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Illinois Pathways to Health: Expanding STEADI Screening and Stepping On to Prevent Falls

Award Number: 90FPSG0083
ORGANIZATION: ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
OPDIV: ACL
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2026
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/30/2029

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Illinois Pathways to Health: Expanding STEADI Screening and Stepping On to Prevent Falls - With funding from the Administration for Community Living, AgeOptions, via its Illinois Pathways to Health community care hub, will reduce falls in Illinois by increasing STEADI falls risk screening and enrollment in the evidence-based Stepping On falls prevention program. We will offer STEADI screening and Stepping On to older adults and people with disabilities across Illinois, with a priority on reaching people aged 60-70 years old. In Illinois, STEADI screening is sporadic, and Stepping On is not offered. Goal 1: Increase participation among older adults and adults with disabilities in the Stepping On program and the STEADI clinical screening tool. Objectives: Train delivery partners and staff in Stepping On. Strengthen community-clinical linkages by working with healthcare providers to screen their patients for falls risk with the STEADI screening tool and refer, as appropriate, to Stepping On. Reduce the falls risk of older adults through education and enrollment in Stepping on, as appropriate. Sustain programming by embedding it into operations, adding it to new and existing health care contracts, and through proposed Health Coaching CPT codes. Goal 2: Develop and disseminate Section 508-compliant resources to increase knowledge, improve services for older adults, and help sustain evidence-based falls prevention programs. Objectives: Create and disseminate 508-compliant consumer resources about steps they can take to reduce falls, use technology to track their progress, and improve communication with their caregiver and health care teams. Create and disseminate 508-compliant resources sharing lessons learned and best practices from this grant to allow other professionals to successfully work with health care providers to offer STEADI screenings and to deliver Stepping On. Outcomes: 8,419 older adults and people with disabilities STEADI screened. 1,296 participants recruited for Stepping On. 80% of completers to improve pre- and post STEADI screening. 70% of social determinants of health issues addressed 80% of participants to report reduced fear of falling Train 59 facilitators 6 master trainers in Stepping On 108 Stepping On workshops Falls Prevention Toolkit: AgeOptions and our partners will distribute a 508-compliant toolkit to consumers with steps they can take to prevent falls, including additional community-based fall prevention programs. All people who use the STEADI self-screener will be offered the toolkit, and we expect at least 1,500 people to either open the document or receive it in paper form. Partners: Healthcare Partners include CIMPAR, Rush University Medical Center, and University of Chicago Medicine. These partners will administer the STEADI screening and add results to our data system, Cumulus. Rush University Medical Center will be funded under this grant to provide guidance and technical assistance to build on their successful work with physician practices to get referrals for falls prevention and self-management programs. This will be accomplished by two strategies: 1) the healthcare provider screens individuals for falls risk in their electronic medical record, and the system shares results with AgeOptions; and 2) the healthcare provider encourages patients to self-screen through tools created by AgeOptions, through materials available in-clinic or virtually integrated into MyChart or other electronic medical record systems. We will identify ways to close the loop on referrals in a way that aligns with consumer consents. We will partner with the Illinois Department on Aging to support implementation and increase awareness of the project. Additionally, other Area Agencies on Aging and our delivery partners will promote STEADI screenings and Stepping On. Dissemination: AgeOptions will provide 508 compliant insights on best practices and lessons learned to professionals who wish to replicate our


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $740,161 )
2026	2026	AGEOPTIONS	1048 LAKE ST STE 300	OAK PARK	IL	60301	COOK	USA	Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Programs Financed Solely by Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF)	00	1	9/29/2026	NEW	$740,161
														Subtotal = $740,161

Grand Total All Awards = $740,161

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Illinois Pathways to Health: Expanding STEADI Screening and Stepping On to Prevent Falls

Award Number: 90FPSG0083

ORGANIZATION: ADMINISTRATION ON AGING

OPDIV: ACL

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: OTHER

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2026

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/30/2029

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