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(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (9) as 
paragraph (13); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the 
following: 
‘‘(9) planning activities to prepare communities 
for the aging of the population, which activities may 
include— 
‘‘(A) efforts to assess the aging population; 
‘‘(B) activities to coordinate the activities 
of State and local agencies in order to meet the 
needs of older individuals; and 
‘‘(C) training and technical assistance to 
support States, area agencies on aging, and or-
ganizations receiving grants under title VI, in 
engaging in community planning activities; 
‘‘(10) the development, implementation, and as-
sessment of technology-based service models and 
best practices, to support the use of health moni-
toring and assessment technologies, communication 
devices, assistive technologies, and other technologies 
that may remotely connect family and professional 
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caregivers to frail older individuals residing in home 
and community-based settings or rural areas; 
‘‘(11) conducting activities of national signifi-
cance to promote quality and continuous improve-
ment in the support provided to family and other in-
formal caregivers of older individuals through activi-
ties that include program evaluation, training, tech-
nical assistance, and research, including— 
‘‘(A) programs addressing unique issues 
faced by rural caregivers; 
‘‘(B) programs focusing on the needs of 
older individuals with cognitive impairment 
such as Alzheimer’s disease and related dis-
orders with neurological and organic brain dys-
function, and their caregivers; and 
‘‘(C) programs supporting caregivers in the 
role they play in providing disease prevention 
and health promotion services; 
‘‘(12) building public awareness of cognitive im-
pairments such as Alzheimer’s disease and related 
disorders with neurological and organic brain dys-
function, depression, and mental disorders; and’’; 
and 
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(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘year’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘years’’ and inserting ‘‘years 
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011’’. 
SEC. 403. CAREER PREPARATION FOR THE FIELD OF 
AGING. 
Section 412(a) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3032a(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary shall make 
grants to institutions of higher education, including his-
torically Black colleges or universities, Hispanic-serving 
institutions, and Hispanic Centers of Excellence in Ap-
plied Gerontology, to provide education and training that 
prepares students for careers in the field of aging.’’. 
SEC. 
404. 
HEALTH 
CARE 
SERVICE 
DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS IN RURAL AREAS. 
Section 414 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3032c) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘mental 
health services,’’ after ‘‘care,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(B)(i), by inserting 
‘‘mental health,’’ after ‘‘health,’’. 
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SEC. 405. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND INNOVATION TO IM-
PROVE TRANSPORTATION FOR OLDER INDI-
VIDUALS. 
Section 416 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3032e) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 416. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND INNOVATION TO 
IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION FOR OLDER IN-
DIVIDUALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants 
or contracts to nonprofit organizations to improve trans-
portation services for older individuals. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A nonprofit organization 
receiving a grant or contract under subsection (a) 
shall use the funds received through such grant or 
contract to carry out a demonstration project, or 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 indi-
viduals. The organization may use the funds to de-
velop and carry out an innovative transportation 
demonstration project to create transportation serv-
ices for older individuals. 
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‘‘(2) SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out a 
demonstration project or providing technical assist-
ance under paragraph (1) the organization may 
carry out activities that include— 
‘‘(A) developing innovative approaches for 
improving access by older individuals to trans-
portation services, including volunteer driver 
programs, economically sustainable transpor-
tation programs, and programs that allow older 
individuals to transfer their automobiles to a 
provider of transportation services in exchange 
for the services; 
‘‘(B) preparing information on transpor-
tation options and resources for older individ-
uals and organizations serving such individuals, 
and disseminating the information by estab-
lishing and operating a toll-free telephone num-
ber; 
‘‘(C) developing models and best practices 
for providing comprehensive integrated trans-
portation services for older individuals, includ-
ing services administered by the Secretary of 
Transportation, by providing ongoing technical 
assistance to agencies providing services under 
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title III and by assisting in coordination of pub-
lic and community transportation services; and 
‘‘(D) providing special services to link 
older individuals to transportation services not 
provided under title III. 
‘‘(c) 
ECONOMICALLY
SUSTAINABLE
TRANSPOR-
TATION.—In this section, the term ‘economically sustain-
able transportation’ means demand responsive transpor-
tation for older individuals— 
‘‘(1) that may be provided through volunteers; 
and 
‘‘(2) that the provider will provide without re-
ceiving Federal or other public financial assistance, 
after a period of not more than 5 years of providing 
the services under this section.’’. 
SEC. 406. DEMONSTRATION, SUPPORT, AND RESEARCH 
PROJECTS FOR MULTIGENERATIONAL AC-
TIVITIES AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVI-
TIES. 
