

View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Administration for Community Living <contactelderjustice@acl.hhs.gov>

Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →

A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.

Proposal shell · HHS services agencies (SAMHSA / HRSA / CDC / ACF) conventions SEE AN HHS EXAMPLE →

Funder-faithful document skeletons — HHS services agencies (SAMHSA / HRSA / CDC / ACF)'s document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.