Notes on programs for older americans : US Code - Notes

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SUBCHAPTER I - DECLARATION OF OBJECTIVES AND DEFINITIONS
Sec.
3001. Congressional declaration of objectives.
3002. Definitions.
3003. Congressional declaration of additional
objectives.

SUBCHAPTER II - ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
3011. Establishment of Administration on Aging.
(a) Function and operation.
(b) Appointment of Assistant Secretary.
(c) Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native,
and Native Hawaiian Programs; Director.
(d) Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs.
3012. Functions of Assistant Secretary.
(a) Duties and functions of Administration.
(b) Policy alternatives in long-term care.
(c) Encouragement by Assistant Secretary of
program and activity by voluntary social
services group.
(d) National Center on Elder Abuse.
(e) National Aging Information Center.
(f) Development of performance outcome measures.
3013. Federal agency cooperation.
3013a. Consultation with State agencies, area agencies on
aging, and Native American grant recipients.
3014. Repealed.
3015. Gifts and donations.
(a) Gifts and donations.
(b) Use of gifts and donations.
(c) Ethics guidelines.
3016. Authority of Assistant Secretary.
(a) Consultative services and technical
assistance; short-term training and
technical instruction; research and
demonstrations; preparation and
dissemination of informational materials;
staff and technical assistance to Federal
Council on the Aging; designation of
full-time nutrition professional as
administrator of nutrition services.
(b) Utilization of services and facilities of
Federal and other public or nonprofit
agencies; advance or reimbursement payments
for such use.
(c) Authorization of appropriations.
3017. Evaluation of programs.
(a) Authority of Secretary; scope of evaluation;
persons conducting evaluation.
(b) General standards.
(c) Opinions of program and project
participants; comparison of effectiveness
of related programs; consultation with
organizations concerned with older
individuals.
(d) Annual summaries and analyses of evaluation;
demonstration projects; transmittal to
Congress; dissemination to Federal, State,
and local agencies and private
organizations; accessibility to public.
(e) Federal property.
(f) Availability to Secretary of information
from executive agencies.
(g) Funds.
3018. Reports to Congress.
(a) Annual report.
(b) Report on ombudsman program.
(c) Outreach activities; report on evaluations
to be included in annual report.
3019. Joint funding of projects.
3020. Advance funding.
3020a. Application of other laws; costs of projects under
this chapter not treated as income or benefits
under other laws.
3020b. Reduction of paperwork.
3020c. Contracting and grant authority.
3020d. Surplus property eligibility.
3020e. Nutrition education.
3020e-1. Pension counseling and information programs.
(a) Definitions.
(b) Program authorized.
(c) Eligible entities.
(d) Citizen advisory panel.
(e) Application.
(f) Criteria.
(g) Training and technical assistance program.
(h) Pension assistance hotline and intragency
coordination.
(i) Report to Congress.
(j) Administrative expenses.
3020f. Authorization of appropriations.
(a) In general.
(b) Eldercare Locator Service.
(c) Pension counseling and information programs.

SUBCHAPTER III - GRANTS FOR STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING

PART A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
3021. Purpose and program.
(a) Congressional declaration of purpose.
(b) Administration of program.
(c) Ombudsman program.
(d) Use of funds.
3022. Definitions.
3023. Authorization of appropriations; uses of funds.
3024. Allotment to States.
(a) In general.
(b) Unused funds.
(c) Withholding of funds; disbursement.
(d) Costs of administration, ombudsman program,
demonstration projects, supportive
services, senior centers and nutrition
services; payment and determination of
non-Federal share.
3025. Designation of State agencies.
(a) Duties of designated agency.
(b) Planning and service area designated; Indian
reservations; redesignation; adjustment of
State allotment; review by Assistant
Secretary; additional planning and service
areas; right to first refusal to units of
local government; procedures and review of
boundaries.
(c) Eligible State area agencies; development of
area; preferred area agency on aging
designees.
(d) Publication for review and comment;
contents.
3026. Area plans.
(a) Preparation and development by area agency
on aging; requirements.
(b) Waiver of requirements.
(c) Transportation services; funds.
(d) Confidentiality of information relating to
legal assistance.
(e) Withholding of area funds.
3027. State plans.
(a) Criteria for eligibility; contents.
(b) Approval by Assistant Secretary; waiver of
requirements.
(c) Notice and hearing prior to disapproval.
(d) Discontinuance of payments; disbursement of
withheld funds to agencies with approved
plans; matching funds.
(e) Appeal.
(f) Confidentiality of information relating to
legal assistance.
3028. Cost of administration of State plans.
(a) Activities constituting administration; use
of excess funds to supplement cost of
administration of area plans; election to
pay costs from sums received for
administration of area plans.
(b) Formula for computation of allotment;
application for additional funds; approval
of application by Assistant Secretary;
limitation on amount of additional funds;
transfer of funds.
(c) Availability of funds under this section to
provide services under parts B and C.
3029. Payments of grants or contracts.
(a) Advances or reimbursement; installments;
assistance in development of State plan.
(b) Matching funds; percentage limitation.
(c) Reduction of State allotment.
3030. Disaster relief reimbursements.
(a) Application; limitations.
(b) Setting aside of funds by Assistant
Secretary.
(c) Effect on other laws.
3030a. Nutrition services incentive program.
(a) Purpose.
(b) Allotment and provision and payment.
(c) Donation of products.
(d) Option to obtain commodities from Secretary
of Agriculture.
(e) Authorization of appropriations.
(f) Dissemination of information.
3030b. Recapture of payments made for multipurpose senior
centers.
3030c. Audit; request for information.
3030c-1. Rights relating to in-home services for frail
older individuals.
3030c-2. Consumer contributions.
(a) Cost sharing.
(b) Voluntary contributions.
(c) Participation.
(d) Evaluation.
3030c-3. Waivers.
(a) In general.
(b) Requirements subject to waiver.
(c) Duration of waiver.
(d) Reports to Secretary.

