Federal Grant Award Summary

The Rhode Island Office of Healthy Aging received a formula grant of $144,415 from the Administration for Community Living (ACC), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, under the Special Programs for the Aging, Title VII, Chapter 2, Long Term Care Ombudsman Services for Older Individuals program (CFDA 93.042). This award funds the state's Long-Term Care Ombudsman program, which investigates and resolves complaints made by or on behalf of residents in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, board and care facilities, and other residential care communities.

The ombudsman services supported through this grant include identifying and investigating resident complaints, providing information to residents about long-term services and supports, ensuring regular and timely access to ombudsman services, representing resident interests before governmental agencies to obtain administrative and legal remedies, and analyzing and recommending changes to laws and regulations affecting long-term care quality and consumer protections. As a statutory formula grant distributed to all states and U.S. territories with designated State Agencies on Aging on a non-competitive basis, these funds support core advocacy and complaint resolution services designed to protect vulnerable older adults and promote policies that improve the quality of long-term services and supports.