Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2013 ACL AOA SH0 0059
Apply for HHS 2013 ACL AOA SH0 0059
- The Administration for Community Living in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Measuring the Value of Prevention within the SMP Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.048 Special Programs for the AgingTitle IVand Title IIDiscretionary Projects.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 23, 2013 and posted on May 23, 2013.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 8, 2013 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $200,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $225,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility.
- Faith based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) grant opportunity titled "Measuring the Value of Prevention within the SMP Program" focuses on a long-standing challenge in public benefit programs: prevention work matters, but it is hard to count. The Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program is built around educating Medicare beneficiaries, families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse. Across 54 SMP projects, trained volunteers help older adults learn practical steps like protecting Medicare numbers, carefully reviewing Medicare Summary Notices for suspicious charges or mistakes, and reporting questionable activity. While this education-driven approach is central to the program, ACL notes that there is no widely accepted way to quantify the impact of prevention education on the overall extent and cost of fraud and abuse. Because of that gap, ACL is seeking a research-focused project that can identify credible methods for measuring what SMP prevention efforts actually save or avert.
The purpose of the award is to develop a rigorous, usable approach for estimating the effects of community education on health care fraud prevention, specifically in the SMP context. ACL is looking for applications that lay out how the applicant would study prevention education and translate that work into measurable outcomes. This includes examining existing research and evaluation strategies that have been used to quantify prevention impacts in other settings, selecting or adapting a methodology suitable for SMP, and then testing that approach in the real world through a pilot. A key emphasis is on developing measures and tools that can move beyond simple counts of outreach events and instead get closer to estimating cost savings, cost avoidance, or other meaningful indicators of reduced fraud, reduced billing errors, or earlier detection and reporting.
The project is expected to include three major components. First, the awardee must conduct a literature review focused on ways to quantify the effects of community education as a prevention strategy, with the goal of identifying an appropriate methodology that could work generally and within SMP. Second, the awardee must determine how to measure and estimate the effects of education on health care fraud prevention using the chosen methodology, which implies translating theory into specific metrics, definitions, and data collection approaches. Third, the awardee must develop and implement a pilot study in partnership with selected SMP grantees, using volunteer-based SMP projects as demonstration sites to test the proposed measures and tools and show how they perform under practical conditions.
From a funding and structure standpoint, ACL intends to make one cooperative agreement award, meaning ACL expects substantial involvement during the project rather than a hands-off grant. The planned federal funding level is $200,000 per year for a three-year project period, contingent on the availability of federal funds. The opportunity lists an estimated total funding amount of $200,000 and an award ceiling of $225,000 with a floor of $75,000, but the narrative intent emphasizes a three-year effort at roughly $200,000 annually. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, and the activity category is listed under Income Security and Social Services. The CFDA listing is 93.048 (Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV and Title II Discretionary Projects).
Eligibility is broadly open to organizations (including faith-based and community organizations) that meet the opportunity requirements, but individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are not eligible. The original posting date was May 23, 2013, with an application deadline of July 8, 2013 (applications due by 11:59 p.m. ET), and the announcement was archived on August 7, 2013. The funding opportunity number is HHS-2013-ACL-AOA-SH0-0059. For questions or access issues related to the full announcement, the listed contact is Rebecca Kinney at Rebecca.Kinney@acl.hhs.gov, and ACL provided an additional information link at http://acl.gov/FundingOpportunities/Announcements/Index.aspx.
Overall, the grant is less about delivering direct consumer education (since SMP already does that nationwide) and more about building a defensible evaluation framework that can credibly answer the question: how much value does prevention education create, and how can that value be measured in ways that are methodologically sound, replicable across SMP projects, and useful for program accountability and future investment decisions.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the name of this grant opportunity?
The grant opportunity is titled "Measuring the Value of Prevention within the SMP Program."
Which federal agency is offering this opportunity?
The opportunity is offered by the Administration for Community Living (ACL).
What program is this project connected to?
This work is tied to the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program, which educates Medicare beneficiaries, families, and caregivers to help prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse.
What problem is ACL trying to solve with this award?
