Preventive Health Services

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Preventive Health Services supports the delivery of evidence-based programs that help older adults maintain health, manage chronic conditions, and reduce avoidable injuries. By promoting healthy behaviors related to physical activity, nutrition, medication management, and falls prevention, the program helps older adults remain independent and reduces the need for more costly medical care. Funding is provided through formula grants to 56 state units on aging, which partner with 622 area agencies on aging and their provider networks. This structure supports local delivery and allows states flexibility to target resources to the most significant health risks in their communities while maintaining a programs addressing chronic disease prevention and management, alcohol and substance abuse, falls prevention, physical activity, nutrition, medication management, and mental and behavioral health. States now offer more than 70 evidence-based programs and have expanded remote delivery, increasing access for older adults with transportation and mobility limitations. Funding for the program - net of any authorized changes such as transfers or reprogramming - for five For FY 2026, it is estimated that 56 grants will be made with an average of $463,007 and a range of The FY 2027 request for the Preventive Health Services program is $26.3 million, the same as the FY For FY 2027, it is estimated that 56 grants will be made with an average of $463,007 and a range of Administration for Children, Families, and Communities Page 124

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