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‘‘(1) will provide services to older individuals living in rural
areas;
‘‘(2) has demonstrated expertise in providing computer
training to older individuals; or
‘‘(3) has demonstrated that it has a variety of training
delivery methods, including facility-based, computer-based, and
Internet-based training, that may facilitate a determination
of the best method of training older individuals.
‘‘(c) SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—In awarding grants under this
section, the Assistant Secretary shall give special consideration
to applicants that have entered into a partnership with one or
more private entities providing such applicants with donated
information technologies including software, hardware, or training.
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant or contract
under subsection (a) shall use funds received under such grant
or contract to provide training for older individuals that—
‘‘(1) relates to the use of computers and related equipment,
in order to improve the self-employment and employment-
related technology skills of older individuals, as well as their
ability to use the Internet; and
‘‘(2) is provided at senior centers, housing facilities for
older individuals, elementary schools, secondary schools, and
institutions of higher education.
‘‘SEC. 416. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION
FOR SENIORS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants or contracts
to nonprofit organizations to improve transportation services for
older individuals.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A nonprofit organization receiving a grant
or contract under subsection (a) shall use funds received under
such grant or contract to provide technical assistance to assist
local transit providers, area agencies on aging, senior centers and
local senior support groups to encourage and facilitate coordination
of Federal, State, and local transportation services and resources
for older individuals. Such technical assistance may include—
‘‘(1) developing innovative approaches for improving access
by older individuals to supportive services;
‘‘(2) preparing and disseminating information on transpor-
tation options and resources for older individuals and organiza-
tions serving such individuals through establishing a toll-free
telephone number;
‘‘(3) developing models and best practices for comprehensive
integrated 
transportation 
services 
for 
older 
individuals,
including services administered by the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, by providing ongoing technical assistance to agencies
providing services under title III and by assisting in coordina-
tion of public and community transportation services; and
‘‘(4) providing special services to link seniors to transpor-
tation services not provided under title III.
‘‘SEC. 417. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOR MULTIGENERATIONAL
ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—The Assistant Secretary may
award grants and enter into contracts with eligible organizations
to establish demonstration projects to provide older individuals
with multigenerational activities.
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‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible organization shall use funds
made available under a grant awarded, or a contract entered into,
under subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) to carry out a demonstration project that provides
multigenerational activities, including any professional training
appropriate to such activities for older individuals; and
‘‘(2) to evaluate the project in accordance with subsection
(f ).
‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants and entering into con-
tracts under subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary shall give pref-
erence to—
‘‘(1) eligible organizations with a demonstrated record of
carrying out multigenerational activities; and
‘‘(2) eligible organizations proposing projects that will serve
older individuals with greatest economic need (with particular
attention to low-income minority individuals and older individ-
uals residing in rural areas).
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant or enter
into a contract under subsection (a), an organization shall submit
an application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information as the Assistant
Secretary may reasonably require.
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—Organizations eligible to receive
a grant or enter into a contract under subsection (a) shall be
organizations that employ, or provide opportunities for, older
individuals in multigenerational activities.
‘‘(f ) LOCAL EVALUATION AND REPORT.—
‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—Each organization receiving a grant or
a contract under subsection (a) to carry out a demonstration
project shall evaluate the multigenerational activities assisted
under the project to determine the effectiveness of the
multigenerational activities, the impact of such activities on
child care and youth day care programs, and the impact of
such activities on older individuals involved in such project.
‘‘(2) REPORT.—The organization shall submit a report to
the Assistant Secretary containing the evaluation not later
than 6 months after the expiration of the period for which
the grant or contract is in effect.
‘‘(g) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 6 months after
the Assistant Secretary receives the reports described in subsection
(f )(2), the Assistant Secretary shall prepare and submit to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro
tempore of the Senate a report that assesses the evaluations and
includes, at a minimum—
‘‘(1) the names or descriptive titles of the demonstration
projects funded under subsection (a);
‘‘(2) a description of the nature and operation of the
projects;
‘‘(3) the names and addresses of organizations that con-
ducted the projects;
‘‘(4) a description of the methods and success of the projects
in recruiting older individuals as employees and volunteers
to participate in the projects;
‘‘(5) a description of the success of the projects in retaining
older individuals involved in the projects as employees and
as volunteers; and
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‘‘(6) the rate of turnover of older individual employees
and volunteers in the projects.
