U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Community Living (ACL)
Special Programs for the Aging, Title III, Part C, Nutrition Services
Key facts
- Open now
- None right now
- Closed for this year
- 1 grant, next round estimated
- Type of help
- Formula grant (amounts set by a formula)
- Typical award
- Congregate Nutrition Services: FY21: RANGE: $278,155 to $45,269,354 AVERAGE: $5,270,768
How this money reaches Tennessee: this is a formula program. The federal government sends it to the state (or to large cities and counties), and a Tennessee agency usually passes it on to local groups as pass-through grants. Ask the state agency that runs it, or your regional development district, when their next local round opens.
Closed for this year
This year's round is over. GrantMe estimated the next round from last year's dates.
- ACL National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging · Next round: about Jun 22 – Jul 22, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
What it pays for
Who can apply
How applications are judged
Match
Who in Tennessee has won this program
6 awards to Tennessee groups since 2023. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $21.4M spent that year | 2025 |
| Upper Cumberland Development District | Cookeville, Putnam County | $1.2M spent that year | 2024 |
| Southwest Tennessee Development District | Jackson, Madison County | $1.1M spent that year | 2025 |
| South Central Tennessee Development District | Mt Pleasant, Maury County | $1.1M spent that year | 2024 |
| Blount County Community Action Agency | Maryville, Blount County | $345K spent that year | 2025 |
| Smith County | Smith, Smith County | $3,962 spent that year | 2024 |
Source: Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging and Tennessee Department of Education pass it on: watch those agencies for applications, not the federal agency. 59 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging | $7.5M spent that year | 2025 |
| Greater Nashville Regional Council | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging | $4.3M spent that year | 2025 |
| East Tennessee Human Resource Agency | Knoxville, Knox County | Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging | $3.4M spent that year | 2025 |
| The Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency | Nashville, Davidson County | Greater Nashville Regional Council | $3M spent that year | 2025 |
| Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency | Nashville, Davidson County | Greater Nashville Regional Council | $2.7M spent that year | 2024 |
| Chattanooga Area Regional Council of Governments | Chattanooga, Marion County | Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging | $2.3M spent that year | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association | Memphis | Area Aging Comm of Mid So | $2.3M spent that year | 2024 |
| East Tennessee Human Resource Agency, Inc. | Knoxville, Knox County | Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging | $2.3M | 2025 |
| Greater Nashville Regional Council | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging | $2.3M | 2025 |
| First Tennessee Development District | Johnson City, Washington County | Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging | $1.6M spent that year | 2025 |
| Shelby County Government | Memphis, Shelby County | Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging | $1.5M | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association | Memphis | Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging | $1.4M spent that year | 2025 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).