WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Community Living (ACL) will distribute more than $1.1 billion in fiscal 2025 formula grants under the Older Americans Act (OAA). Funds will reach all 50 states, six territories and 293 tribes and tribal organizations. The announcement completes the agency’s full release of FY 2025 funding, ensuring community-based aging and disability programs continue without interruption.
The grants support nutrition assistance, help with daily living, chronic disease management and efforts to prevent abuse, neglect and exploitation of older adults. They also bolster resources for family caregivers and expand assistive-technology, independent-living and protection-and-advocacy services that help people with disabilities remain in their communities.
“We stand with our elders and individuals with disabilities — we don’t abandon them,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. “This funding directly invests in dignity, protects independence, and affirms every American’s right to age with respect and community. Restoring humanity to our health system is not optional — it’s the foundation of how we Make America Healthy Again.”
Acting ACL Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging Mary Lazare urged government partners to build on the investment. “We are eager to continue to work with our state, territory, tribal, and local partners to ensure our programs effectively serve eligible older adults, people with disabilities, and those who support them,” Lazare said. “We also look forward to receiving innovative grant applications that will rapidly improve the impact of the nation’s aging and disability programs.” An additional $2 million will be available this week for cross-sector caregiver-support demonstration projects through ACL’s Advancing State Implementation of the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers grant opportunity.
ACL said it will begin releasing money to grantees over the next two weeks, allowing agencies to sustain services that reach roughly one in six older Americans each year. Officials encouraged state, territorial and tribal governments to monitor Grants.gov and ACL.gov for future funding opportunities.
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