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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Announcing the Intent To Award a
Single-Source Supplement for the
National Center for Benefits Outreach
and Enrollment (NCBOE)
Administration for Community
Living, HHS.
SUMMARY: The Administration for
Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source
supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the National Council
on Aging (NCOA) for the National
Center for Benefits Outreach and
Enrollment (NCBOE). The purpose of
the NCBOE is to provide technical
assistance to states, Area Agencies on
Aging, Aging and Disability Resource
Centers and community-based
organizations who conduct outreach
and low-income benefits enrollment
assistance, particularly to older
individuals with greatest economic need
for federal and state programs. The
administrative supplement for FY 2024
will be for $3,207,650, bringing the total
award for FY 2024 to $14,707,650.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information or comments
regarding this program supplement,
contact Margaret Flowers, U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration for
Community Living, Center for
Innovation and Partnership, Office of
Healthcare Information and Counseling;
telephone (202) 795–7315; email
Margaret.flowers@acl.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
supplemental funding will expand the
NCBOE’s outreach and education efforts
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targeting older adults with the greatest
economic need, especially people from
underserved communities. The NCBOE
will build on current efforts to reach
and assist beneficiaries, including
expanding the work of the Benefits
Enrollment Centers, making
enhancements to the benefits eligibility
and screening tool, and expanding the
capacity of the benefits call center. With
this supplemental funding, the NCBOE
will focus on retirement security,
Medicaid and Medicare integration, and
streamlining benefits access.
The NCBOE will expand the pilot
work on retirement security for older
adults with low and moderate incomes.
This may include but is not limited to
activities such as developing materials,
providing technical assistance and
training, and conducting and evaluating
a pilot with select community-based
organizations. The NCBOE should
collaborate with ACL to coordinate
planned and emerging efforts to help
older adults with low and moderate
incomes with retirement planning.
The NCBOE should also build on the
work done to date to educate
individuals who are dually eligible by
maintaining the My Care, My Choice
decision support tool. The NCBOE
should develop plans to support the
usage of the tool such as counselor
training or piloting with local
community based organizations.
Additionally, the NCBOE should build
leadership among state grantees to
educate state Medicaid agencies on
Medicare to improve the experience of
people who are dually eligible for
Medicaid and Medicare.
Additionally, the NCBOE should
build on work done to date to explore
the approaches to streamlining benefits
applications in coordination with
federal and state government efforts to
modernize access to public benefits.
This could include research into the
consumer experience and/or convening
key stakeholders to discuss
opportunities and challenges.
The NCBOE will continue, expand,
and complete the work they are
currently undertaking with the NCBOE
award without disrupting services.
Program Name: The National Center
for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment
(NCBOE).
Recipient: National Council on Aging
(NCOA).
Period of Performance: The award
will be issued for the current project
period of September 1, 2024 through
August 31, 2025.
Total Award Amount: $14,707,650 in
FY 2024.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement
Supplement.
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Statutory Authority: The statutory
authority is contained in the 2006
Reauthorization of the Older Americans
Act and the Medicare Improvements for
Patients and Providers Act of 2008, as
amended by the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act of 2010 and most
recently reauthorized by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of
2024.
Basis for Award: The National
Council on Aging (NCOA) is currently
funded to carry out the NCBOE Project
for the period of September 1, 2020
through August 31, 2025. Much work
has already been completed and further
tasks are currently being accomplished.
It would be unnecessarily timeconsuming and disruptive to the
NCBOE project, and the beneficiaries
being served for ACL to establish a new
grantee at this time when critical
services are presently being provided in
an efficient manner.
NCOA is uniquely placed to complete
the work under the NCBOE grant. Since
2001, NCOA has been the national
leader in improving benefits access to
vulnerable older adults. They have an
unparalleled history of working with
community-based organizations to
develop and replicate outreach and
enrollment solutions while maintaining
and enhancing technology to make it
easier and more efficient to find
benefits. NCOA through NCBOE
accomplishes its mission by developing
and sharing tools, resources, best
practices, and strategies for benefits
outreach and enrollment via its online
clearinghouse, electronic and print
publications, webinars, and training and
technical assistance.
In addition, NCOA has
BenefitsCheckUp which is, by far, the
nation’s most comprehensive and
widely-used web-based service that
screens older and disabled adults with
limited incomes and resources and
informs them about public and private
benefits for which they are very likely
to be eligible. BenefitsCheckUp includes
more than 2,500 benefits programs from
all 50 states and DC, including over
50,000 local offices for people to apply
for benefits; and more than 1,500
application forms in every language in
which they are available. NCOA is
successfully meeting all programmatic
goals under the current NCBOE grant.
