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AUG 2 1 2014 

PROGRAM INSTRUCTION 


ACL-PI -14-06 


TO: STATE AGENCIES ON AGING ADMINISTERING PLANS 

UNDER TITLE III AND TITLE VII OF THE OLDER 

AMERICANS ACT (OAA) OF 1965, AS AMENDED. 

SUBJECT: Reallotment Procedure OAA Title III and Title VII Mandatory Grant Funds 

LEGAL AND 

RELATED 

REFERENCES: Section 304(b) and Section 703(b) ofthe 

Older Americans Act of 1965, As Amended 

The purpose ofthis Program Instruction is to notify grantees of the procedures for reporting 

reallotment ofOAA Title III and Title VII Grant Funds for Federal Fiscal Year 2014 and beyond. 

Grantees must report to the Administration for Community Living (ACL) by the second Friday in 

September for each Federal Fiscal Year funding. To comply with reallotment reporting requirements, 

please provide the following: 

1) 	 a statement, signed by the authorized official, that all current Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 

Title III and Title VII funds will be expended; or, 

2) 	 the amount, if any, of the current Federal FY Title III and/or Title VII funds that will 

not be used by September 30 that will be released for reallotment to other States; and, 

3) 	 the request for additional current Federal FY Title III and/or Title VII funds, if any 

become available via the Reallotment process, which could be obligated by September 30 

of the following year and must be liquidated within two fiscal years of the original 

allotment. For example: 

• 	 FY 2014 realloted funds must be obligated by September 30, 2015 and liquidated by 

September 30, 2016; 

• 	 FY 2015 realloted funds must be obligated by September 30, 2016 and liquidated by 

September 30, 2017, and so forth. 

Statement of Fully Used Funds 

An authorized official shall submit a signed statement that all current Federal Fiscal Year (FY) Title III 

and Title VII funds will be expended. 

Title III and Title VII funds are required to be obligated by September 30 of the Federal Fiscal Year in 

which funds are awarded. Funds may not be obligated after September 30 of the current Federal FY. 

Grant awards must be liquidated (expended) within two years after the year in which the funds were 

awarded (e.g., appropriated funds awarded in Federal Fiscal Year 2014 must be liquidated by 
September 30, 2016). This provides a total ofthree fiscal years, including the year awarded, for 

liquidation of Federal funds for any given fiscal year. 

Release of Unused Funds 

Grantees not intending to use the full amount of their Title III or Title VII allotments must submit a 

statement signed by the authorized official releasing Title III and/or Title VII funds for reallotment. 

This statement must identify the amount and from which part of Title III (B - Supportive Services, C 1 ­

Congregate Meals, C2 -Home Delivered Meals, D - Preventive Health, orE - Caregiver Support) or 

Title VII (Ombudsman or Elder Abuse Prevention) the funds are being released. If funds are released 

for reallotment, ACL will issue a revised grant award reflecting the respective decrease(s). 

Request for Funds 

If additional funds can be utilized, grantees should submit a brief statement justifying the need for 

additional funds signed by the appropriate official. The statement must identify the Parts of Title III 

and/or VII for which funds are being requested. 

Reallotted funds are one-time awards and there is no assurance additional reallotted funds will be 

received in future years. Reallotted funds do not impact allocation of funds in future years. 

DUE DATE: Second Friday in September of each year, for submission to 

Regional Administrators, Administration for Community Living 

INQUIRIES: Inquiries should be addressed to 

Regional Administrators, Administration for Community Living 

Edwin Walker ~etA Rimas Liogys 41 

Deputy Assistant Secretary Director 

Administration on Aging Office of Grants Management 

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