Department Of Aging California

Department Of Aging California Financial Management Branch Division, a U.S. state government entity and child division of the Health & Human Services Agency California, functions as a prime recipient of federal grants from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor. The division administers and pass-throughs formula grants, cooperative agreements, and project grants supporting aging services, Medicare enrollment assistance, and senior employment programs across California.

The division's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in aging and long-term services funding. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (cited under multiple groupings in the customer list) dominates the award count, accounting for 98 awards or more across multiple program lines. The Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration funds Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) awards; the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides supplementary support. Combined obligated dollars across all 231 prime and sub awards total $5.47 billion, with activity concentrated in the most recent five years averaging roughly 12 to 16 awards annually, though 2026 shows only three awards thus far in source data current to September 2026.

The division's primary capability is administering federal formula grants and cooperative agreements under the Older Americans Act and Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program (CFDA 93.071, 93.041, 93.042, 93.043, 93.044, 93.045, 93.052, 93.053). Representative prime grants include a $177.122 million Special Programs for the Aging Title III Part C Nutrition Services award (CFDA 93.045) for congregate meals, issued October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027, with distribution to 33 sub-recipients; a $151.073 million Title III Part B Grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers award (CFDA 93.044) issued October 1, 2025, funding community-based transportation, in-home support, and senior centers across 35 sub-recipients; and a $46.132 million National Family Caregiver Support Title III Part E award (CFDA 93.052) issued October 1, 2025, supporting family caregiver services through 33 county and regional sub-recipients. The division also administers three Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program formula grants issued September 1, 2026, totaling $3.703 million ($1.346 million for Area Agencies on Aging outreach, $426,506 for Aging and Disability Resource Centers, and $1.931 million for State Health Insurance Assistance Programs, all running through August 31, 2028). Additional awards cover elder abuse prevention, long-term care ombudsman services, disease prevention and health promotion, and the Nutrition Services Incentive Program, all formula-distributed to county aging departments, area agencies on aging, and local nonprofit aging-service providers across California's 58 counties and regional planning service areas. The division also administers Department of Labor SCSEP project grants funding part-time community service employment for low-income adults age 55 and older, as well as system-implementation grants supporting SCSEP case-management tool deployment.

Cooperative agreement work includes Cal Community Connect (June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2027), a no-wrong-door system-building initiative training community health workers as long-term services and supports navigators across three pilot sites, and the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) Cooperative Agreement (April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2030), supporting Medicare enrollment counseling and benefits outreach through 26 area agencies on aging serving California's 6.6 million Medicare beneficiaries. The division also holds a Cooperative Agreement for CalCARES (Caregiver Awareness, Resources, Education & Support), a two-year caregiver awareness and education initiative, and participated in California's No Wrong Door State Leadership Council and CalZ Connect dementia-capable no-wrong-door system awards.

The division functions primarily as a pass-through recipient, distributing federal formula allocations according to statutory formulas and state plans to designated area agencies on aging, county aging and adult services departments, local government entities, and nonprofit senior-service organizations. Sub-recipients named across awards include county governments (Alameda, Kern, Monterey, Orange, San Diego, San Bernardino, Stanislaus, Ventura), area agencies on aging (PSA 26, Fresno-Madera, Kings Tulare, Area 1, Area 4, Area 12), and nonprofit providers (Sourcewise, Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties, Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens). The division also holds three grant sub-awards from the California Department of Social Services for nutrition education and CalFresh participation services at congregate meal sites.

Fifteen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and will enter recompete or renewal cycle. The division's grant footprint reflects its statutory role as California's state agency on aging, distributing federal resources according to intrastate formulas and approved state plans under the Older Americans Act and related federal aging-services programs.