The Government of the District of Columbia, Office on Aging is soliciting applications from qualified applicants to operate a District of Columbia Government-owned senior wellness center. Senior wellness centers promote healthy lifestyles, good nutrition, exercise, and general wellness among the District’s elderly population, aged 60 and above.
Specifically, this Request for Application (RFA) will seek organizations to operate the senior wellness center that is currently under construction at the following address in Ward 4.
318 Kennedy Street NW
Washington DC, 20011
The successful organization will be responsible for providing services and activities designed to enhance physical, social and emotional well-being through activities which are designed to promote good health habits among the target population such as physical exercise, nutrition counseling, health education and smoking cessation.
Services for this population should include:
- Wellness/Health Promotion
- Disease Prevention
- Medication Management
- and other services which promote healthy lifestyles for seniors.
In addition, the operator of the senior wellness center has the following responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a needs assessment to identify the needs in the target community;
- Work in cooperation with the Office on Aging Ward 4 Lead Agency, Barney Neighborhood House;
- Develop and implement a structured community outreach program; and
- Establish a Members Advisory Council to serve as advisors to help develop a coordinated service delivery system.
A total of $300,000 is contingently available for funding the successful applicant to serve senior citizens at the Ward 4 senior wellness center. Funding has been provided to the Office on Aging for this center from District of Columbia appropriated funds.
Applicants who apply to this RFA must design services to meet the complex and ever-changing needs of the elderly, especially older individuals with the greatest economic and/or social needs, with particular emphasis on the low-income minority elderly.
Nonprofit organizations with places of business within the physical boundaries of the District of Columbia are eligible to apply. For-profit organizations with places of business within the physical boundaries of the District of Columbia are also eligible to apply, but must not include profit in their grant application.
The RFA will be released on November 1, 2006, and the deadline for submission is November 30, 2006 at 5 pm. A Pre-Application Conference will be held on November 8, 2006 from 10 am -12 pm at the DC Office on Aging, Conference Room 940 South. Applications can be obtained from the DC Office on Aging, 441 4th Street, NW, Suite 900 South, Washington, DC 20001. The RFA will also be available on the Office on Aging’s website and on the Office of Partnerships and Grants Development’s website, opgd.dc.gov, no later than November 6, 2006.