Program
Michigan local aging offices
Your Area Agency on Aging offers in-home help, home repair and chore services.
What it can pay for
- grab bars
- ramps
- handrails
- roof
- heating and air
- plumbing
- electrical
- windows and doors
- meals
- Official name
- Michigan's 16 Area Agencies on Aging — in-home help, home repair, chore, and the non-Medicaid waitlist
- Where
- MI
- Status
- Program running
- Most it pays
- $400 per-year
- About the amount
- Chore: $400/household/year in materials. Home Repair and Home Injury Control: each program sets its own per-home 12-month limit, no statewide dollar cap. Home Repair carries a payback string: if the home sells within 2 years of the work, the owner repays the full cost.
- Housing rules
- Home Repair is owner-occupied only ('may not be provided on rental property'). Home Injury Control and Chore don't explicitly bar renters — ask the AAA.
- How long it takes
- Not published. Call -> screening/assessment -> served or waitlisted -> (Home Repair) written agreement -> work -> building inspection -> owner sign-off within 10 days.
- How to apply
- Call the AAA serving the county where the older person lives (region/phone table on MDHHS's AAA list).
- Does not pay for
- Home Repair excludes aesthetic improvements, temporary repairs, and repeat maintenance; not on rental property (owner-occupied only). Repairs to a condemned structure are excluded.
- Official source
- michigan.gov
- Last checked
- June 21, 2024