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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4833 

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a grant program 

for multigenerational collaboration. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 23, 2019 

Mr. GOLDEN (for himself and Mr. WRIGHT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish 

a grant program for multigenerational collaboration. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Multigenerational En5 gagement Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR MULTIGENERATIONAL COL7 LABORATION. 

8 Section 417 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 

9 U.S.C. 3032f) is amended— 


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1 (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(a) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—The Assistant Sec4 retary shall award grants to, and enter into contracts 

5 with, eligible organizations to carry out projects— 

6 ‘‘(1) to provide opportunities for older individ7 uals to participate in multigenerational activities and 

8 civic engagement activities that contribute to the 

9 health and wellness of older individuals and individ10 uals in younger generations by developing— 

11 ‘‘(A) meaningful roles for participants; 

12 ‘‘(B) reciprocity in relationship building; 

13 ‘‘(C) reduced social isolation and improved 

14 participant social connectedness; 

15 ‘‘(D) improved economic well-being for 

16 older individuals; 

17 ‘‘(E) increased lifelong learning; or 

18 ‘‘(F) support for family caregivers by— 

19 ‘‘(i) providing support for older rel20 ative caregivers (as defined in section 372) 

21 raising children (such as kinship navigator 

22 programs); or 

23 ‘‘(ii) involving volunteers who are 

24 older individuals who provide support and 

25 information to families who have a child 


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1 with a disability or chronic illness, or other 

2 families in need of such family support; 

3 ‘‘(2) to coordinate multigenerational activities 

4 and civic engagement activities, including 

5 multigenerational nutrition and meal service pro6 grams; 

7 ‘‘(3) to promote volunteerism, including becom8 ing a mentor to young people; and 

9 ‘‘(4) to facilitate development of and participa10 tion in multigenerational activities and civic engage11 ment activities.’’; 

12 (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible organization 

16 shall use funds made available under a grant award17 ed, or a contract entered into, under this section to 

18 carry out a project described in subsection (a). 

19 ‘‘(2) PROVISION OF PROJECTS THROUGH

20 GRANTEES.—In making grants under this section, 

21 the Assistant Secretary shall ensure that awards are 

22 made for the activities and projects described in 

23 each of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

2 by inserting ‘‘that serves individuals in younger 

3 generations and older individuals’’ after ‘‘to 

4 carry out a project’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘, intent 

6 to carry out, or intent to partner with local or7 ganizations or multiservice organizations to 

8 carry out,’’ after ‘‘record of carrying out’’; 

9 (C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

10 and inserting a semicolon; 

11 (D) in paragraph (4) by striking the period 

12 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(5) eligible organizations proposing 

15 multigenerational activity projects that utilize shared 

16 site programs, such as collocated child care and 

17 long-term care facilities.’’; 

18 (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol19 lows: 

20 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—Organizations eli21 gible to receive a grant or enter into a contract under sub22 section (a) shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) be a State, an area agency on aging, or an 

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1 dividuals to participate in activities described in such 

2 subsection; and 

3 ‘‘(2) have the capacity to conduct the coordina4 tion, promotion, and facilitation described in such 

5 subsection through the use of multigenerational co6 ordinators.’’; 

7 (5) by striking subsection (g); 

8 (6) in subsection (h)(2)(B)(i) by striking ‘‘indi9 viduals from the generations with older individuals’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘older individuals’’; 

11 (7) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) 

12 as subsections (c) through (g), respectively; and 

13 (8) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(b) GRANT PERIOD.—Each grant awarded or con16 tract made under subsection (a) shall be to carry out 

17 projects for a period of not less than 36 months.’’. 

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