Section 10.03 - Grant Application Requirements(1) Eligible grant applicants are defined as the following: (a) Non-profit organization located in Massachusetts and serving Massachusetts residents; and,(b) One or more of the following providers of care to the elderly: 1. Aging services access points;5. Home health providers;6. Adult day care providers (providing adult and social services);7. Dementia-specific adult day care providers;8. Assisted living facilities;9. Other charitable organizations for the elderly approved by the Division.(2) All requests for grant funding must: (a) Support the continuum of care for the elderly; and,(b) Be used for conversion or start-up costs rather than ordinary operating expenses.(3) Specific requests for funding shall be limited to one of the following:(a) Equipment purchases or upgrades that directly improve patient care;(b) Conversion or renovation of existing space for the improvement of existing programs or the development of new programs; or,(c) Acquisition and construction costs of new physical plant space for the development of new programs that shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1. Assisted living facilities;2. Congregate or shared housing facilities;3. Shelters for abused or homeless elders;4. Day care facilities (providing adult, social, and dementia services);5. Night care facilities;7. Mental health or substance abuse clinics;8. Geriatric psychiatry units;9. Elder-to-work and teen-elder partnership cooperatives; and10. Respite care clinics.