PART B - SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
3030d. Grants for supportive services.
(a) Grants.
(b) Existing facilities.
(c) Coordination of services with other
providers.
(d) Relationship to other funding sources.

PART C - NUTRITION SERVICES

SUBPART I - CONGREGATE NUTRITION SERVICES
3030e. Grants for establishment and operation of
nutrition projects.

SUBPART II - HOME DELIVERED NUTRITION SERVICES
3030f. Grants for establishment and operation of
nutrition projects for older individuals.
3030g. Efficiency and quality criteria.

SUBPART III - GENERAL PROVISIONS
3030g-21. Nutrition.
3030g-22. Payment requirement.

PART D - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES
3030m. Program authorized.
(a) Grants to States.
(b) Community organizations and agencies.
3030n. Distribution to area agencies on aging.

PART E - NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM

SUBPART I - CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM
3030s. Definitions.
3030s-1. Program authorized.
(a) In general.
(b) Support services.
(c) Population served; priority.
(d) Coordination with service providers.
(e) Quality standards and mechanisms and
accountability.
(f) Caregiver allotment.
(g) Availability of funds.
3030s-2. Maintenance of effort.

SUBPART II - NATIONAL INNOVATION PROGRAMS
3030s-11, 3030s-12. Omitted.

SUBCHAPTER IV - TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND DISCRETIONARY PROJECTS AND
PROGRAMS
3031. Purposes.

PART A - GRANT PROGRAMS
3032. Program authorized.
(a) In general.
(b) Authorization of appropriations.
3032a. Career preparation for the field of aging.
(a) Grants.
(b) Definitions.
3032b. Older individuals' protection from violence
projects.
(a) Program authorized.
(b) Activities.
(c) Preference.
(d) Coordination.
3032c. Health care service demonstration projects in
rural areas.
(a) Authority.
(b) Eligibility.
(c) Reports.
3032d. Computer training.
(a) Program authorized.
(b) Priority.
(c) Special consideration.
(d) Use of funds.
3032e. Technical assistance to improve transportation for
seniors.
(a) In general.
(b) Use of funds.
3032f. Demonstration projects for multigenerational
activities.
(a) Grants and contracts.
(b) Use of funds.
(c) Preference.
(d) Application.
(e) Eligible organizations.
(f) Local evaluation and report.
(g) Report to Congress.
(h) Definition.
3032g. Native American programs.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Training grants.
3032h. Multidisciplinary centers.
(a) Program authorized.
(b) Use of funds.
(c) Data.
3032i. Demonstration and support projects for legal
assistance for older individuals.
(a) Program authorized.
(b) Assurances.
(c) Assistance.
3032j. Ombudsman and advocacy demonstration projects.
(a) Program authorized.
(b) Report.

PART B - GENERAL PROVISIONS
3033. Payment of grants.
(a) Contributions.
(b) Payments.
(c) Consultation.
3033a. Responsibilities of Assistant Secretary.
(a) In general.
(b) Report.
(c) Evaluations.

SUBCHAPTER V - MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS

PART A - ACQUISITION, ALTERATION, OR RENOVATION OF MULTIPURPOSE
SENIOR CENTERS
3041 to 3041f. Repealed.

PART B - INITIAL STAFFING OF MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS
3042. Repealed.

SUBCHAPTER VI - NATIONAL OLDER AMERICANS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
3044 to 3044e. Repealed.

SUBCHAPTER VII - NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY
3045 to 3045i. Repealed.

SUBCHAPTER VIII - GENERAL PROVISIONS
3051 to 3055. Repealed.

