Idaho Commission On Aging

Idaho Commission On Aging (doing business as Icoa) is a U.S. state government agency that operates as a prime recipient of federal grants focused on aging services, senior nutrition, employment, and adult protective services. The organization does not hold federal contracts and has no subcontract footprint; all 237 awards in the portfolio are prime federal grants distributed across nine distinct customer agencies over the past two decades.

Icoa's grant portfolio centers on formula-based entitlements under the Older Americans Act and related HHS programs, channeled through the Administration on Aging (now the Administration for Community Living, or ACC) within the Department of Health and Human Services. Recent representative awards include a $2.94 million formula grant for supportive services and senior centers (CFDA 93.044, effective October 1, 2025–September 30, 2027), a $2.72 million home-delivered meals grant (CFDA 93.045, same period), a $4.0 million congregate meals award (CFDA 93.045, same period), a $644,104 Nutrition Services Incentive Program allocation (CFDA 93.053, same period), and a $158,802 Long-Term Care Ombudsman Services grant (CFDA 93.042, October 1, 2025–September 30, 2027). Beyond nutrition and supportive services, Icoa received a $414,386 Senior Community Service Employment Program project grant from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.235, July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026), administering subsidized part-time community service work placements and employment support for low-income individuals aged 55 and older; this award includes a sub-award to Easter Seals-Goodwill Northern Rocky Mountain, Inc. for direct service delivery. Icoa also holds adult protective services block grants (CFDA 93.698) and cooperative agreements addressing Medicare fraud prevention, elder abuse prevention interventions, and family caregiver support.

Customer concentration is extremely high and narrow. The Administration for Community Living dominates the award count, accounting for the vast majority of Icoa's 237 grants across nine grantor agencies. The Department of Labor and the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service provide secondary volume, with Labor's Employment and Training Administration placing 20 awards and USDA's Food and Nutrition Service contributing nine awards, including the Commodity Supplemental Food Program formula grants (CFDA 10.565). This concentration reflects Icoa's statutory role as Idaho's designated State Agency on Aging — most awards flow through mandatory formula allocations under the Older Americans Act rather than competitive solicitations.

Activity has remained stable across the past five years — 15 awards in 2022, declining to 12 in 2023, then rising to 13 in both 2024 and 2025 — with one award recorded in the first quarter of 2026. Twenty-two awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating renewal and recompete exposure in Icoa's grant portfolio. Combined obligated dollars across all 237 awards total $289 million over the award history spanning since 2004.

Icoa operates as a subsidiary of the State of Idaho (UEI CH3DBGKWJSJ1). The agency administers federal funds as the state entitlement recipient and distributes allocations downward through intrastate funding formulas to Area Agencies on Aging, nonprofit organizations, and community service providers at the sub-state and regional level. This cascading sub-award structure is characteristic across all Older Americans Act programs — Icoa holds the federal prime relationship but directs resources to local implementing partners for direct service delivery to vulnerable elderly populations throughout Idaho. The agency's grant portfolio supports transportation, in-home services, senior center programming, congregate and home-delivered nutrition, family caregiver support, preventive health initiatives, long-term care ombudsman investigations, adult protective services for abuse and exploitation cases, and employment training for low-income seniors.