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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1671 

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct resources that promote 

multigenerational collaboration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 23 (legislative day, MAY 22), 2019 

Mr. JONES (for himself and Mr. CASEY) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 

Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct resources that promote multigenerational collaboration, and 

for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Aging Together Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR MULTIGENERATIONAL COL6 LABORATION. 

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

8 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 and enter into contracts with 

5 eligible organizations to carry out projects to— 

6 ‘‘(1) provide opportunities for older individuals 

7 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 and 

4 ‘‘(2) coordinate multigenerational activities and 

5 civic engagement activities, promote volunteerism, 

6 and facilitate development of and participation in 

7 multigenerational activities and civic engagement ac8 tivities.’’; 

9 (2) by striking subsection (g); 

10 (3) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) 

11 as subsections (c) through (g), respectively; 

12 (4) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(b) GRANT PERIODS.—Each grant awarded under 

15 subsection (a) shall be for a period of not less than 36 

16 months.’’; 

17 (5) by amending subsection (c), as so redesig18 nated, to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 

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

21 shall use funds made available under a grant award22 ed, or a contract entered into, under this section to 

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

24 ‘‘(2) PROVISION OF PROJECTS THROUGH

25 GRANTEES.—In making grants under this section, 


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1 the Assistant Secretary shall ensure that awards are 

2 made for the activities and projects described in 

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

4 (6) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 

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

6 by inserting ‘‘that serves individuals in younger 

7 generations and older individuals’’ after ‘‘to 

8 carry out a project’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in10 tent to carry out, or intent to partner with local 

11 organizations or multiservice organizations to 

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

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

14 and inserting a semicolon; 

15 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe16 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘(5) eligible organizations proposing multigen19 erational activity projects that utilize shared site 

20 programs, such as collocated child care and long21 term care facilities.’’; 

22 (7) by amending subsections (f) and (g), as so 

23 redesignated, to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(f) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—Organizations eli2 gible to receive a grant or enter into a contract under sub3 section (a) shall— 

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

5 organization that provides opportunities for older in6 dividuals to participate in activities described in such 

7 subsection; and 

8 ‘‘(2) have the capacity to conduct the coordina9 tion, promotion, and facilitation described in such 

10 subsection through the use of multigenerational co11 ordinators. 

12 ‘‘(g) EVALUATION.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

14 after the date of enactment of the Aging Together 

15 Act, the Assistant Secretary shall, through data sub16 mitted by organizations receiving grants or contracts 

17 under this section, evaluate the activities supported 

18 through such grants and contracts to determine— 

19 ‘‘(A) the effectiveness of such activities; 

20 ‘‘(B) the impact of such activities on the 

21 community being served and the organization 

22 providing the activities; and 

23 ‘‘(C) the impact of such activities on older 

24 individuals participating in such project. 


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1 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 

2 months after the Assistant Secretary completes the 

3 evaluation under paragraph (1), the Assistant Sec4 retary shall prepare and submit to the Speaker of 

5 the House of Representatives and the President pro 

6 tempore of the Senate a report that assesses such 

7 evaluation and contains, at a minimum— 

8 ‘‘(A) the names or descriptive titles of the 

9 projects funded under subsection (a); 

10 ‘‘(B) a description of the nature and oper11 ation of such projects; 

12 ‘‘(C) the names and addresses of organiza13 tions that conducted such projects; 

14 ‘‘(D) a description of the methods and suc15 cess of such projects in recruiting older individ16 uals as employees and as volunteers to partici17 pate in the projects; 

18 ‘‘(E) a description of the success of the 

19 projects in retaining older individuals partici20 pating in such projects as employees and as vol21 unteers; 

22 ‘‘(F) the rate of turnover of older indi23 vidual employees and volunteers in such 

24 projects; 


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1 ‘‘(G) a strategy for disseminating the find2 ings resulting from such projects; and 

3 ‘‘(H) any policy change recommendations 

4 relating to such projects.’’; and 

5 (8) in subsection (h)(2)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘indi6 viduals from the generations with older individuals’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘older individuals’’. 

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