Through the 2025 State Falls Prevention Coalitions funding opportunitiy, NCOA awarded 12 grants to cultivate the development and enhancement of state falls prevention coalitions, supporting collaborative efforts to reduce falls and their risks among older adults. 

The 18-month grant period begins on April 22, 2025 and ends on October 22, 2026. Of the twelve grantees, six grantees are funded to develop a coalition in a state that does not have an active state falls prevention coalition and six grantees received funding to significantly enhance an existing state falls prevention coalition.

Meet the grantees!

Option A: Develop a coalition in a state that currently does not have an active coalition

• AgeOptions
  • Coalition: Illinois State Falls Prevention Coalition
• Alaska Department of Health
  • Coalition: Alaska Senior Falls Prevention Coalition
• Connecticut Department of Aging & Disability Services, Bureau of Aging
  • Coalition: Falls Free Connecticut
• University of Colorado Anschutz, Multidisciplinary Center on Aging
  • Coalition: Colorado Adult Falls Prevention Coalition
• University of Hawaii, Center on the Family
  • Coalition: Hawaii State Falls Prevention Consortium
• University of Indianapolis, Center for Aging and Community
  • Coalition: Indiana Falls Prevention Coalition

Option B: Enhance an existing state falls prevention coalition to significantly improve and/or expand falls prevention activity on a statewide and/or local level

• Emory University, Injury Prevention Research Center
  • Coalition: Georgia Falls Prevention Coalition
• Iowa Department of Health & Human Services
  • Coalition: Iowa Falls Prevention Coalition
• Mississippi State Department of Health
  • Coalition: Mississippi Falls Prevention Coalition
• University of Missouri Extension, Show Me Falls Free Missouri
  • Coalition:  Show Me Falls Free Missouri
• Texas Healthy at Home
  • Coalition: Texas Takes on Falls Coalition
• Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging
  • Coalition: Falls Free Wisconsin

Connect with your state falls prevention coalition

State Falls Prevention Coalitions provide the framework, infrastructure, and guidance  needed to implement falls prevention interventions. These coalitions unite all members of the  community who have a role to play in reducing falls to implement an effective, coordinated approach to preventing older adult falls.

Search the coalition directory and contact your state falls prevention coalition to get involved in their work to reduce older adults falls!

What are the expectations of the 2025 State Falls Prevention Coalition funding opportunity?

Grantees were funded under one of two funding options and will follow specific expectations based on their funding opportunity:

• Applicants from states with inactive or in-development coalitions were funded under Funding Option A: Develop a coalition in a state that currently does not have an active coalition 
• Applicants from states with active coalitions were funded under Funding Option B: Enhance an existing state falls prevention coalition to significantly improve and/or expand falls prevention activity on a statewide level.

Review the Request for Proposal for a complete list of expectations for each funding option.

In addition to the expectations specific to the grantee’s funding option, all grantees are required to:

• Engage at least one area agency on aging and at least one older adult from the community with lived experience (i.e., has fallen or is at risk of falling) as part of their coalition membership
• Develop a capstone product to disseminate their best practices and lessons learned to the state falls prevention coalition network
• Achieve an active state coalition status by the end of the project period. See Request for Proposal for the definition of an active state coalition.

Who was eligible for this funding opportunity?

Entities eligible to apply for this funding opportunity included domestic public or private nonprofit entities. Individuals, for-profit organizations, and foreign entities were not eligible for this funding opportunity. 

Application timeline

How is NCOA involved in falls prevention?

NCOA is funded by the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to lead the first dedicated funding opportunity designed to cultivate state falls prevention coalitions. NCOA has been a leader in falls prevention for over 20 years and has a strong history of involvement in efforts to reduce falls and fall-related injuries in older adults. Since 2006, NCOA has provided essential support for state falls prevention coalitions. Since no single organization can address all aspects of falls prevention, coalitions enable organizations and providers in a given area to unite their expertise and resources to reduce falls, identify state or community needs, recommend policy changes, and build capacity. This funding opportunity will provide continued support for state coalitions working to promote effective strategies to address falls in their communities.

 

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 totaling $2,5000,000 with 100 percent funding by ACL/HHS. The contents 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.