Section 417 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3032f) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 417. DEMONSTRATION, SUPPORT, AND RESEARCH 
PROJECTS FOR MULTIGENERATIONAL AND 
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS.—The Assistant Sec-
retary shall award grants and enter into contracts with 
eligible organizations to carry out projects to— 
‘‘(1) provide opportunities for older individuals 
to participate in multigenerational activities and 
civic engagement activities designed to meet critical 
community needs, and use the full range of time, 
skills, and experience of older individuals, including 
demonstration and support projects that— 
‘‘(A) provide support for grandparents and 
other older individuals who are relative care-
givers raising children (such as kinship navi-
gator programs); or 
‘‘(B) involve volunteers who are older indi-
viduals who provide support and information to 
families who have a child with a disability or 
chronic illness, or other families in need of such 
family support; and 
‘‘(2) coordinate multigenerational activities and 
civic engagement activities, promote volunteerism, 
and facilitate development of and participation in 
multigenerational activities and civic engagement ac-
tivities. 
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‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible organization shall 
use funds made available under a grant awarded, or a con-
tract entered into, under this section to— 
‘‘(1) carry out a project described in subsection 
(a); and 
‘‘(2) evaluate the project in accordance with 
subsection (f). 
‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants and enter-
ing into contracts to carry out a project described in sub-
section (a), the Assistant Secretary shall give preference 
to— 
‘‘(1) eligible organizations with a demonstrated 
record of carrying out multigenerational activities or 
civic engagement activities; 
‘‘(2) 
eligible 
organizations 
proposing 
multigenerational activity projects that will serve 
older individuals and communities with the greatest 
need (with particular attention to low-income minor-
ity individuals, older individuals with limited English 
proficiency, older individuals residing in rural areas, 
and low-income minority communities); 
‘‘(3) eligible organizations proposing civic en-
gagement projects that will serve communities with 
the greatest need; and 
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‘‘(4) eligible organizations with the capacity to 
develop meaningful roles and assignments that use 
the time, skills, and experience of older individuals 
to serve public and nonprofit organizations. 
‘‘(d) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
or enter into a contract under subsection (a), an organiza-
tion 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 re-
quire. 
‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.—Organizations eli-
gible to receive a grant or enter into a contract under sub-
section (a)— 
‘‘(1) to carry out activities described in sub-
section (a)(1), shall be organizations that provide 
opportunities for older individuals to participate in 
activities described in subsection (a)(1); and 
‘‘(2) to carry out activities described in sub-
section (a)(2), shall be organizations with the capac-
ity to conduct the coordination, promotion, and fa-
cilitation described in subsection (a)(2), through the 
use of multigenerational coordinators. 
‘‘(f) LOCAL EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—Each organization receiv-
ing a grant or a contract under subsection (a) to 
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carry out a project described in subsection (a) shall 
evaluate the multigenerational activities or civic en-
gagement activities carried out under the project to 
determine— 
‘‘(A) the effectiveness of the activities in-
volved; 
‘‘(B) the impact of such activities on the 
community being served and the organization 
providing the activities; and 
‘‘(C) 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 expira-
tion 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 Sen-
ate a report that assesses the evaluations and includes, 
at a minimum— 
‘‘(1) the names or descriptive titles of the 
projects funded under subsection (a); 
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‘‘(2) a description of the nature and operation 
of the projects; 
‘‘(3) the names and addresses of organizations 
that conducted the projects; 
‘‘(4) in the case of projects carried out under 
subsection (a)(1), a description of the methods and 
success of the projects in recruiting older individuals 
as employees and as volunteers to participate in the 
projects; 
‘‘(5) in the case of projects carried out under 
subsection (a)(1), a description of the success of the 
projects in retaining older individuals participating 
in the projects as employees and as volunteers; 
‘‘(6) in the case of projects carried out under 
subsection (a)(1), the rate of turnover of older indi-
vidual employees and volunteers in the projects; 
‘‘(7) a strategy for disseminating the findings 
resulting from the projects described in paragraph 
(1); and 
‘‘(8) any policy change recommendations relat-
ing to the projects. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 
‘‘(1) 
MULTIGENERATIONAL
ACTIVITY.—The 
term ‘multigenerational activity’ means an activity 
that provides an opportunity for interaction between 
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2 or more individuals of different generations, in-
cluding activities connecting older individuals and 
youth in a child care program, a youth day care pro-
gram, an educational assistance program, an at-risk 
youth intervention program, a juvenile delinquency 
treatment program, a before- or after-school pro-
gram, a library program, or a family support pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) MULTIGENERATIONAL
COORDINATOR.— 
The term ‘multigenerational coordinator’ means a 
person who— 
‘‘(A) builds the capacity of public and non-
profit organizations to develop meaningful roles 
and assignments, that use the time, skill, and 
experience of older individuals to serve those or-
ganizations; and 
‘‘(B) 
nurtures 
productive, 
sustainable 
working relationships between— 
‘‘(i) individuals from the generations 
with older individuals; and 
‘‘(ii) individuals in younger genera-
tions.’’. 
