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‘‘(A) provided pursuant to evidence-based 
intervention and treatment protocols (to the ex-
tent such protocols are available) for mental 
disorders prevalent in older individuals; and 
‘‘(B) coordinated and integrated with the 
services of social service and health care (in-
cluding mental health) providers in an area in 
order to— 
‘‘(i) improve patient outcomes; and 
‘‘(ii) ensure, to the maximum extent 
feasible, the continuing independence of 
older individuals who are residing in the 
area.’’. 
SEC. 409. COMMUNITY INNOVATIONS FOR AGING IN PLACE. 
Part A of title IV of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3031 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 422. COMMUNITY INNOVATIONS FOR AGING IN 
PLACE. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’— 
‘‘(A) means a nonprofit health or social 
service organization, a community-based non-
profit organization, an area agency on aging or 
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other local government agency, a tribal organi-
zation, or another entity that— 
‘‘(i) the Assistant Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate to carry out a 
project under this part; and 
‘‘(ii) demonstrates a record of, and ex-
perience in, providing or administering 
group and individual health and social 
services for older individuals; and 
‘‘(B) does not include an entity providing 
housing under the congregate housing services 
program carried out under section 802 of the 
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-
ing Act (42 U.S.C. 8011) or the multifamily 
service coordinator program carried out under 
section 202(g) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 
U.S.C. 1701q(g)). 
‘‘(2) NATURALLY
OCCURRING
RETIREMENT 
COMMUNITY.—The term ‘Naturally Occurring Re-
tirement Community’ means a community with a 
concentrated population of older individuals, which 
may include a residential building, a housing com-
plex, an area (including a rural area) of single fam-
ily residences, or a neighborhood composed of age- 
integrated housing— 
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‘‘(A) where— 
‘‘(i) 40 percent of the heads of house-
holds are older individuals; or 
‘‘(ii) a critical mass of older individ-
uals exists, based on local factors that, 
taken in total, allow an organization to 
achieve efficiencies in the provision of 
health and social services to older individ-
uals living in the community; and 
‘‘(B) that is not an institutional care or as-
sisted living setting. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary 
shall make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible 
entities to develop and carry out model aging in 
place projects. The projects shall promote aging in 
place for older individuals (including such individ-
uals who reside in Naturally Occurring Retirement 
Communities), in order to sustain the independence 
of older individuals. A recipient of a grant under 
this subsection shall identify innovative strategies for 
providing, and linking older individuals to programs 
and services that provide, comprehensive and coordi-
nated health and social services to sustain the qual-
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ity of life of older individuals and support aging in 
place. 
‘‘(2) GRANT
PERIODS.—The Assistant Sec-
retary shall make the grants for periods of 3 years. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under subsection (b) for a project, an entity 
shall submit an application to the Assistant Sec-
retary at such time, in such manner, and containing 
such information as the Assistant Secretary may re-
quire. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The application shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) a detailed description of the entity’s 
experience in providing services to older individ-
uals in age-integrated settings; 
‘‘(B) a definition of the contiguous service 
area and a description of the project area in 
which the older individuals reside or carry out 
activities to sustain their well-being; 
‘‘(C) the results of a needs assessment that 
identifies— 
‘‘(i) existing (as of the date of the as-
sessment) community-based health and so-
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cial services available to individuals resid-
ing in the project area; 
‘‘(ii) the strengths and gaps of such 
existing services in the project area; 
‘‘(iii) the needs of older individuals 
who reside in the project area; and 
‘‘(iv) services not being delivered that 
would promote aging in place and con-
tribute to the well-being of older individ-
uals residing in the project area; 
‘‘(D) a plan for the development and im-
plementation of an innovative model for service 
coordination and delivery within the project 
area; 
‘‘(E) a description of how the plan de-
scribed in subparagraph (D) will enhance exist-
ing services described in subparagraph (C)(i) 
and support the goal of this section to promote 
aging in place; 
‘‘(F) a description of proposed actions by 
the entity to prevent the duplication of services 
funded under a provision of this Act, other than 
this section, and a description of how the entity 
will cooperate, and coordinate planning and 
services (including any formal agreements), 
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with agencies and organizations that provide 
publicly supported services for older individuals 
in the project area, including the State agency 
and area agencies on aging with planning and 
