Program
Georgia home repair and modification through your aging office
Small home repairs and safety changes arranged through your regional Area Agency on Aging.
What it can pay for
- grab bars
- ramps
- handrails
- wider doors
- electrical
- plumbing
- weatherization
- assistive devices
- Official name
- Georgia AAA Home Modification and Repair Services (DAS Manual 5300, §314 — non-Medicaid, Title IIIB)
- Where
- Georgia
- Status
- Program running
- Most it pays
- $3,500 per-project
- About the amount
- $2,000 cap using Title IIIB funds; State Unit on Aging Director may authorize 'up to an additional $1,500' for a total of $3,500. Not $5,000 or $20,000 as some sites/feeds claimed (that $20K figure was a closed 2021 one-time ARC grant round).
- Housing rules
- Renters qualify with a signed, NOTARIZED landlord agreement: no eviction within 1 year and no rent increase because of the work.
- How long it takes
- Not published; sequence is screening → waitlist → in-home assessment → 2 itemized bids → work → inspection.
- How to apply
- Call 1-866-552-4464 and ask for your AAA's 'home modification and repair' service; DON-R/triage screening, waitlist if no funds, in-home assessment (e.g., Safe at Home Checklist), 2 itemized bids, work, inspection.
- Does not pay for
- The $2,000 (or $3,500 with approval) cap generally rules out a full roof, HVAC, or bathroom remodel unless other funding is layered in; service excluded in institutional settings (nursing home, personal care home).
- Official source
- pamms.dhs.ga.gov
- Last checked
- October 1, 2025