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HHS has named eight recipients for a $27.8 million, three-year effort to reduce falls among older adults. The grants will expand CDC’s STEADI and the community-based Stepping On program; each recipient is slated to receive $1,940,162, subject to fund availability.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has named eight recipients of a $27.8 million, three-year initiative to prevent falls among older adults, including two organizations that provide or support care at home. The awards are intended to expand established prevention programs and connect health care providers with community organizations.
HHS says the funding will support three fall-prevention programs, with the overall effort designed to expand programs described as proven, strengthen health care and community partnerships, and help state and local organizations prevent falls. Each of the eight named recipients is set to receive $1,940,162, subject to the availability of funds, according to the department.
The recipients are Health Research, Inc.; the Maryland Department of Health; CHPcommunity, Inc., doing business as Iowa Community HUB; AgeOptions, Inc.; Texas A&M University; Partners In Care Foundation; Central Maine Area Agency on Aging; and The Oasis Institute. The source report identifies Central Maine Area Agency on Aging and Partners In Care Foundation as organizations that provide or support services in the home.
Central Maine Area Agency on Aging offers adult day services and personal support through its Bridges program, as well as meals and caregiver support. Partners In Care Foundation provides care management, in-home assessments, care-transition support and community-based health programs. The awards will expand the CDC’s STEADI initiative, which helps health care providers screen for, assess and address fall risk, and Stepping On, a community program focused on strength, balance and fall-related risks.
Funding Targets Home and Community Prevention
Falls can lead to injuries, emergency treatment and hospitalization, making prevention relevant to older adults, caregivers and health systems. The CDC figures cited in the source report say falls among older adults account for about 4.5 million emergency department visits and 1.4 million hospitalizations each year.
The initiative brings federal support to programs that address risk in both clinical and community settings. STEADI is aimed at screening and assessment by health care providers, while Stepping On works with older adults on strength, balance and fall-related risks. Funding recipients with home- and community-based services may also help connect prevention work to people’s living environments, although HHS has not provided recipient-level plans or outcome targets in the available report.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the awards are intended to reduce injuries and health care costs while helping older people remain safely in their homes and communities. Those are the department’s stated aims; the announcement material does not yet report measured results from these particular grants.
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Two Programs Anchor the Awards
The CDC’s STEADI program is designed to help clinicians identify and address fall risk through screening and assessment. Stepping On takes a community-based approach, helping older adults build strength and balance and address risks that can contribute to falls. HHS says the awards will expand both programs, though the source report does not detail how the three funded programs divide the $27.8 million or how each recipient will take part.
Home care organizations have also developed fall-prevention approaches outside this federal award. The source report cites Bayada Home Health Care’s Enhanced Quality of Care Model, launched in 2025 to assess client risks, including falls, so caregivers can intervene sooner. It also describes mandatory fall-prevention training introduced by TheKey. These examples provide industry context; neither company appears on the list of eight recipients in the announcement.
“That’s all promoting safety for our clients.”
— Mansi Mehta, TheKey’s vice president of human resource operations, in an earlier interview with Home Health Care News
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Grant Plans and Outcomes Remain Open
The available announcement details do not specify how the three programs map to the eight recipients, how much of the total each program will administer, or what activities individual awardees will carry out. Although each recipient is listed for $1,940,162, HHS says payment is subject to fund availability.
The source report also does not give specific start dates, milestones, measures of success or estimates of how many older adults the awards could reach. It is not yet clear what results HHS will publish or when those results will be available. The department’s stated goals should not be read as evidence that the grants have already reduced falls, injuries or costs.
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Recipients Begin Three-Year Work
The awardees are expected to use the planned three-year funding to expand fall-prevention work through STEADI, Stepping On and partnerships between health care and community organizations. The source report does not identify a schedule for the programs’ expansion or a date for the first public progress update.
Further details from HHS or individual recipients could clarify local activities, funding distribution and how results will be tracked. Until those plans are made public, the confirmed development is the naming of eight recipients and the stated amount and duration of the initiative.
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Key Questions
How much is HHS investing in older adult fall prevention?
HHS has announced a total of $27.8 million over three years. The source report says each of eight recipients is slated to receive $1,940,162, subject to fund availability.
Which organizations received awards?
The recipients are Health Research, Inc.; the Maryland Department of Health; CHPcommunity, Inc., doing business as Iowa Community HUB; AgeOptions, Inc.; Texas A&M University; Partners In Care Foundation; Central Maine Area Agency on Aging; and The Oasis Institute.
What prevention programs will the grants expand?
HHS says the awards will expand the CDC’s STEADI program, which supports clinical screening and assessment of fall risk, and Stepping On, a community program focused on strength, balance and fall-related risks.
What is not yet known about the initiative?
The public details cited in the source report do not explain how funding will be divided among the three programs, what each recipient will do, when expanded services will begin or how outcomes will be measured.
How common are falls among older adults?
The CDC figures cited in the source report attribute approximately 4.5 million emergency department visits and 1.4 million hospitalizations each year to falls among older adults.
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