SUBCHAPTER IX - COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS
3056. Older American community service employment
program.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Authority of Secretary; execution of
agreements to further purposes and goals of
program.
(c) Authority of Secretary; project costs;
non-Federal share; administration costs.
(d) Project and program review.
(e) Second career training and job placement
projects; equitable geographic
distribution; project criteria.
(f) Evaluations.
3056a. Administration.
(a) State Senior Employment Services
Coordination Plan.
(b) Coordination of program with other Federal
programs.
(c) Use of services, equipment, personnel, and
facilities of other agencies.
(d) Payments.
(e) Delegation of functions prohibited.
(f) Monitoring, compliance, reports, and
records.
(g) Evaluations and reports to Congress.
3056b. Participants not Federal employees.
3056c. Interagency cooperation.
(a) Assistant Secretary for Aging.
(b) Director of Office of Community Services;
Secretary of Health and Human Services;
other Federal agencies.
(c) Secretary of Education.
3056d. Distribution of assistance.
(a) Reservations.
(b) State allotments.
(c) Division between national grants and grants
to States.
(d) Allotments for national grants.
(e) Allotments for grants to States.
(f) Allotment percentage.
(g) Definitions.
3056e. Equitable distribution.
(a) Interstate allocation.
(b) Intrastate allocation.
3056f. Report.
3056g. Employment assistance and Federal housing and food
stamp programs.
3056h. Eligibility for workforce investment activities.
3056i. Treatment of assistance.
3056j. Coordination with the Workforce Investment Act of
1998.
(a) Partners.
(b) Coordination.
3056k. Performance.
(a) Measures.
(b) Required indicators.
(c) Definitions of indicators.
(d) Corrective efforts.
3056l. Competitive requirements relating to grant awards.
(a) Program authorized.
(b) Eligible applicants.
(c) Criteria.
(d) Responsibility tests.
(e) National performance measures and
competition for public and private
nonprofit agencies and organizations.
(f) Performance measures and competition for
States.
3056m. Authorization of appropriations.
3056n. Definitions.

SUBCHAPTER X - GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
3057. Statement of purpose.
3057a. Sense of Congress.

PART A - INDIAN PROGRAM
3057b. Findings.
3057c. Eligibility.
(a) Criteria.
(b) Limitation.
(c) "Indian tribe" and "tribal organization"
defined.
3057d. Grants authorized.
3057e. Applications.
(a) Approval criteria; provisions and
assurances.
(b) Population statistics development.
(c) Approval by Assistant Secretary.
(d) Disapproval by Assistant Secretary.
(e) Funds per year.
3057e-1. Distribution of funds among tribal organizations.
(a) Maintenance of 1991 amounts.
(b) Use of additional amounts appropriated.
3057f. Surplus educational facilities.
(a) Multipurpose senior centers.
(b) Applications; submission; contents.

PART B - NATIVE HAWAIIAN PROGRAM
3057g. Findings.
3057h. Eligibility.
3057i. Grants authorized.
3057j. Application.
(a) Approval criteria; provisions and
assurances.
(b) Approval by Assistant Secretary.
(c) Disapproval by Assistant Secretary.
(d) Funds per year.
3057j-1. Distribution of funds among organizations.
3057k. "Native Hawaiian" defined.

PART C - NATIVE AMERICAN CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM
3057k-11. Program.
(a) In general.
(b) Requirements.

PART D - GENERAL PROVISIONS
3057l. Administration.
3057m. Payments.
3057n. Authorization of appropriations.

SUBCHAPTER XI - ALLOTMENTS FOR VULNERABLE ELDER RIGHTS PROTECTION
ACTIVITIES

PART A - STATE PROVISIONS

SUBPART I - GENERAL STATE PROVISIONS
3058. Establishment.
3058a. Authorization of appropriations.
(a) Ombudsman program.
(b) Prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and
exploitation.
(c) Legal assistance development program.
3058b. Allotment.
(a) In general.
(b) Reallotment.
(c) Withholding.
3058c. Organization.
3058d. Additional State plan requirements.
(a) Eligibility.
(b) Privilege.
3058e. Demonstration projects.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Benefits.

SUBPART II - OMBUDSMAN PROGRAMS
3058f. Definitions.
3058g. State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Procedures for access.
(c) Reporting system.
(d) Disclosure.
(e) Consultation.
(f) Conflict of interest.
(g) Legal counsel.
(h) Administration.
(i) Liability.
(j) Noninterference.
3058h. Regulations.

SUBPART III - PROGRAMS FOR PREVENTION OF ELDER ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND
EXPLOITATION
3058i. Prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and
exploitation.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Use of allotments.
(c) Approach.
(d) Coordination.
(e) Requirements.
(f) Designation.
(g) Study and report.

SUBPART IV - STATE LEGAL ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
3058j. State legal assistance development.

SUBPART V - OUTREACH, COUNSELING, AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
3058k. Repealed.

PART B - NATIVE AMERICAN ORGANIZATION PROVISIONS
3058aa. Native American program.
(a) Establishment.
(b) Application.
(c) Eligible entity.
(d) Authorization of appropriations.

PART C - GENERAL PROVISIONS
3058bb. Definitions.
3058cc. Administration.
3058dd. Technical assistance.
(a) Other agencies.
(b) Assistant Secretary.
3058ee. Audits.
(a) Access.
(b) Limitation.