Summary

The Administration on Aging awarded Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) a formula grant totaling $138,337 under the Special Programs for the Aging, Title VII, Chapter 2, Long Term Care Ombudsman Services for Older Individuals program (CFDA 93.042). The award, dated October 1, 2025, extends through September 30, 2027, and supports Indiana's long-term care ombudsman initiative. Under this federal program, FSSA delivers comprehensive advocacy and complaint resolution services designed to protect the health, safety, welfare, and rights of older individuals residing in institutional settings such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and board and care communities. The ombudsman program investigates and resolves complaints filed by or on behalf of residents, provides information about long-term services and supports, represents resident interests before governmental agencies to secure remedies, and analyzes regulations to recommend policy improvements at facility, local, state, and national levels.

FSSA administers this program through sub-awardees, including Lifestream Services Inc. (doing business as Area 6 Council on Aging Inc.), which provides direct ombudsman services to resolve problems related to resident health, safety, welfare, and rights in long-term care facilities. As a statutory formula grant awarded on a non-competitive basis to state agencies on aging, this funding represents mandatory allocation under the Older Americans Act and supports FSSA's central role in protecting vulnerable elderly populations across Indiana's long-term care sector.