# Aging Network Support Activities

**Agency:** Health & Human Services  
**Account:** Discretionary Programs  
**Source document:** Administration for Children, Families, and Communities · p. 11  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/hhs/aging-network-support-activities  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 30.5 |
| FY2026 | enacted | 30.5 |
| FY2027 | request | 30.5 |

## Health & Human Services discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $91.60B, FY2026 $131.10B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

The Aging Network Support Activities (ANSA) program strengthens the systems that help older adults live independently in their communities by building capacity, improving efficiency, and supporting innovation across the aging services network. Through competitive grants, cooperative agreements, and and service providers while also funding national resources that help older adults and families connect to A core function of ANSA is improving access to information and assistance. Since 1991, ACFC has funded the Eldercare Locator, a national entry point that connects older adults and caregivers to local services. Assistance is available in 150 languages through a toll-free number and online tools that allow users to search for services, access planning resources, and communicate with trained specialists. In 2024, the Eldercare Locator handled nearly 340,000 calls, demonstrating sustained demand for centralized access to aging services. ANSA also supports the National Information and Referral Support Center, which provides training and technical assistance to strengthen local information and referral systems. ANSA investments address emerging system challenges. The Direct Care Workforce Strategies Center serves as a national hub for best practices, training, technical assistance, and learning collaboratives to support recruitment, training, and retention of direct care workers. Commit to Connect is a cross-sector resource center that provides technical assistance and serves as a repository for innovations that increase the aging and disability network's ability to improve social connections of older adults and people with disabilities. Commit to Connect fulfills requirements in the Older Americans Act to address social isolation and loneliness as an essential component of chronic disease prevention and health promotion The program also supports targeted initiatives that address financial security and trauma-informed care. approximately $10.6 million in retirement income. Since inception, the program has recovered approximately $288.4 million in benefits, representing more than nine dollars for every federal dollar invested, and has served over 68,000 individuals. The National Resource Center on Women and Retirement complements this work by providing workshops and tailored financial education tools for women at risk of inadequate retirement savings. ANSA also supports Holocaust Survivor Assistance and person-centered, trauma-informed care initiatives, which have trained more than 20,000 professionals and supported tens of thousands of older adults and caregivers with histories of trauma. Additional ANSA activities promote performance improvement, volunteer engagement, and innovation. The Program Performance and Technical Assistance program helps states and area agencies on aging develop tools and measures to assess outcomes and improve effectiveness across Older Americans Act Administration for Children, Families, and Communities Page 135 programs. The Care Corps program tests innovative volunteer models to provide non-medical supports; since 2020, 79 grants have supported services for more than 24,000 older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers. Newer investments include the ACFC Innovation Lab, which advances falls prevention research and data capacity, and the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Healthy Aging and Age- Friendly Communities, which is convening federal partners to inform a national framework for The ANSA portfolio supports the infrastructure, workforce, data, and coordination needed for aging services to function effectively at scale. By improving access to information, strengthening local and national systems, leveraging non-federal resources, and testing innovative approaches, ANSA helps ensure that older adults and caregivers can find, use, and benefit from services that support independence Funding for the program - net of any authorized changes such as transfers or reprogramming - for five For FY 2026, it is estimated that 31 grants will be made with an average of $919,600 and a range of The FY 2027 request for the Aging Network Support Activities program is $30.5 million, the same as the For FY 2027, it is estimated that 31 grants will be made with an average of $919,600 and a range of Administration for Children, Families, and Communities Page 136 Through the Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative (ADPI), ACFC awards competitive grants to states, communities, and tribal organizations to expand person-centered, home and community-based services for people living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) and their caregivers. These projects contribute to a growing national system that identifies people with ADRD and connects them and their caregivers to coordinated, dementia-capable supports tailored to their needs. ADPI grants combine funding with technical assistance to support the development and delivery of evidence-based services, typically through partnerships between public and private entities. This approach embeds services in local communities, reflects local needs and preferences, and supports sustainability beyond the grant period. While projects vary by community, ADPI places particular emphasis on populations with elevated risk or unmet needs, including people living alone with ADRD, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and ADRD, people at high risk of ADRD, and caregivers To support grantees and the broader aging network, ACFC funds the National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center, which provides technical assistance, training, and education; disseminates resources; and builds awareness of ADRD. ACFC also funds a National Alzheimer's Call Center that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, serving all 56 states and territories with information, care consultation, expert guidance, and referrals at both national and local levels. As the population age 65 and older increases, the number of people living with ADRD is projected to reach 13.8 million by 2060. Approximately one-third of people with ADRD live alone in the community, increasing risks of malnutrition, injury, and abuse. Because ADRD is progressive, service and caregiver support needs intensify over time. When caregivers become overwhelmed, and supports are insufficient, residential care--which is typically far more expensive--often becomes the only option. Over the past two decades, ADPI grantees have developed and tested promising practices that strengthen national dementia capability. In 2022, more than 7,000 people living with ADRD and more than 7,500


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Health & Human Services › Administration for Children, Families, and Communities › Discretionary Programs › Aging and Disability Services Programs


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*