‘‘(h) 
DEFINITION.—As 
used 
in 
this 
section, 
the 
term
‘multigenerational activity’ includes an opportunity to serve as a
mentor or adviser in a child care program, a youth day care pro-
gram, an educational assistance program, an at-risk youth interven-
tion program, a juvenile delinquency treatment program, or a family
support program.
‘‘SEC. 418. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall make
grants or enter into contracts with not fewer than two and
not more than four eligible entities to establish and operate
Resource Centers on Native American Elders (referred to in
this section as ‘Resource Centers’). The Assistant Secretary
shall make such grants or enter into such contracts for periods
of not less than 3 years.
‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Resource Center that receives
funds under this section shall—
‘‘(i) gather information;
‘‘(ii) perform research;
‘‘(iii) provide for the dissemination of results of
the research; and
‘‘(iv) provide technical assistance and training to
entities that provide services to Native Americans who
are older individuals.
‘‘(B) AREAS OF CONCERN.—In conducting the functions
described in subparagraph (A), a Resource Center shall
focus on priority areas of concern for the Resource Centers
regarding Native Americans who are older individuals,
which areas shall be—
‘‘(i) health problems;
‘‘(ii) long-term care, including in-home care;
‘‘(iii) elder abuse; and
‘‘(iv) other problems and issues that the Assistant
Secretary determines are of particular importance to
Native Americans who are older individuals.
‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants and entering into
contracts under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall
give preference to institutions of higher education that have
conducted research on, and assessments of, the characteristics
and needs of Native Americans who are older individuals.
‘‘(4) CONSULTATION.—In determining the type of informa-
tion to be sought from, and activities to be performed by,
Resource Centers, the Assistant Secretary shall consult with
the Director of the Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native,
and Native Hawaiian Aging and with national organizations
with special expertise in serving Native Americans who are
older individuals.
‘‘(5) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible to receive a grant
or enter into a contract under paragraph (1), an entity shall
be an institution of higher education with experience conducting
research and assessment on the needs of older individuals.
‘‘(6) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Assistant Secretary, with
assistance from each Resource Center, shall prepare and submit
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to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent pro tempore of the Senate an annual report on the status
and needs, including the priority areas of concern, of Native
Americans who are older individuals.
‘‘(b) TRAINING GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary shall make
grants and enter into contracts to provide in-service training
opportunities and courses of instruction on aging to Indian tribes
through public or nonprofit Indian aging organizations and to pro-
vide annually a national meeting to train directors of programs
under this title.
‘‘SEC. 419. MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTERS.
‘‘(a) PROGRAM
AUTHORIZED.—The Assistant Secretary may
make grants to public and private nonprofit agencies, organizations,
and institutions for the purpose of establishing or supporting multi-
disciplinary centers of gerontology, and gerontology centers of spe-
cial emphasis (including emphasis on nutrition, employment, health
(including mental health), disabilities (including severe disabilities),
income maintenance, counseling services, supportive services,
minority populations, and older individuals residing in rural areas).
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The centers described in subsection (a)
shall conduct research and policy analysis and function as
a technical resource for the Assistant Secretary, policymakers,
service providers, and Congress.
‘‘(2) MULTIDISCIPLINARY
CENTERS.—The multidisciplinary
centers of gerontology described in subsection (a) shall—
‘‘(A) recruit and train personnel;
‘‘(B) conduct basic and applied research toward the
development of information related to aging;
‘‘(C) stimulate the incorporation of information on
aging into the teaching of biological, behavioral, and social
sciences at colleges and universities;
‘‘(D) help to develop training programs in the field
of aging at schools of public health, education, social work,
and psychology, and other appropriate schools within col-
leges and universities;
‘‘(E) serve as a repository of information and knowledge
on aging;
‘‘(F) provide consultation and information to public and
voluntary organizations, including State agencies and area
agencies on aging, which serve the needs of older individ-
uals in planning and developing services provided under
other provisions of this Act; and
‘‘(G) if appropriate, provide information relating to
assistive technology.
‘‘(c) DATA.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each center that receives a grant under
subsection (a) shall provide data to the Assistant Secretary
on the projects and activities carried out with funds received
under such subsection.
‘‘(2) INFORMATION INCLUDED.—Such data described in para-
graph (1) shall include—
‘‘(A) information on the number of personnel trained;
‘‘(B) information on the number of older individuals
served;