PROGRAM INSTRUCTION

AOA-PI-00-01 February 28, 2000

TO : STATES ADMINISTERING PLANS UNDER TITLE III OF THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965, AS 

AMENDED

SUBJECT : Certification on Maintenance of Effort for Fiscal Year 1999

LEGAL AND RELATED REFERENCES : 45 CFR 1321.49; and Section 309(c) of the Older Americans 

Act, as Amended

This program instruction requests the authorized official in each state agency on aging to submit a 

certification on maintenance of effort under Title III of the Older Americans Act for fiscal year 1999. As 

set forth in 45 CFR 1321.49, the state agency maintenance of effort level is to be determined 

annually:

"In order to avoid a penalty, each fiscal year the State Agency, to meet the required nonfederal share 

applicable to its allotments under this part, shall spend under the State plan for both services and 

administration at least the average amount of state funds it spent under the plan for the three 

previous fiscal years. If the State Agency spends less than this amount, the Assistant Secretary 

reduces the State's allotments for supportive and nutrition services under this part by a percentage 

equal to the percentage by which the State reduced its expenditures."

In reporting the amount of state expenditures for the maintenance of effort requirement, states may 

include expenditures incurred under the cost allocation plan for the state agency. The authorized 

official in each state agency is requested to certify to the Administration on Aging the amount of state 

resources expended in fiscal year 1999 to meet the maintenance of effort requirements under Title III 

of the Older Americans Act, and whether that amount was or was not equal to the required 

maintenance of effort level.

Attached is a certification form which has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). The certification form must be signed by the authorized state agency official and submitted to 

the Regional Administrators, Administration on Aging, no later than July 28, 2000.

DUE DATE : Due July 28, 2000, to Regional Administrators, Administration on Aging.

ATTACHMENT : Certification of Maintenance of Effort Form OMB-0980-0180

INQUIRIES : State agencies should address inquiries to Regional Administrators, Administration on 

Aging, HHS Regional Offices.
Jeanette C. Takamura

Assistant Secretary for Aging

DATE:

TO : Regional Administrators on Aging, Regions I - X

FROM : Director, Grants Management Division

SUBJECT : FY 1999 Certification of States' Maintenance of Effort (GMD) 00-01

The purpose of this memorandum is to request Regional Administrators to submit States' certifications 

on maintenance of effort for FY 1998 to Grants Management Division by August 31, 2000. The 

attached Program Instruction, AoA-PI-00- dated, requested States to provide AoA Regional 

Administrators with their certification forms by July 28, 2000.

Each certification statement must include: (1) the amount of State resources expended in Fiscal Year 

1999 to meet the required non-Federal share; (2) whether the amount was less than, equal to, or 

more than the required level of maintenance of effort; and (3) the signature of the authorized State 

Agency on Aging official.

After appropriate review, please mail the certification statements to the Grants Management Office.

Margaret A. Tolson

DUE DATE: 

INQUIRIES: Inquiries should be addressed to Regional Administrators on Aging, DHHS regional offices.