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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 19 / Monday, February 1, 2021 / Notices 712 of the Older Americans Act of 1965
Pub. L. 8973 As Amended Through Pub. L. 116131, Enacted March 25, 2020; and Subtitle B of Title XX of the Social Security Act, otherwise known as the Elder Justice Act Pub. L. 74271
As Amended Through Pub. L. 115123, Enacted February 9, 2018 as referenced in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance CFDA Number: 93.747.
DATES: The deadline date for State Agencies on Aging to submit their Letter of Assurance for Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs is 11:59 p.m.
EST March 3, 2021.
I. Funding Opportunity Description The purpose of this funding opportunity is to strengthen the capacity of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs to respond during the COVID
public health emergency and resolve resident complaints about abuse and neglect. This funding opportunity is appropriated through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021and authorized by the Elder Justice Act, 42
U.S.C. Section 2043a1A.
ACL seeks plans from State Agencies on Aging, developed in coordination with the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, that describe how the Long-Term Care Ombudsman LTCO
programs will use funds to enhance their capacity during and related to the COVID public health emergency to respond to and resolve complaints about abuse and neglect. This enhancement of capacity can include activities described below. Plans for use of these grant funds may go above and beyond those regular activities planned in response to other funding.
To be eligible to receive this grant, State Agencies on Aging must submit a Letter of Assurance to ACL containing all of the assurances required, see Section III of this FRN, Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements.
The Letter of Assurance will be considered an Amendment to the State Plan on Aging and must describe the State LTCO plans for use of these supplemental funds. Examples of activities consistent with the purposes of the authorizing legislation include the following:
a. Enhance Ombudsman program complaint investigations during the COVID public health emergency to address complaints related to abuse, neglect and poor care;
b. Resume in-person visitation at such time as visitation is permitted, such as when the COVID vaccine is accessible to
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residents, facility staff, and individuals working for the LTCO program;
c. Conduct education and outreach on abuse and neglect identification and prevention during the COVID public health emergency to residents, their families and facility staff;
d. Enable travel for representatives of the LTCO Office to ensure all residents have access to a LTCO representative;
e. Continue purchase of needed Personal Protective Equipment;
f. Continue purchase of technology as needed;
g. Enable participation in state-level strike teams to address complaints related to care and neglect;
h. Provide information and assistance on transitions from long-term care facilities to community-based, home care settings, consistent with section 712a3 of the Older Americans Act.
II. Award Information 1. Funding Instrument Type These grants are discretionary, supplemental grants, authorized by Section 2043a1A of the Elder Justice Act and appropriated through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021. The State Agency on Aging will assure that the State LTCO uses these supplemental funds consistent with the purposes authorized by appropriations contained in Section 2043a1A of the Elder Justice Act and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021.
2. Anticipated Total Priority Area Funding The total available funding for this opportunity is $4,000,000. ACL intends to make available, under this program announcement, grant awards to State Agencies on Aging for their Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs. The period of performance for these grants during which grant activities must occur is estimated to commence on April 1, 2021
and is projected to end on September 20, 2022.
Each State Agency on Aging is eligible to apply for and receive the amount of funding in the table below:
Available amount
State/territory Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Dist. of Columbia
Florida

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$60,199
20,000
90,163
36,589
417,159
61,189
45,013
20,000
20,000
303,577

State/territory Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
American Samoa
Guam
Northern Marianas
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands

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Available amount 109,640
20,000
20,534
146,331
77,725
38,952
33,840
53,551
53,319
20,093
69,196
83,348
126,278
66,092
34,710
75,369
20,000
22,162
35,030
20,000
105,708
25,885
233,584
123,870
20,000
146,118
45,020
53,369
169,031
20,000
65,596
20,000
81,099
271,783
26,288
20,000
97,092
86,398
25,531
72,886
20,000
2,500
10,000
2,500
45,683
10,000

III. Eligibility Criteria and Other Requirements 1. The eligible entities for this award are State Agencies on Aging Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs 2. Cost Sharing or Matching is not required.
3. State Agencies on Aging must provide a Letter of Assurance that will be considered an Amendment to the State Plan on Aging no later than March 3, 2021. The Letter of Assurance must contain the following:
a. A description of specific project strategies that may include from among the following:
i. Enhancing Ombudsman program complaint investigations during the COVID public health emergency to address complaints related to abuse, neglect and poor care;
ii. Resuming in-person visitation at such time as visitation is permitted,
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