Older Americans Act
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The Older Americans Act of 1965 (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 89–73, 79 Stat. 218) was the first federal level initiative aimed at providing comprehensive services for older adults. It created the National Aging Network comprising the Administration on Aging on the federal level, State Units on Aging at the state level, and Area Agencies on Aging at the local level.[1] The network provides funding—based primarily on the percentage of an area's population 60 and older—for nutrition and supportive home and community-based services, disease prevention/health promotion services, elder rights programs, the National Family Caregiver Support Program, and the Native American Caregiver Support Program.[2][3]
Long title | An Act to provide assistance in the development of new or improved programs to help older persons through grants to the States for community planning and services and for training, through research, development, or training project grants, and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an operating agency to be designated as the "Administration on Aging". |
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Acronyms (colloquial) | OAA |
Nicknames | Older Americans Act of 1965 |
Enacted by | the 89th United States Congress |
Effective | July 14, 1965 |
Citations | |
Public law | Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 89–73 |
Statutes at Large | 79 Stat. 218 |
Codification | |
Titles amended | 42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare |
U.S.C. sections created | 42 U.S.C. ch. 35 § 3001 et seq. |
Legislative history | |
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Older Americans Act of 1965 | |
Long title: | To provide assistance in the development of new or improved programs to help older persons through grants to the States for community planning and services and for training, through research, development, or training project grants, and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an operating agency to be designated as the ‘‘Administration on Aging’’. |
The Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 14, 1965.[4]
In 2016, Congress reauthorized the Act in its entirety, effective through FY 2019.[5] In March 2020, the Act was reauthorized through 2024.[6]