The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following funding opportunities that support inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities.
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2026 Local Consumer Programs, Mass. Attorney General’s Office, deadline: May 1st
The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General (AGO) is offering the 2026 Local Consumer Program grant. Local Consumer Programs are non-profit and government agencies that handle consumer complaints in their own regions of the state where their local knowledge and community involvement enable them to provide effective assistance to consumers.
he following entities are eligible to apply for grant funding: Non-profit organizations within Massachusetts; Local governmental agencies; and Colleges or universities.
Community partners working to become more age- and dementia friendly may be interested in partnering with these entities to include older adults.
More information is available here.
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Municipal ADA Improvement Grant Program, Mass. Office on Disability, grant period opens May 1st and closes June 12
The Municipal ADA Improvement Grant provides reimbursement funding to Massachusetts cities and towns to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. Funding supports updating a municipality’s ADA Self Evaluation and Transition plans and making capital improvements that improve access or remove barriers in municipal programs, services, and facilities.
Eligible sites include municipally owned properties (such as town/city halls, libraries, parks, sidewalks, and streets), school districts, and housing authorities. Grants for planning and projects are available with a max award of $250,000.
- Creative Experiences Grant, Mass Cultural Council, application deadline: April 30th
Creative Experiences provides grants to organizations, creative businesses, government entities, and schools to fund festivals, projects, residencies, and other cultural activities in the arts, humanities, and sciences.
The program provides one-year grants of $2,500 or $5,000 to fund activities taking place between July 1, 2026 and June 30, 2027.
More information is available here.
- PATHways Investment Program, Mass. Health Policy Commission, deadline: June 4th
The HPC’s Promoting Appropriate Transitions to Home (PATHways) investment program will support acute care hospitals in Massachusetts to advance hospital-to-home programs, streamlining patient discharges into their homes and communities rather than into skilled nursing facilities or other institutional settings.
This program provides an opportunity for both new and existing hospital-to-home programs, specifically through partnerships between Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) and acute care hospitals in Massachusetts. PATHways has been designed to build on the Executive Office of Aging & Independence (AGE)-funded Hospital to Home Partnership Program, which supported partnerships between hospitals and ASAPs and ended in 2025.
The program will fund nine awards for a total of $1.89 million, including: seven awards of up to $210,000 each from the Distressed Hospital Trust Fund, and; two awards of up to $210,000 each from the Payment Reform Trust Fund, which All Acute Hospitals are eligible for.