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SEC. 407. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS. 
Section 418(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032g(a)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(including mental health)’’ after ‘‘health’’. 
SEC. 408. MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTERS AND MULTIDISCI-
PLINARY SYSTEMS. 
Section 419 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3032h) is amended— 
(1) by striking the title and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 419. MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTERS AND MULTIDISCI-
PLINARY SYSTEMS.’’; 
(2)(A) in subsection (b)(2), by redesignating 
subparagraphs (A) through (G) as clauses (i) 
through (vii), respectively; 
(B) in subsection (c)(2), by redesignating sub-
paragraphs (A) through (D) as clauses (i) through 
(iv), respectively; and 
(C) by aligning the margins of the clauses de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) with the mar-
gins of clause (iv) of section 418(a)(2)(A) of such 
Act; 
(3)(A) in subsection (b), by redesignating para-
graphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
respectively; 
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(B) in subsection (c), by redesignating para-
graphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
respectively; and 
(C) by aligning the margins of the subpara-
graphs described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) with 
the margins of subparagraph (D) of section 
420(a)(1) of such Act; 
(4) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(a)’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘The’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(a) MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTERS.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The’’; 
(5) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking the following: 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 
(6) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking the following: 
‘‘(c) DATA.—’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) DATA.—’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (1)’’; 
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(C) by striking ‘‘such subsection’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such paragraph’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(E) by striking ‘‘this section’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘this subsection’’; 
(7) in subsection (a) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘diverse 
populations of older individuals residing in 
urban communities,’’ after ‘‘minority popu-
lations,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(C)(i) in clause (v), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing information about best practices in long- 
term care service delivery, housing, and trans-
portation’’ before the semicolon at the end; 
(ii) in clause (vi)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘consultation and’’; 
(II) by inserting ‘‘and other technical 
assistance’’ after ‘‘information’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iii) in clause (vii), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(viii) provide training and technical 
assistance to support the provision of com-
munity-based mental health services for 
older individuals.’’; and 
(8) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) MULTIDISCIPLINARY
HEALTH
SERVICES
IN 
COMMUNITIES.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM
AUTHORIZED.—The Assistant 
Secretary shall make grants to States, on a competi-
tive basis, for the development and operation of— 
‘‘(A) systems for the delivery of mental 
health screening and treatment services for 
older individuals who lack access to such serv-
ices; and 
‘‘(B) programs to— 
‘‘(i) increase public awareness regard-
ing the benefits of prevention and treat-
ment of mental disorders in older individ-
uals; 
‘‘(ii) reduce the stigma associated 
with mental disorders in older individuals 
and other barriers to the diagnosis and 
treatment of the disorders; and 
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‘‘(iii) reduce age-related prejudice and 
discrimination regarding mental disorders 
in older individuals. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection for a State, a State 
agency shall submit an application to the Assistant 
Secretary at such time, in such manner, and con-
taining such information as the Assistant Secretary 
may require. 
‘‘(3) STATE ALLOCATION AND PRIORITIES.—A 
State agency that receives funds through a grant 
made under this subsection shall allocate the funds 
to area agencies on aging to carry out this sub-
section in planning and service areas in the State. 
In allocating the funds, the State agency shall give 
priority to planning and service areas in the State— 
‘‘(A) that are medically underserved; and 
‘‘(B) in which there are large numbers of 
older individuals. 
‘‘(4) AREA COORDINATION OF SERVICES WITH 
OTHER
PROVIDERS.—In carrying out this sub-
section, to more efficiently and effectively deliver 
services to older individuals, each area agency on 
aging shall— 
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‘‘(A) coordinate services described in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) with 
such services or similar or related services of 
other community agencies, and voluntary orga-
nizations; and 
‘‘(B) to the greatest extent practicable, in-
tegrate outreach and educational activities with 
such activities of existing (as of the date of the 
integration) social service and health care (in-
cluding mental health) providers serving older 
individuals in the planning and service area in-
volved. 
‘‘(5) 
RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
FUNDING 
SOURCES.—Funds made available under this sub-
section shall supplement, and not supplant, any Fed-
eral, State, and local funds expended by a State or 
unit of general purpose local government (including 
an area agency on aging) to provide the services de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph 
(1). 
‘‘(6) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘mental health screening and treatment services’ 
means patient screening, diagnostic services, care 
planning and oversight, therapeutic interventions, 
and referrals, that are— 
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