Specifications include, but are not limited to: The intent of this Request for Applications (RFA) is to award $20 million in available Mental Health Wellness Act funds to support the implementation and scaling of Age Wise and PEARLS programs throughout California with the overall goal of addressing the mental health needs of older adults. Grant funds include the cost for technical assistance and program evaluation. The Commission will award grants to County Behavioral Health departments, Area Agencies on Aging (See list at Exhibit 3), or other non-profits who serve older adults with mental health related needs, including unserved and/or underserved populations to address disparities in access to effective and culturally appropriate behavioral health services. Funds may be used to supplement, but not supplant, existing financial and resource commitments. Interested parties may partner with others, to expand the proposed service area and share resources, by submitting a single application. One organization must be identified as the lead for the Application. Applicants have the discretion to determine the use of funds in order to meet the RFA requirements for the Age Wise or PEARLS program, except that 10% of your proposed budget needs to be allocated to technical assistance and program evaluation and no more than 15% allocated to administration costs. Potential use of funds include, but are not limited to, hiring qualified personnel, training, technology, data collection, capital outlay, transportation and mileage reimbursement, and purchasing of supplies and goods.