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Dated: August 1, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the
Administration for Community Living,
performing the delegable duties of the
Administrator and the Assistant Secretary for
Aging.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration for Community Living
Announcing the Intent To Award a Single-Source Supplement for the
National Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment (NCBOE)
AGENCY: Administration for Community Living, HHS.
SUMMARY: The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces the
intent to award a single-source supplement to the current cooperative
agreement held by the National Council on Aging (NCOA) for the National
Center for Benefits Outreach and Enrollment (NCBOE). The purpose of the
NCBOE is to provide technical assistance to states, Area Agencies on
Aging, Aging and Disability Resource Centers and community-based
organizations who conduct outreach and low-income benefits enrollment
assistance, particularly to older individuals with greatest economic
need for federal and state programs. The administrative supplement for
FY 2024 will be for $3,207,650, bringing the total award for FY 2024 to
$14,707,650.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information or comments
regarding this program supplement, contact Margaret Flowers, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community
Living, Center for Innovation and Partnership, Office of Healthcare
Information and Counseling; telephone (202) 795-7315; email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This supplemental funding will expand the
NCBOE's outreach and education efforts targeting older adults with the
greatest economic need, especially people from underserved communities.
The NCBOE will build on current efforts to reach and assist
beneficiaries, including expanding the work of the Benefits Enrollment
Centers, making enhancements to the benefits eligibility and screening
tool, and expanding the capacity of the benefits call center. With this
supplemental funding, the NCBOE will focus on retirement security,
Medicaid and Medicare integration, and streamlining benefits access.
The NCBOE will expand the pilot work on retirement security for
older adults with low and moderate incomes. This may include but is not
limited to activities such as developing materials, providing technical
assistance and training, and conducting and evaluating a pilot with
select community-based organizations. The NCBOE should collaborate with
ACL to coordinate planned and emerging efforts to help older adults
with low and moderate incomes with retirement planning.
The NCBOE should also build on the work done to date to educate
individuals who are dually eligible by maintaining the My Care, My
Choice decision support tool. The NCBOE should develop plans to support
the usage of the tool such as counselor training or piloting with local
community based organizations. Additionally, the NCBOE should build
leadership among state grantees to educate state Medicaid agencies on
Medicare to improve the experience of people who are dually eligible
for Medicaid and Medicare.
Additionally, the NCBOE should build on work done to date to
explore the approaches to streamlining benefits applications in
coordination with federal and state government efforts to modernize
access to public benefits. This could include research into the
consumer experience and/or convening key stakeholders to discuss
opportunities and challenges.
The NCBOE will continue, expand, and complete the work they are
currently undertaking with the NCBOE award without disrupting services.
Program Name: The National Center for Benefits Outreach and
Enrollment (NCBOE).
Recipient: National Council on Aging (NCOA).
Period of Performance: The award will be issued for the current
project period of September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025.
Total Award Amount: $14,707,650 in FY 2024.
Award Type: Cooperative Agreement Supplement.
Statutory Authority: The statutory authority is contained in the
2006 Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act and the Medicare
Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, as amended by the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and most recently
reauthorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024.
Basis for Award: The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is currently
funded to carry out the NCBOE Project for the period of September 1,
2020 through August 31, 2025. Much work has already been completed and
further tasks are currently being accomplished. It would be
unnecessarily time-consuming and disruptive to the NCBOE project, and
the beneficiaries being served for ACL to establish a new grantee at
this time when critical services are presently being provided in an
efficient manner.
NCOA is uniquely placed to complete the work under the NCBOE grant.
Since 2001, NCOA has been the national leader in improving benefits
access to vulnerable older adults. They have an unparalleled history of
working with community-based organizations to develop and replicate
outreach and enrollment solutions while maintaining and enhancing
technology to make it easier and more efficient to find benefits. NCOA
through NCBOE accomplishes its mission by developing and sharing tools,
resources, best practices, and strategies for benefits outreach and
enrollment via its online clearinghouse, electronic and print
publications, webinars, and training and technical assistance.
In addition, NCOA has BenefitsCheckUp which is, by far, the
nation's most comprehensive and widely-used web-based service that
screens older and disabled adults with limited incomes and resources
and informs them about public and private benefits for which they are
very likely to be eligible. BenefitsCheckUp includes more than 2,500
benefits programs from all 50 states and DC, including over 50,000
local offices for people to apply for benefits; and more than 1,500
application forms in every language in which they are available. NCOA
is successfully meeting all programmatic goals under the current NCBOE
grant.
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Dated: August 1, 2024.
Alison Barkoff,
Principal Deputy Administrator for the Administration for Community
Living, performing the delegable duties of the Administrator and the
Assistant Secretary for Aging.
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