Funding Opportunities

Senior Resources is the designated Area Agency on Aging in Eastern Connecticut and as such is responsible for distributing Title IIIB funds from the Older Americans Act to community-based agencies to provide services to individuals age 60 and older. Funds are allocated to encourage comprehensive and coordinated systems to serve older individuals to:

  • Secure and maintain maximum independence and dignity in a home environment;
  • Remove individual and social barriers to economic and personal independence;
  • Provide a continuum of care for vulnerable older individuals, and
  • Secure the opportunity for older individuals to receive managed in-home and community-based long-term care services.

TITLE III D Evidence Based Health PromotionPrograms

Evidence-base programs offer ways to promote health and prevent disease. These types of programs are based on research. Evidence-based programs are tested program models or interventions that provide practical, effective community programming that can provide proven health benefits to participants.