Program
Georgia local aging offices
Your regional Georgia aging office, the front door for senior services.
What it can pay for
- a home care aide
- personal care
- homemaker help
- respite care
- adult day care
- meals
- rides
- a medical alert button
- Official name
- Georgia's 12 Area Agencies on Aging (ADRC) — the front door to non-Medicaid HCBS and the Medicaid waiver
- Where
- Georgia
- Status
- Program running
- About the amount
- Service menu, not cash. The only hard dollar cap in the whole AAA menu is Home Modification & Repair ($2,000, +$1,500 with approval).
- Housing rules
- No ownership requirement for most services.
- How long it takes
- Same day for information & referral; weeks to months (or longer, unpublished) for in-home services if waitlisted.
- How to apply
- Call 1-866-552-4464, which routes by county to your regional AAA for information/referral and, if needed, a DON-R triage screen.
- Does not pay for
- No cash grants, rent, or utility bills directly (LIHEAP runs through separate community action agencies). Home Modification & Repair is capped at $2,000/$3,500 (see S2-GA-03).
- Official source
- aging.georgia.gov
- Last checked
- September 28, 2026