There is a Healthy Aging Program in the Department. The purposes of the Program are to: promote healthy aging and healthy living by older adults at both the State and local levels; encourage aging safely at home and in the community; raise public awareness about the importance of healthy aging and aging safely for both individuals and the public at large; evaluate the need for improving the quality and accessibility of existing healthy aging opportunities and services; improve the quality of life and contain health care costs of older adults; provide competitive funding grants to design and test programs and services that help older adults achieve healthy and safe aging and healthy living; and publicly disseminate the outcomes of the grants awarded under the Program.