service areas in the project area; 
‘‘(G) an assurance that the entity will seek 
to establish cooperative relationships with inter-
ested local entities, including private agencies 
and businesses that provide health and social 
services, housing entities, community develop-
ment organizations, philanthropic organizations, 
foundations, and other non-Federal entities; 
‘‘(H) a description of the entity’s protocol 
for referral of residents who may require long- 
term care services, including coordination with 
local agencies, including area agencies on aging 
and Aging and Disability Resource Centers that 
serve as single points of entry to public services; 
‘‘(I) a description of how the entity will 
offer opportunities for older individuals to be 
involved in the governance, oversight, and oper-
ation of the project; 
‘‘(J) an assurance that the entity will sub-
mit to the Assistant Secretary such evaluations 
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and reports as the Assistant Secretary may re-
quire; and 
‘‘(K) a plan for long-term sustainability of 
the project. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-
ceives a grant under subsection (b) shall use the 
funds made available through the grant to— 
‘‘(A) ensure access by older individuals in 
the project area to community-based health and 
social services consisting of— 
‘‘(i) case management, case assist-
ance, and social work services; 
‘‘(ii) health care management and 
health care assistance, including disease 
prevention and health promotion services; 
‘‘(iii) education, socialization, and rec-
reational activities; and 
‘‘(iv) 
volunteer 
opportunities 
for 
project participants; 
‘‘(B) conduct outreach to older individuals 
within the project area; and 
‘‘(C) develop and implement innovative, 
comprehensive, and cost-effective approaches 
for the delivery and coordination of community- 
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based health and social services, including those 
identified in subparagraph (A)(iv), which may 
include mental health services, for eligible older 
individuals. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—An eligible entity receiv-
ing a grant under subsection (b) for a project shall 
coordinate activities with organizations providing 
services funded under title III to support such serv-
ices for or facilitate the delivery of such services to 
eligible older individuals served by the project. 
‘‘(3) PREFERENCE.—In carrying out an aging 
in place project, an eligible entity shall, to the extent 
practicable, serve a community of low-income indi-
viduals and operate or locate the project and services 
in or in close proximity to a location where a large 
concentration of older individuals has aged in place 
and resided, such as a Naturally Occurring Retire-
ment Community. 
‘‘(4) SUPPLEMENT
NOT
SUPPLANT.—Funds 
made available to an eligible entity under subsection 
(b) shall be used to supplement, not supplant, any 
Federal, State, or other funds otherwise available to 
the entity to provide health and social services to eli-
gible older individuals. 
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‘‘(e) COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
‘‘(1) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
(or shall make a grant, on a competitive basis, to an 
eligible nonprofit organization, to enable the organi-
zation to)— 
‘‘(A) provide technical assistance to recipi-
ents of grants under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(B) carry out other duties, as determined 
by the Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATION.—To be eligible 
to receive a grant under this subsection, an organi-
zation shall be a nonprofit organization (including a 
partnership of nonprofit organizations), that— 
‘‘(A) has experience and expertise in pro-
viding technical assistance to a range of entities 
serving older individuals and experience evalu-
ating and reporting on programs; and 
‘‘(B) has demonstrated knowledge of and 
expertise in community-based health and social 
services. 
‘‘(3) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, an organization (includ-
ing a partnership of nonprofit organizations) shall 
submit an application to the Assistant Secretary at 
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such time, in such manner, and containing such in-
formation as the Assistant Secretary may require, 
including an assurance that the organization will 
submit to the Assistant Secretary such evaluations 
and reports as the Assistant Secretary may require. 
‘‘(f) REPORT.—The Assistant Secretary shall annu-
ally prepare and submit a report to Congress that shall 
include— 
‘‘(1) the findings resulting from the evaluations 
of the model projects conducted under this section; 
‘‘(2) a description of recommended best prac-
tices regarding carrying out health and social service 
projects for older individuals aging in place; and 
‘‘(3) recommendations for legislative or admin-
istrative action, as the Assistant Secretary deter-
mines appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 410. 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. 
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TITLE 
V—OLDER 
AMERICAN 
COMMUNITY 
SERVICE 
EM-
PLOYMENT PROGRAM 
SEC. 501. COMMUNITY SERVICE SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES 
ACT. 
Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3056 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘TITLE V—COMMUNITY SERVICE 
SENIOR OPPORTUNITIES ACT 
‘‘SEC. 501. SHORT TITLE. 
