Construction and Renovation Grants
Federal grants are available for financing the
construction and renovation of adult day care facilities in urban and rural
areas. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funds the Community
Development Block Grant program. These grants fund the construction and
rehabilitation of adult day care and other health care and community facilities
in cities and counties with more than 50,000 and 200,000 residents,
respectively. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, sponsors the Community
Facilities Grant Program. Grants are awarded to counties, towns and districts
with less than 20,000 residents to build senior day care centers and equipment
necessary to run the operations.
Food Services Grants
Senior day care operators can apply for grants to
help with providing healthy meals. The Special Programs for the Aging, funded
by the Department of Health and Human Services awards grants covering the
expenses of purchasing and providing nutritious meals to the elderly in day
care and other congregate settings. The USDA also sponsors a grant program
called the Child and Adult Care Food Program, which provides healthy meals and
snacks to adults while they’re in day care.
Nonprofit Grants
National and regional grants are also available
from nonprofit organizations to start senior day care center businesses. The
Kresge Foundation awards grants over $300,000 on for major capital projects
such as facility construction and renovation and equipment purchases. These are
challenge grants, which means applicants are required to raise capital from
other sources to match the foundation. In North Carolina, the The Kate B.
Reynolds Charitable Trust organization provides grants funding capital projects
and equipment purchases for non-profit senior day care centers in rural areas
throughout the state.
Health Equipment Grants
Grants from regional and national programs are
available to owners of senior day care centers for the purchasing of medical
equipment for their facilities. For example, the George S. and Dolores Doré
Eccles Foundation awards grants to senior day care centers and other health
care-related facilities in Utah to purchase equipment for their operations. The
National Emergency Medical Association awards grants on a national scale for
the purchase of health care equipment.
