The Arrowhead Area Agency on Aging (AAAA) uses a competitive process to award federal Older Americans Act (OAA) funding to community-based provider partner organizations.  To ensure equity in distribution, the AAAA uses a Review Task Force  (RTF) comprised of community volunteers representing each county in the region.  These volunteers read, review and score all applications and present their recommendations to the Advisory Committee on Aging (ACA). The ACA is a committee of the ARDC Board and Commission.  It is comprised of representatives from each county in our region and advises the AAAA on community needs, strategic direction and administrative decisions. Once the ACA has approved funding amounts and heard recommendations, a full slate of funding awards is recommended to the ARDC Board for final approval.    AAAA strives to work with these committees to distribute funding in each county reflective of the Intrastate Funding Formula and the regional demographics of each county. 

Funding is provided in the following categories, link here for the service definitions: