Federal Title III Funds

Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) announces the yearly availability of federal Older American Act (OAA) funds for Federal Fiscal Year 2024 (October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024).

MVES issues this Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit proposals from qualified organizations to provide activities, programing, and services to benefit older adults. Using available federal OAA Title III funds, MVES will provide grants that strengthen the service network, address gaps in local services, and fund programs to benefit persons age sixty and older.

Activities proposed by applicants must benefit persons age sixty (60) years and older who reside in one or more of the cities and towns in MVES’ service area. Participation in the program may be open to all age groups as long as the primary benefit is derived by persons age 60 and over or age 55 and over for caregivers. Applicants should seek to give preference to older individuals with the greatest social and economic need, including populations who are marginalized and disadvantaged by gender, disability, social isolation, sexual orientation, economic situation, race or ethnicity, citizenship, cultural and/or linguistic barriers. Please read the complete RFP for specific information, including program categories prioritized by the Older Americans Act.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) Application Form for Title III OAA funding is available here.

Submission Requirements

Bidders intent on submitting a proposal must send an email to rfp@mves.org no later than 4:00 p.m. on June 23, 2023.

Proposals must be submitted electronically to rfp@mves.org by Friday, July 7, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.

Proposal submission components must include:

• Application Cover Letter
• Completed Application Form
• Attachments

Responses must be entered into the application form.  Responses to each section must comply with maximum word counts as noted for each section.

Mystic Valley Elder Services Contracts

Mystic Valley Elder Services contracts with service providers who work directly with our community members and program participants.  The Executive Office of Elder Affairs is responsible for approving agencies interested in providing Homemaker/Personal Care Services. For more information, visit their website at https://noi.800ageinfo.com/

During the Request for Proposal (RFP) Process, we are accepting proposals from Homemaker/PC and Non-Homemaker organizations who want to contract for the services listed below. Proposals will be evaluated based on past performance, cost, quality of proposed services, ability to meet service needs in the city and towns we cover, and agency need. We encourage Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) and Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) to apply.

Mystic Valley Elder Services procurement commenced on July 1, 2021 and accepted proposals until August 13, 2021.  If you would like to be notified when the next procurement process commences, send an email to the Contracts Manager at contractsadministrator@mves.org.