Cultivating Connected Communities Challenge
Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
A phased national challenge funding community-garden initiatives that improve accessibility and food access for older adults and people with disabilities, including accessibility upgrades, adaptive tools and inclusive programming aimed at reducing social isolation.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)ACL's own challenge page announces the phases and dates but publishes no dollar amounts; per-phase award values are not stated on the funder page.
- Timing
- Periodic callsPeriodic calls · Jul, Aug, OctNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.ACL lists an informational webinar on 25 June, optional intent-to-apply 15 July, Phase 1 applications due 26 August, and Phase 1 winners announced 16 October. The page states these dates without a year, so no specific future date is recorded here — verify the current cycle on the Challenge Details p
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Run under the America COMPETES Act as an open federal challenge; ACL's page routes applicants to a separate Challenge Details page for full eligibility rules, and community-based organisations operating gardens are the intended entrants. Contact Cultivatingconnections@acl.hhs.gov.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- social isolation · food access · community gardens · accessibility · older adults
- Apply at
- https://acl.gov/cultivating-connections-challenge
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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