Six federal, Texas state, and Texas county programs that pay for, subsidize, or scope the in-home support side of an aging-in-place remodel — the USDA Section 504 grant, the VA HISA grant, the Texas HHS STAR+PLUS HCBS waiver, the Texas AAA ADRC home-modification assessment, the Meals-on-Wheels ADRC bundled referral, and the TDHCA weatherization county note. Plain-English eligibility, an Apply CTA per program, and a CAPS-pro routing surface at the foot of the page.
The Texas seed of the Greybough senior-funding index: four hard-line grant / subsidy programs plus one Texas benefits-navigation card and one Texas county-level note. The TDHCA county row sits last because it is the most-missed line item on an aging-in-place remodel budget — and the most-often mis-quoted by a contractor.
Eligibility — Owner-occupied, household income below 50% of the area median; 62+ for the "very low-income" track through the USDA Rural Development office.
What it covers — Grants up to $10,000 for elderly home-modification repairs, and up to $50,000 in declared-disaster counties — the grab-bar + curbless-shower line item for low-income rural homeowners.
Editor’s note · Texas carries a high count of declared-disaster counties — east and gulf-coast (Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Beryl) routinely use the $50,000 ceiling.
Eligibility — Veterans with a service-connected disability on a VA-rated disability letter, plus qualifying older vets on a legacy rating.
What it covers — A lifetime grant up to $2,200 (or $2,000 in legacy cases) toward accessibility improvements — grab bars, wheelchair ramps, and curbless-shower retrofits that pair with a remodel.
Editor’s note · Texas is one of the largest VA-rated retiree states — Bexar, Harris, and Tarrant counties carry the highest HISA claim volumes.
Eligibility — Texas seniors 65+ (or adults with a disability) who would otherwise qualify for a nursing-home level of care — application runs through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
What it covers — Personal-care hours, homemaker services, and minor home-modification assistance in the Community First Choice (CFC) benefit — the in-home support side of an aging-in-place remodel before the contractor walks in.
Editor’s note · A benefits-navigation line, not a contractor line item. Always route via HHSC first; a CAPS-pro should never quote this on a remodel quote.
Eligibility — Any Texas adult 60+ (or the adult child of one) — phone-call intake through one of 28 Area Agencies on Aging covering all 254 counties; no income test.
What it covers — A no-cost in-home assessment, contractor referrals, and benefits-navigation — the line item that scopes the remodel before the contractor walks in, and that routes families toward every other program on this page.
Editor’s note · Houston → AAA of Harris County; Dallas → AAA of Dallas; San Antonio → Alamo AAA. The shortest path is a phone call to the AAA.
Eligibility — Texas adults 60+ unable to prepare a meal — bundled into the AAA intake as the home-modification assessment, the caregiver-respite call, and the homemaker-services referral.
What it covers — Daily home-delivered meals plus a wellness check from the driver — the in-home support that pairs with a grab-bar or curbless-shower retrofit when the AAA assessment flags nutrition risk.
Editor’s note · AAAs co-locate the homedelivered-meals referral with the home-mod consult — one phone call covers both lines.
Eligibility — Texas very-low-income homeowners — application runs through the TDHCA Comprehensive Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and the county weatherization partners it funds.
What it covers — Weatherization, HVAC repair, and accessibility-related envelopes through local nonprofits — a county-level line item that rarely shows up on an aging-in-place contractor quote.
Editor’s note · A benefits-navigation note — never a contractor line item. Always route via TDHCA / your county weatherization partner first.
Type any US ZIP and see the federal programs that apply everywhere, then the state-specific programs the editor has vetted for your state. Texas ZIPs return the STAR+PLUS HCBS, homestead 65+, and TDHCA home repair rows automatically — anything else you need routes to the editor inbox below so the next state gets seeded.
The grants index is hand-built, not algorithm-ranked. Florida ships first, Texas ships second; Arizona, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Ohio on deck. Texas readers — you are on the new landing.
Daniel Holt, CAPS
Twenty-plus years in the trades — framing, finish, project management. Reviewed every product on Greybough against the same field rubric: does it install in a real bathroom, not a photo studio?
Spotted a Texas program that’s missing? Tell the editor.
The grants index is editor-vetted, not algorithm-ranked. If a Texas, federal, or county program paying for aging-in-place remodels is missing here, the editor wants to know — short note, three fields, auto-routed to the grant-routing inbox. The submitted message also lands on the team-wide lead log so a reviewer can scope the follow-up.
Tell us about the project and your ZIP code — we route the lead to a CAPS-certified senior-friendly remodeler in your area. They pay a flat $100 for the introduction; the family never pays for it. Your Audit Kit is emailed automatically as soon as you submit.