Federal Grant Award Summary

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging received a formula grant award of $323,406 from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, under the Special Programs for the Aging, Title VII, Chapter 3, Programs for Prevention of Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation (CFDA 93.041). This grant supports comprehensive elder abuse prevention initiatives across Pennsylvania, funding activities designed to develop, strengthen, and implement programs focused on prevention, detection, assessment, treatment, intervention, investigation, and response to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including financial exploitation.

Through this award, the Pennsylvania Department of Aging will deliver professional training for law enforcement officers, healthcare providers, and other professionals on recognizing and responding to elder abuse; public awareness and education campaigns to increase community understanding of elder abuse prevention; and support for state and local elder abuse prevention coalitions and multidisciplinary teams. These services will be administered through the department's extensive network of 52 Area Agencies on Aging and distributed to non-profit organizations to ensure targeted delivery of elder abuse prevention services directly to vulnerable senior populations across the Commonwealth.