114 CMR, § 10.03 - Grant Application Requirements

(1) Eligible grant applicants are defined as the following:

(a) Non-profit organization located in Massachusetts and serving Massachusetts residents; and,

(b) One or more of the following providers of care to the elderly:

1. Aging services access points;

2. Nursing facilities;

3. Home care providers;

4. Councils on aging;

5. Home health providers;

6. Adult day care providers (providing adult and social services);

7. Dementia-specific adult day care providers;

8. Assisted living facilities;

9. Other charitable organizations for the elderly approved by the Division.

(2) All requests for grant funding must:

(a) Support the continuum of care for the elderly; and,

(b) Be used for conversion or start-up costs rather than ordinary operating expenses.

(3) Specific requests for funding shall be limited to one of the following:

(a) Equipment purchases or upgrades that directly improve patient care;

(b) Conversion or renovation of existing space for the improvement of existing programs or the development of new programs; or,

(c) Acquisition and construction costs of new physical plant space for the development of new programs that shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

1. Assisted living facilities;

2. Congregate or shared housing facilities;

3. Shelters for abused or homeless elders;

4. Day care facilities (providing adult, social, and dementia services);

5. Night care facilities;

6. Medical clinics;

7. Mental health or substance abuse clinics;

8. Geriatric psychiatry units;

9. Elder-to-work and teen-elder partnership cooperatives; and

10. Respite care clinics.

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114 CMR, § 10.03