Program
California local Area Agencies on Aging
Your county's aging office, the front door for California senior services.
What it can pay for
- meals
- rides
- a home care aide
- respite care
- personal care
- Official name
- California Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) — 33 regional offices
- Where
- CA
- Status
- Program running
- About the amount
- Service menu, not cash. No statewide dollar cap; MSSP's 'minor home repair/maintenance' has no published amount.
- Housing rules
- No ownership requirement for most services; home-repair/mod services (where offered) are set locally, often requiring owner-occupancy or landlord permission.
- How long it takes
- Information/referral is immediate ('you can call today'); actual services can have local waitlists, unpublished statewide.
- How to apply
- Call 800-510-2020 or look up your county on CDA's Find Services page; each AAA does its own intake (no single statewide form).
- Does not pay for
- No cash grants, no dollar cap published statewide; each of the 33 AAAs sets its own service levels. The state's dedicated fall-prevention/home-mod money (Dignity at Home) is gone (see S2-CA-04).
- Official source
- aging.ca.gov
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026