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This webpage provides planning and response information, resources and strategies that can assist the area agencies on aging network to better prepare for and respond to all types of emergencies, disasters, epidemics and pandemics.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Office of Area Agencies on Aging (OAAA) applies for grants funded by Administration for Community Living (ACL). These are the State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIP) and Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) grants. In Texas, SHIP is called the Health Information, Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP). Both grants serve Medicare beneficiaries in all 254 counties across Texas. The SHIP grant has existed since 1992 and the MIPPA grant was implemented in 2008 to support the SHIP efforts.

Texas Area Agencies on Aging procedural information.

Home Delivered Meals provides nutritious noontime meals delivered to people in their homes on a scheduled basis. Meals may also be delivered to a location other than an individual's home, provided the location is within the provider's service area and is approved by the case worker. Those eligible for HDM are aged 18 years or older. An interest list is maintained for people interested in applying for this program. This page contains information for HDM providers.

Medicaid home and community-based services provide opportunities for people to receive long-term services and supports in their own home or community, rather than in an institution or isolated setting.

HHSC Joint Training is requesting feedback from providers about proposed trainings related to Long-term Care Regulations.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following webinar trainings hosted in June and July.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following in-person training classes hosted in June and July.

Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following hurricane season webinar trainings hosted in May, and June, .

On Jan. 1, 2025, HHSC implemented the employment readiness benefit for individuals enrolled in Home and Community-based Services (HCS), Texas Home Living (TxHmL), or Deaf Blind with Multiple Disabilities (DBMD) waiver programs for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

The goal of this course is to give HCSSA providers a detailed overview of what to expect during the survey process.

Joint Training will be hosting two in-person training courses in Amarillo for Long-term Care Providers.

Each training will offer guidance for the new CMS All-Payer OASIS Submission Requirement, effective Jan. 1, 2025, and mandatory by July 1, 2025. 

Joint Training will be hosting an in-person emergency preparedness training for long-term care providers on April 17.

Long-term Care program providers and regulatory staff are invited to attend the following in-person classes hosted in April and May, .