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Federal grant for Aging-in-Place terminated; city and public-health foundation step in to sustain program
Summary
Chief Jason Stroud said the CDC cut a grant supporting the Aging-in-Place fall-prevention program; Stroud said the Public Health Foundation will fund the program through 2026 and the EMS compassionate-billing proposal includes funding lines for mobile integrated health/community paramedicine that could sustain the service longer term.
During the budget presentations on May 6, councilmembers raised the immediate loss of a federal grant supporting the Department of Public Health’s Aging-in-Place falls-assist program. Chief Jason Stroud said the CDC had terminated the federal grant effective immediately, and he reported an MOU to transfer funding responsibility to the Virginia Beach Department of Public Health Foundation through 2026.
Stroud told council the foundation agreed to carry the program beyond the federal grant termination and that the EMS compassionate-billing plan under consideration would include funding for mobile integrated health and community-paramedicine positions that help sustain Aging-in-Place services over time. “Today I signed, my portion of a new MOU where that program is gonna be funded through the Virginia Beach Department of Public Health Foundation,” he said.
Why it matters: Aging-in-Place programs provide fall-prevention and lift-assist visits for older residents that often reduce emergency calls and hospitalizations. Council members expressed concern that the foundation will have to accelerate philanthropic fundraising to sustain the program beyond current expectations; staff said they are working to avoid service interruptions.
Ending: Stroud and councilmembers said they would monitor funding and may consider the compassionate-EMS billing revenues as one way to stabilize community paramedicine and aging-in-place services.
