‘‘(B) activities to coordinate 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 
tribal organizations receiving a grant under title 
VI, engage in community planning activities; 
and 
‘‘(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 
caregivers to frail elderly residing in home- and com-
munity-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) intergenerational programs—
‘‘(i) providing support to grand-
parents and other older relatives raising
children (such as kinship navigator pro-
grams); and 
‘‘(ii) involving senior volunteers who 
provide support and information to fami-
lies who have a child with a disability or 
chronic illness, or other families in need of 
such family support; 
‘‘(B) programs addressing unique issues 
faced by rural caregivers; 
‘‘(C) programs focusing on the needs of 
older individuals with cognitive impairment 
such as Alzheimer’s disease and other demen-
tias, and their caregivers; 
‘‘(D) programs supporting caregivers in 
the role they play in health promotion and dis-
ease prevention; 
‘‘(12)(A) building public awareness of cognitive 
impairment such as Alzheimer’s disease and related 
disorders with neurological and organic brain dys-
function, depression, and mental disorders; and 
‘‘(B) developing and enhancing multidisci-
plinary systems for the delivery of mental health 
screening and treatment referral services to improve 
access to community-based mental health services 
for older individuals; and’’, and
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘year’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘years’’, and inserting ‘‘years 
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011’’. 
SEC. 33. 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 by amending subsection 
(a) 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. 
34. 
HEALTH 
CARE 
SERVICE 
DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS IN RURAL AREAS. 
Section 414 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3032d) 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,’’. 
SEC. 
35. 
DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS 
FOR 
MULTIGENERATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 
Section 417(c)(2) of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3032f(c)(2)) is amended by striking
‘‘(with particular attention to low-income minority individ-
uals and older individuals residing in rural areas)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(with particular attention to low-income older 
individuals, including low-income minority older individ-
uals, older individuals with limited English proficiency, 
and older individuals residing in rural areas)’’. 
SEC. 36. 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 ‘‘problems’’. 
SEC. 37. MULTIDISCIPLINARY CENTERS. 
Section 419 of the Older Americans Act of 1995 (42 
U.S.C. 3032h) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘diverse popu-
lations of older individuals residing in urban commu-
nities,’’ after ‘‘minority populations,’’, and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (E) by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding information about best practices in 
long-term care service delivery, housing, and 
transportation’’ before the semicolon at the end, 
(B) in subparagraph (F)—
(i) by striking ‘‘consultation and’’, 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and other technical 
assistance’’ after ‘‘information’’, and
(iii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end, 
(C) in subparagraph (G) by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) provide training and technical 
assistance to support the provision of com-
munity-based mental health services for 
older individuals.’’. 
SEC. 38. RESPONSIBILITIES OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 
Section 432(c)(2)(B) of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3033a(c)(2)(B)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘, including preparing an analysis of such services, 
projects, and programs, and of how the evaluation relates 
to improvements in such services, projects, and programs 
and in the strategic plan of the Administration’’ before 
the period at the end. 
SEC. 
39. 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE 
EMPLOYMENT-BASED 
TRAINING FOR OLDER AMERICANS. 
Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: