Aroostook Area Agency On Aging Inc.

Aroostook Area Agency On Aging Inc., operating the Aroostook Agency On Aging division from Presque Isle, Maine, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that receives federal grants as a prime recipient and sub-recipient to deliver senior services, health-related social interventions, and community-based programs across rural Aroostook County. The organization operates primarily as a sub-recipient (91% of awards), receiving funding through pass-through arrangements from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services and other federal grantors, rather than holding prime federal grant awards directly.

Aroostook's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in aging and Medicare beneficiary services. As a prime grant recipient, the organization holds direct awards from the Corporation for National and Community Service for AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) activities — most recently a $137,267 award in June 2026 for recruitment and management of volunteers ages 55 and older who provide tutoring, tax preparation assistance, food security support, workforce development, disaster preparedness, and veteran services through March 31, 2029 (CFDA 94.002). Aroostook also received a project grant of unspecified amount from the Health Resources and Services Administration's Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (awarded July 1, 2024, completing June 30, 2026) for the Aroostook County Health Improvement Partnership (ACHIP) network planning initiative, which addresses transportation, social connection, and health care access for older and disabled adults across the fully rural county. Prior prime awards include an unspecified Administration on Aging grant (June 1, 2023) for "Access Points for Aroostook County Maine" and a cooperative agreement from Administration on Aging (September 1, 2022) for creation of a memory care center. A second prime RSVP award funded the 2023–24 and 2025–26 program cycles (April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026) with a statutory match requirement of 10 percent.

As a sub-recipient, Aroostook channels 119 awards flowing primarily through Maine Department of Health and Human Services, which serves as the prime grantee on the vast majority of Older Americans Act (CFDA 93.044) community-based programs, the National Family Caregiver Support Program (CFDA 93.052), Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) services, and Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) program funding. The organization delivers outreach, counseling, education, and Medicare enrollment assistance under SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) and serves as the regional Area Agency on Aging for Aroostook County, implementing OAA-mandated community programs and caregiver support. A single sub-award from Maine Connectivity Authority (August 20, 2024) allocated $400,989 to establish the Aroostook Agency on Aging TechConnect Connectivity Hub in Presque Isle, funding workforce training, education, and telehealth services for residents facing digital-divide barriers. Recent sub-awards span 2021 through August 2026, demonstrating continuous federal funding.

The organization's customer concentration is acute: Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living accounts for 108 of 131 total awards (82% of volume) across multiple sub-award tranches, while Administration for Children and Families and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contribute smaller volumes. Award activity peaked at 26 awards in 2022, declined to a low of 10 in 2026 (a partial-year count), and has remained in the 16–26 award range in the intervening years. Combined dollars obligated across all 131 awards total $13.3 million over more than two decades of funding. The organization holds a subsidiary, Caribou Congregate Housing Development Corp Inc., a nonprofit entity that does not appear separately in the award portfolio. Aroostook competes in full-and-open federal grant programs with no set-aside designations present in the source material; its competitive posture is determined by its tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status and regional designation as one of five Area Agencies on Aging in Maine under state oversight.