# Falls Prevention

**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/falls-prevention  

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

## Funding ($M)

| Fiscal year | Basis | Amount |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FY2025 | enacted | 2.5 |
| FY2026 | enacted | 2.5 |
| FY2027 | request | 2.5 |

## 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

ACFC's Falls Prevention program supports the delivery of evidence-based interventions that reduce falls and fall risk among older adults. Through competitive grants to community-based organizations, states, tribal organizations, and universities, the program funds proven approaches that address modifiable risk factors, support independence, and reduce avoidable health care use. Grantees select from ACFC- approved programs that have demonstrated effectiveness through randomized controlled trials. The program also funds the National Falls Prevention Resource Center to increase public awareness, develop tools and training for the aging network, and support consistent implementation of evidence- based strategies nationwide. The Resource Center maintains the National Falls Prevention Database, which tracks performance and outcomes for ACFC-funded programs and supports ongoing monitoring The program responds to a growing public health issue. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries among older adults. An estimated one in four older adults experiences a fall each year, resulting in approximately three million emergency department visits and more than 800,000 hospitalizations prevention programs. Research demonstrates that these interventions reduce falls and fall-related injuries, improve confidence and reduce fear of falling, and lower health care costs associated with falls. Studies also show that group-based components common to these programs reduce loneliness and social isolation, reinforcing their broader value to older adults' health and independence. Funding for the program - net of any authorized changes such as transfers or reprogramming - for five years is as follows. Prevention and Public Health Fund money was received in FYs 2023 through 2026 and is not being requested for FY 2027. Administration for Children, Families, and Communities Page 141 The FY 2027 request for the Falls Prevention program is $2.5 million, the same as the FY 2026 level. For FY 2027, it is estimated that the grants will be funded at a reduced level. Administration for Children, Families, and Communities Page 142


**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.*