Rhode Island Office Of Healthy Aging

Rhode Island Office Of Healthy Aging, a U.S. state government entity and child division of the State of Rhode Island, operates as a federal grant recipient (98% of awards are prime grants) administering Older Americans Act formula grants, nutrition programs, and aging-services initiatives funded by the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The Office of Healthy Aging is the designated State Unit on Aging and State Agency on Aging for Rhode Island. Its grant portfolio spans multiple Older Americans Act programs and supplementary federal initiatives supporting vulnerable senior populations. Recent representative awards include a $3.67 million Special Programs for the Aging, Title III, Part C (CFDA 93.045) congregate and home-delivered nutrition services formula grant running October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027; a $2.71 million Title III, Part B supportive services and senior centers grant (CFDA 93.044) with the same period; a $2.47 million home-delivered meals formula grant under Title III, Part C (CFDA 93.045); a $1.28 million National Family Caregiver Support Program award (CFDA 93.052); a $334,458 Nutrition Services Incentive Program formula grant (CFDA 93.053); and a $213,544 Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) administrative grant (CFDA 10.565) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service. The Office also administers formula grants for disease prevention and health promotion (CFDA 93.043, $172,929), long-term care ombudsman services (CFDA 93.042, $144,415), and elder abuse prevention initiatives including a $102,529 block grant under the Elder Justice Act Adult Protective Services program (CFDA 93.698) awarded April 1, 2026. Beyond formula grants, the Office holds cooperative agreements supporting the State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP, running through March 31, 2030), the Senior Medicare Patrol program (SMP, running through May 31, 2028), respite care system enhancement (through July 31, 2027), and a "No Wrong Door" initiative for long-term services and supports (through May 31, 2027). The Office also receives funding under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) for Area Agencies on Aging, Aging and Disability Resource Centers, and SHIP operations.

The Office of Healthy Aging's customer concentration is heavily concentrated among HHS Administration for Community Living programs—205 awards across three category lines in the top-customers block indicate dominant reliance on Title III and Title VII Older Americans Act formula grants. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service (CSFP), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the HHS Center for Integrated Programs (supporting SHIP and SMP cooperative agreements) round out the active agency set. All awards are formula-based or statutorily mandated allocations to the state, with no competitive procurement exposure.

Activity has remained consistent at 12 to 16 awards per year from 2022 through 2025, with 239 total awards recorded in the source spanning back to 1992. Combined obligated dollars across all awards total $269.3 million. Twenty-six awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating renewal and recompete timing aligned with federal fiscal-year cycles (most Older Americans Act grants renew October 1 annually). The Office functions as the primary grant recipient in nearly all cases (98% prime awards) and distributes funds to Area Agencies on Aging, nonprofit organizations, and community service providers throughout Rhode Island for direct service delivery. Sub-award activity (2% of awards) includes pass-through funding to the National Council on the Aging for benefits enrollment center operations and to the Rhode Island Department of Human Services for elder abuse protective services.