Funding Opportunity: Mental Health
Funding Opportunity: Mental Health supports community-based organizations delivering workshops for older adults in rural New York to build mental well-being skills, reduce stigma, and improve access to care.
Funder: National Council on Aging
Due Dates: October 18, 2026 (Submission deadline)
Funding Amounts: $5,000 honorarium, plus program materials, training, and technical support
Summary: Supports community-based organizations delivering mental well-being workshops for older adults in rural New York.
Key Information: Organizations must deliver the three-session workshop series at least twice and engage 40 unduplicated participants.
Description
The National Council on Aging (NCOA), with funding from the Mother Cabrini Foundation, supports community-based organizations serving adults ages 55 and older across rural New York state. The opportunity aims to address underdiagnosed and undertreated mental health challenges in later life by helping organizations develop or strengthen behavioral health programming.
Selected organizations deliver Get Empowered: Embrace Your Mental Well-Being, a workshop series designed to build knowledge and skills for caring for mental well-being, overcoming stigma, and accessing care. NCOA provides program materials, facilitator training, and technical support. Workshops may be held in person or online, in English or Spanish.
