We’re thrilled to announce that the Administration for Community Living (ACL) has awarded funds to the RISE Collaborative to replicate and evaluate RISE-APS in three new locations!
For more information, please see the information below. Or download the Phase I/LOI info as a PDF here.
Phase I Info and Link to Submit Letters of Intent (LOI)
Background
RISE is a new model to work with older people who have experienced or are at risk for elder abuse or self-neglect (EASN). Based on theory, research, and stakeholder consultations, “RISE” integrates several complementary methods and stands for:
- Repair Harm: Restorative justice approaches to reduce harm, promote healing, and help those involved in conflict work toward meaningful accountability and transformational change.
- Inspire Change: Motivational interviewing to help people feel that change is possible.
- Support Connection: Teaming to build more consistent formal (e.g., Meals on Wheels) and informal (e.g., neighbors) supportive networks around people in need.
- Empower Choice: Supported and interdependent decision-making to assist people with cognitive impairment achieve their goals.
RISE also operates at Relational, Individual, Social, and Environmental levels to work with older adults, alleged harmers, their relationships, and to strengthen social supports surrounding them. RISE was initially pilot tested (beginning in 2019) in two counties in Maine. “Advocates” employed by a community-based organization (CBO) provided RISE services to clients referred by APS (hence “RISE-APS”).
Building on evidence collected in the two-county pilot, RISE-APS was expanded state-wide in Maine and is in the early stages of replication in New Hampshire. (Publications relating to RISE-APS are available here.) (RISE also can be implemented with other systems, including health, criminal justice, and the Veterans Administration systems, as well as operating as a free-standing program.)
The goal of this project is to replicate and evaluate RISE-APS in three additional locations with diverse contexts and populations.
Funds and Grant Amounts for RISE Replication
The US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL) awarded the RISE Collaborative funds to replicate and evaluate RISE-APS in three new locations to better understand how RISE can be implemented across different contexts and to expand evidence about ways to improve outcomes for APS clients.
The RISE Collaborative will undertake a multi-step process to award grants totaling $600,000 a year to three sites. Each selected site will receive approximately $200,000 a year for three years, based on the scope of the proposed program, and will be required to provide an additional 20% in contributions or in-kind match.
ACL awarded the funds for RISE replication and evaluation as a “cooperative agreement” and will work to support the RISE Collaborative on their project.
Role of the RISE Collaborative
The RISE Collaborative is a Washington, DC non-profit created in part to replicate and study RISE. As part of the RISE replication and evaluation project, the RISE Collaborative will:
- Assist in the selection of three sites to replicate and evaluate RISE-APS in three additional communities.
- Support the three locations in adapting and implementing RISE-APS.
- Provide training and technical assistance prior to and during implementation.
- Conduct ongoing rigorous research and evaluation of RISE-APS in the three sites.
- Consult with each site about ways to sustain the program beyond the project.
Two-step Process to Apply for RISE Replication Grants
The application process will involve two steps:
- Phase I: Submission of “Letters of Interest” (LOIs) asking applicants to answer a few key questions relating to eligibility. (This phase should take no more than 90 minutes.) Phase 1 LOIs must be submitted no later than 11:59 pm ET on October 7, 2024 for applicants to be considered for Phase II. Applications at this phase will be blinded for the purpose of screening.
- Phase II: All applicants who meet the programmatic, and research-related eligibility criteria will be invited to proceed to Phase II. Phase II applicants will be asked to provide more extensive information. Select applicant teams also will be invited to participate in an in-depth interview process.
Who Should Consider Applying?
Eligible applicants will be comprised of a partnership between an Adult Protective Services (APS) program that will refer cases for RISE services, and a community-based organization (CBO) that will house and provide RISE services. The CBO can include nonprofits or community entities like Area Agencies on Aging. Both APS and CBO partners will participate in the overarching, multi-site research project.
Selection Criteria
The criteria for selection of the three replication and evaluation sites fall into three broad categories: (1) socio-cultural context, (2) organizational implementation capacity, and (3)evaluation capacity. These criteria will be further described in Phase II. To be eligible to proceed to Phase II, applicants must first submit a timely LOI in Phase I.
Applicants will also be asked, as part of the Phase II written submission, to commit to RISE programmatic and research criteria, including:
To Submit Phase I “Letters of Interest” (LOIs)
Please enter and submit responses to Phase I LOI questions at this link.
Questions?
There are two ways for you to submit any questions you may have about the project or LOI process. There is a space for questions on the LOI form. Or if you’re not sure you want to submit an LOI, you can also submit questions here. They will be anonymized and aggregated, and we will provide public responses in the form of FAQs available on this website no later than October 1, 2024.
Here are the current FAQs.
Updates
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Note: This project is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award (90EJIG0055-01-00) totaling $1.2 million with 80 percentage funded by ACL/HHS and $240,000 and 20 percentage funded by non-government source(s). The contents of this document are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
