West Virginia Bureau Of Senior Services

West Virginia Bureau Of Senior Services, a U.S. state government entity and designated state agency on aging, receives federal formula grants and project grants from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to deliver aging services and Medicare enrollment assistance across West Virginia. The entity operates as a prime grant recipient (92% of recent awards) and sub-recipient on home and community-based services oversight work; it does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles.

The Bureau's federal footprint centers on HHS Administration for Community Living (ACL) and HHS Center for Integrated Programs (CIP), which together account for the vast majority of the 242 total awards in the source data spanning back to 1992. Recent grant activity focuses on Older Americans Act Title III and Title VII programs, Medicare Enrollment Assistance Program (CFDA 93.071), and related aging-services entitlements. Representative prime recipient awards include an $8.221 million Older Americans Act Title III Congregate Meals program formula grant awarded October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027 (CFDA 93.045); a $6.459 million Older Americans Act Title III Supportive Services award of the same date and performance period (CFDA 93.044); a $5.125 million Title III home-delivered meals formula grant (CFDA 93.045); and a $2.778 million National Family Caregiver Support program award (CFDA 93.052). The Bureau also holds a cooperative agreement dated April 1, 2025, through March 31, 2030, for the West Virginia State Health Insurance Assistance Program (WV SHIP), and a cooperative agreement from June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2028, for the Senior Medicare Patrol Project. These awards support information and counseling services to Medicare beneficiaries, disease prevention and health promotion, nutrition services including congregate and home-delivered meals, ombudsman services for long-term care facilities, elder abuse prevention, and family caregiver support. The Bureau passes through funding to four area agencies on aging (Appalachian Area Agency On Aging, Metro Area Agency On Aging, Region 8 Planning & Development Council, and Bel-O-Mar Regional Council) as sub-recipients under the intrastate funding formula.

In its sub-recipient role, the Bureau receives pass-through grants from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources related to home and community-based services oversight and long-term care ombudsman program operations. Recent sub-awards include operational oversight agreements dated November 25, 2025, and December 8, 2024, and a No Wrong Door Project sub-award for strengthening access to long-term services and supports.

Activity has been uneven—19 awards in 2022, declining to 11 in 2023, rising to 17 in 2024, and 15 in 2025—with three awards recorded so far in 2026. Fifteen awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months. The Bureau's federal funding is sourced entirely through formula grants and cooperative agreements under Older Americans Act authorities and Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) designations; all grants are made on a non-competitive basis to the state agency upon approval of the state plan. Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $422.2 million since 1992. The Bureau reports to the parent entity, State of West Virginia, and coordinates service delivery across West Virginia with area agencies on aging and the state health and human resources departments.