Administration on Aging

Administration on Aging
Agency overview
Agency executive
  • Edwin Walker, Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging
Parent department United States Department of Health and Human Services
Parent agency Administration for Community Living
Key document
Website www.aoa.gov

The Administration on Aging (AoA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. AoA works to ensure that older Americans can stay independent in their communities, mostly by awarding grants to States, Native American tribal organizations, and local communities to support programs authorized by the Congress in the Older Americans Act. AoA also awards discretionary grants to research organizations working on projects that support those goals. It conducts statistical activities in support of the research, analysis, and evaluation of programs to meet the needs of an aging population.

AoA's FY 2013 budget proposal includes a total of $1.9 billion, $819 million of which funds senior nutrition programs like Meals on Wheels. The agency also funds $539 million in grants to programs to help seniors stay in their homes through services (such as accomplishing essential activities of daily living, like getting to the doctor's office, buying groceries etc.) and through help given to caregivers.[1] Some of these grants are for Cash & Counseling programs that provide Medicaid participants a monthly budget for home care and access to services that help them manage their finances.[2]

AoA is headed by the Assistant Secretary for Aging. Since July 2016, Edwin Walker has served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging.[3] The Assistant Secretary reports directly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

See also

References

  1. ↑ FY 2013 President's Budget Justification for Appropriations Committees of Congress, p.22
  2. ↑ Self-Directed Budget Enhances Access to Home Health and Other Needed Services, Resulting in Fewer Unmet Needs, Better Health Outcomes, and High Satisfaction for Medicaid Beneficiaries
  3. ↑ "Leadership". Administration for Community Living. 19 August 2016.

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