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Being Needed: Building Social Connections that Matter to Reduce Social Isolation and Loneliness

Award Number: 90DPCP0011
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH
OPDIV: ACL
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/14/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2026

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Being Needed: Building Social Connections that Matter to Reduce Social Isolation and Loneliness - The goal of this five-year Disability and Rehabilitation Research Project (DRRP) is to develop and test an intervention to enhance the social connections of adults with serious mental illnesses (SMI). Human beings are inherently social in nature with a fundamental motivation to engage in environments and activities that facilitate social connection. Yet, adults with SMI experience social isolation and loneliness at rates significantly greater than the general population. Social isolation and loneliness represent inadequacies in meaningful social connectedness, limiting feelings of mattering. Mattering results from social information that one is valued and needed by others and contributes value to one's environment. Therefore, social connections and mattering are promising intervention targets for social isolation and loneliness. Thus, the objectives of this project are to 1) identify the role of mattering in social isolation and loneliness for adults with SMI, 2) refine an intervention to enhance social connectedness and feelings of mattering, and 3) conduct an appropriately powered trial of the intervention. The principal outcomes of this project are the identification of factors contributing to social connections and mattering, and a novel intervention that reduces social isolation and loneliness among adults with SMI. Products resulting from this project include: resources for identifying risk and protective factors for social isolation and loneliness among adults with SMI; an intervention manual for improving social connections and feelings of mattering; a series of online training resources to support providers to adopt these technologies, and scholarly publications. Products will be developed for both provider and consumer audiences, using diverse dissemination outlets to reach the broadest audience. People served (R#2 120; R#3 120).


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $499,999 )
2025	2025	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1805 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	5	7/7/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$499,999
2025	2024	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1805 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	5	7/7/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2023	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1805 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	5	7/7/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2022	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1805 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	5	7/7/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2021	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1805 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	5	7/7/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $499,999

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $499,999 )
2024	2024	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1805 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	7/1/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$499,999
2024	2023	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1805 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	7/1/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2022	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1805 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	7/1/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2021	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1805 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	4	7/1/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $499,999

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $499,999 )
2023	2023	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1801 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	8/14/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$499,999
2023	2022	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1801 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	8/14/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2021	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1801 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	3	8/14/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $499,999

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $499,999 )
2022	2022	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1801 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	8/9/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$499,999
2022	2021	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1801 N BROAD ST	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	2	8/9/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $499,999

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $499,999 )
2021	2021	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1801 N Broad St	Philadelphia	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	00	1	9/15/2021	NEW	$499,999
2021	2021	TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION	1801 N Broad St	Philadelphia	PA	19122	PHILADELPHIA	USA	ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research	01	1	9/27/2021	OTHER REVISION	$0
														Subtotal = $499,999

Grand Total All Awards = $2,499,995

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Being Needed: Building Social Connections that Matter to Reduce Social Isolation and Loneliness

Award Number: 90DPCP0011

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY, INDEPENDENT LIVING, AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH

OPDIV: ACL

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/14/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2026

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