FY2024 Grants to Highest State Courts to Improve Guardianship

Background
The purpose of the EJIG program is to support the development and advancement of new and emerging issues related to elder justice. Funded projects will contribute to the improvement of the field of elder abuse prevention and intervention at large, such as by developing materials, programs, etc. that can be widely disseminated and/or replicated, or by establishing and/or contributing to the evidence-base of knowledge.

Grant Details
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to enhance the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, safety, and integrity of adult guardianship/conservatorship proceedings in states. The Administration for Community Living (ACL) plans to award up to six (6) cooperative agreements to highest state courts to assess and implement improvements in the handling of the adult guardianship and conservatorship process by state courts. This includes enhancing the fairness, effectiveness, timeliness, safety, and integrity of adult guardianship/conservatorship proceedings. It also entails addressing in judicial proceedings lesser restrictive pathways and methods to improving the experience of adults proposed for, or at risk of guardianship/conservatorship. Cooperative agreements will be awarded ranging from $250,000 - $500,000 per year for up to three (3) years.

Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility is limited to the highest courts of state per Title XX of the Social Security Act, Subtitle B, the Elder Justice Act of 2009, Section 2042(c)(2)-(3). Former grantees are eligible to apply. However, the application must be for a new project/initiative or an expansion of the prior project, and not a continuation of an existing project.

Period of Performance
The project period will be for 36-months (or three (3) years), with three 12-month budget periods. Applications for continuation funding beyond the initial year will be reviewed on a non-competitive basis.

Grant Value
$5,825,000 total funding available for approximately six (6) new cooperative agreements ranging from $250,000 - $500,000 each.