ACL is addressing a long-standing evaluation challenge: prevention education is important, but there is no widely accepted way to quantify how much prevention education reduces the extent and cost of fraud, abuse, or billing errors. ACL is seeking a credible way to measure the value created by SMP prevention efforts.
What is the overall purpose of the award?
The purpose is to develop a rigorous, usable approach to estimate the effects of community education on health care fraud prevention in the SMP context, including methods that can move beyond counting outreach events and get closer to estimating cost savings, cost avoidance, or other meaningful indicators.
Is this funding meant to deliver SMP education directly to consumers?
No. The focus is not on delivering direct consumer education (since SMP already does that nationwide). The focus is on building and testing an evaluation framework that can credibly measure the value of prevention education.
What kinds of outcomes is ACL interested in measuring?
ACL emphasizes measures that go beyond simple activity counts (like the number of outreach events) and instead aim to estimate outcomes such as cost savings, cost avoidance, reduced fraud, reduced billing errors, and earlier detection and reporting of questionable activity.
What are the major components required for the project?
The project is expected to include three major components: (1) a literature review on how to quantify the effects of community education as a prevention strategy; (2) selection/adaptation of a methodology and translation of that approach into specific metrics and data collection; and (3) development and implementation of a pilot study in partnership with selected SMP grantees to test the measures and tools in real-world settings.
What is expected in the literature review component?
The awardee must review existing research and evaluation strategies that have been used to quantify prevention impacts in other settings, with the goal of identifying a methodology that could work generally and within the SMP program.
What does ACL mean by developing a methodology for measuring prevention?
It means selecting or adapting a credible approach for estimating the effects of prevention education, then turning that approach into practical measures, definitions, and data collection methods that can be used within SMP projects.
What is the pilot study expected to involve?
The awardee must develop and implement a pilot study in partnership with selected SMP grantees. Volunteer-based SMP projects serve as demonstration sites to test the proposed measures and tools under practical conditions.
How many awards does ACL intend to make?
ACL intends to make one award.
What type of funding instrument is this?
This opportunity is a cooperative agreement.
What does it mean that this is a cooperative agreement?
It means ACL expects substantial involvement during the project, rather than a fully hands-off approach.
How much funding is planned?
ACL describes planned federal funding of $200,000 per year for a three-year project period, contingent on the availability of federal funds. The opportunity also lists an estimated total funding amount of $200,000, with an award ceiling of $225,000 and an award floor of $75,000.
How long is the project period?
The narrative intent emphasizes a three-year project period.
Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement stated for this opportunity.
What is the activity category for this funding opportunity?
The activity category is listed under Income Security and Social Services.
What is the CFDA number for this opportunity?
The CFDA listing is 93.048 (Special Programs for the Aging, Title IV and Title II Discretionary Projects).
Who is eligible to apply?
Eligibility is broadly open to organizations (including faith-based and community organizations) that meet the opportunity requirements.
Who is not eligible to apply?
Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorships are not eligible.
What is the funding opportunity number?
The funding opportunity number is HHS-2013-ACL-AOA-SH0-0059.
When was the opportunity posted and when were applications due?
The original posting date was May 23, 2013. The application deadline was July 8, 2013, with applications due by 11:59 p.m. ET.
Is this opportunity still open?
No. The announcement was archived on August 7, 2013.
Who can be contacted for questions or access issues related to the full announcement?
The listed contact is Rebecca Kinney at Rebecca.Kinney@acl.hhs.gov.
Where did ACL provide additional information about funding announcements?
ACL provided an additional information link at http://acl.gov/FundingOpportunities/Announcements/Index.aspx.
What SMP activities are mentioned as examples of prevention education?
Examples include teaching beneficiaries and caregivers to protect Medicare numbers, carefully review Medicare Summary Notices for suspicious charges or mistakes, and report questionable activity.
How many SMP projects are referenced in the description?
The description references 54 SMP projects.
What is the main deliverable ACL appears to want from this project?
A defensible evaluation framework (including measures and tools) that can credibly estimate the value of prevention education, is methodologically sound, can be replicated across SMP projects, and is useful for accountability and future investment decisions.
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