Older Americans Act

Older Americans Act
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".
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
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 3708 by John E. Fogarty (D–RI) on March 9, 1965; Committee consideration by House Education and Labor, Senate Labor and Public Welfare; Passed the House on March 31, 1965 (396-1); Passed the Senate on May 27, 1965 (passed voice vote) with amendment; House agreed to Senate amendment on July 6, 1965 (passed voice vote); Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on July 14, 1965;

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 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]

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]

^ Older Americans Act on Administration on Aging website, retrieved 7-7-2009 Archived 2009-05-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Aging Network". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
^ Colello, Kirsten J.; Napili, Angela (November 14, 2018). Older Americans Act: Overview and Funding (PDF). Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
^ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T (July 14, 1965). "Lyndon B. Johnson: "Remarks at the Signing of the Older Americans Act.,"". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
^ Testimony in Senate Subcommittee hearing, May 2005.
^ Law, Karen Kaslow Keystone Elder. "Elder Care: Older Americans Act reauthorized". The Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-04-30.

[1] Older Americans Act on Administration on Aging website, retrieved 7-7-2009 Archived 2009-05-30 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Aging Network". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-11-06.

[3] Colello, Kirsten J.; Napili, Angela (November 14, 2018). Older Americans Act: Overview and Funding (PDF). Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 23 November 2018.

[4] Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T (July 14, 1965). "Lyndon B. Johnson: "Remarks at the Signing of the Older Americans Act.,"". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.

[hhs-5] Testimony in Senate Subcommittee hearing, May 2005.

[6] Law, Karen Kaslow Keystone Elder. "Elder Care: Older Americans Act reauthorized". The Sentinel. Retrieved 2020-04-30.

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