Older Americans Act: Administration on Aging Does Not Approve Intrastate Funding Formulas : Report to Congressional Requesters

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The Office, 1990 - 18 pages

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Page 2 - Association, for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia.
Page 1 - The Honorable Augustus F. Hawkins Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives The Honorable William F.
Page 3 - ... older individuals with the greatest economic or social need, with particular attention to lowincome minority individuals.
Page 7 - Hispanics] have a shorter life expectancy than non-minorities, which means that they make up a smaller percentage of the over 75 elderly population than they do of the elderly over 60 years of age."38 Figure 16 provides a breakdown of persons age 55 and over as of 1989.
Page 3 - Greatest social need" means the need caused by noneconomic factors — disabilities, language barriers, and isolation, including that caused by racial or ethnic status — that restrict the ability to perform normal daily tasks or threaten the capacity to live independently.
Page 9 - A condition of grant eligibility is that a state must have a funding formula that conforms to AOA'S guidelines. An agency has authority to enforce grant conditions. Since a funding formula that complies with the guidelines is a grant condition, it follows that the agency has authority to enforce them.
Page 1 - AoA policy deliberations. those in greatest economic or social need, with particular attention to low-income minorities.
Page 10 - AQA regulations and (2) withhold funds for disapproved formulas, it should consider amending Title III of the Older Americans Act to clarify this intent.

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