This program provides a variety of services to individuals 60 years and older to help them stay in their own homes. Supplemental Services include home modifications to improve safety and accessibility. In 2018, the state increased the lifetime limit for home modifications.
This program provides deferred payment mortgage loans with no interest and no monthly payment to assist persons with disabilities (or households with a family member(s) with disabilities) who are purchasing a home that needs accessibility modifications. The loan becomes due and payable upon sale, transfer, or non-owner occupancy of the property. Home modifications include changes […]
The Pennsylvania Lottery is the only state lottery that designates all proceeds to programs that serve older adults across a state. Funds are allocated through Area Agencies in Pennsylvania for a variety of services that include home modification.
The State Assistive Technology Grant Program, funded under the Assistive Technology Act of 2004, supports comprehensive, statewide programs in each state that improve the provision of assistive technology (often home modification-related) to individuals with disabilities of all ages.
This program is funded by a grant received from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Keystone Communities Program. It assists low- to moderate-income residents of Chester County who have permanent disabilities to increase the accessibility of their residences. The program provides adaptive modifications which include ramps, lifts, door and hallway widening, kitchen and […]
The Caregiver Support Program provides resources to reduce stresses associated with caregiving by focusing on the well-being of the caregiver, providing access to respite care, addressing the need for formal and informal supports, and providing financial reimbursement for out-of-pocket costs associated with caregiving-related services and supplies. Caregivers 18+ caring for an older adult with Alzheimer’s […]
The Clarion County Area Agency on Aging assists with facilitating environmental modifications in older adults’ own homes and improving safety, sanitation, and adaptability of the home. The need for modification is determined by a care manager and a rehabilitation specialist.
The Philadelphia Corporation for Aging (PCA) Inc., the third largest Area Agency on Aging in the country, administers several home modification and repair programs. PCA’s history, reputation, and commitment to home modification for several decades has made it possible to develop programs with specific target populations and different types of services all under the auspices […]
The Residential Visitability Design Tax Credit program allows for local tax credits as incentives to foster new construction or renovation projects that create access for people with disabilities in residential housing.
It is designated state-level agencies that develop and administer state plans that advocate for and provide assistance, including home modifications or repairs, to older residents, their families, and adults with physical disabilities. SUAs administer funds, including Older Americans Act funds, which may be used to support home modification or repair services through local Area Agencies […]