legislation: 94-hr-15796
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| 94-hr-15796 | 94 | hr | 15796 | A bill to provide that certain services under the Older Americans Act of 1965 be delivered by personnel trained in the field of aging and to encourage the development of training programs in the field of aging under the Higher Education Act of 1965. | Social Welfare | 1976-09-30 | 1976-09-30 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] | IL | D | C000634 | 0 | Amends the Older Americans Act of 1945 to direct area and State agencies which administer or supervise State and community programs on aging pursuant to such Act to employ personnel adequately trained in the field of aging to deliver specified services to the aged including the following: (1) health, continuing education, welfare, informational, recreational, homemaker, counseling, or referral services; and (2) services designed to assist older persons to use services available to them, to obtain adequate housing, and to avoid institutionalization. Authorizes grants to institutions of higher education to assist such institutions in planning, developing, and carrying out programs designed to apply the resources of higher education to the problems of the elderly including: (1) programs focusing on transportation and housing problems of elderly persons living in rural and isolated areas; and (2) programs to train individuals in delivering social services to the elderly. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z |