‘‘This title may be cited as the ‘Community Service 
Senior Opportunities Act’. 
‘‘SEC. 502. OLDER AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE EM-
PLOYMENT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—To foster 
individual economic self-sufficiency and promote use-
ful opportunities in community service activities 
(which shall include community service employment) 
for unemployed low-income persons who are age 55 
or older, particularly persons who have poor employ-
ment prospects, and to increase the number of per-
sons who may enjoy the benefits of unsubsidized em-
ployment in both the public and private sectors, the 
Secretary of Labor (referred to in this title as the 
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‘Secretary’) may establish an older American com-
munity service employment program. 
‘‘(2) USE
OF
APPROPRIATED
AMOUNTS.— 
Amounts appropriated to carry out this title shall be 
used only to carry out the provisions contained in 
this title. 
‘‘(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) PROJECTS.—To carry out this title, the 
Secretary may make grants to public and nonprofit 
private agencies and organizations, agencies of a 
State, and tribal organizations to carry out the pro-
gram established under subsection (a). Such grants 
may provide for the payment of costs, as provided in 
subsection (c), of projects developed by such organi-
zations and agencies in cooperation with the Sec-
retary in order to make such program effective or to 
supplement such program. The Secretary shall make 
the grants from allotments made under section 506, 
and in accordance with section 514. No payment 
shall be made by the Secretary toward the cost of 
any project established or administered by such an 
organization or agency unless the Secretary deter-
mines that such project— 
‘‘(A) will provide community service em-
ployment only for eligible individuals except for 
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necessary technical, administrative, and super-
visory personnel, and such personnel will, to the 
fullest extent possible, be recruited from among 
eligible individuals; 
‘‘(B)(i) will provide community service em-
ployment and other authorized activities for eli-
gible individuals in the community in which 
such individuals reside, or in nearby commu-
nities; or 
‘‘(ii) if such project is carried out by a 
tribal organization that receives a grant under 
this subsection or receives assistance from a 
State that receives a grant under this sub-
section, will provide community service employ-
ment and other authorized activities for such 
individuals, including those who are Indians re-
siding on an Indian reservation, as defined in 
section 2601 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
(25 U.S.C. 3501); 
‘‘(C) will comply with an average participa-
tion cap for eligible individuals (in the aggre-
gate) of— 
‘‘(i) 27 months; or 
‘‘(ii) pursuant to the request of a 
grantee, an extended period of participa-
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tion established by the Secretary for a spe-
cific project area for such grantee, up to a 
period of not more than 36 months, if the 
Secretary determines that extenuating cir-
cumstances exist relating to the factors 
identified in section 513(a)(2)(D) that jus-
tify such an extended period for the pro-
gram year involved; 
‘‘(D) will employ eligible individuals in 
service related to publicly owned and operated 
facilities and projects, or projects sponsored by 
nonprofit organizations (excluding political par-
ties exempt from taxation under section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986), but excluding projects involving the con-
struction, operation, or maintenance of any fa-
cility used or to be used as a place for sectarian 
religious instruction or worship; 
‘‘(E) will contribute to the general welfare 
of the community, which may include support 
for children, youth, and families; 
‘‘(F) will provide community service em-
ployment and other authorized activities for eli-
gible individuals; 
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‘‘(G)(i) will not reduce the number of em-
ployment opportunities or vacancies that would 
otherwise be available to individuals not partici-
pating in the program; 
‘‘(ii) will not displace currently employed 
workers (including partial displacement, such as 
a reduction in the hours of nonovertime work, 
wages, or employment benefits); 
‘‘(iii) will not impair existing contracts or 
result in the substitution of Federal funds for 
other funds in connection with work that would 
otherwise be performed; and 
‘‘(iv) will not employ or continue to employ 
any eligible individual to perform the same 
work or substantially the same work as that 
performed by any other individual who is on 
layoff; 
‘‘(H) will coordinate activities with training 
and other services provided under title I of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 
2801 et seq.), including utilizing the one-stop 
delivery system of the local workforce invest-
ment areas involved to recruit eligible individ-
uals to ensure that the maximum number of eli-
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gible individuals will have an opportunity to 
participate in the project; 
‘‘(I) will include such training (such as 
work experience, on-the-job training, and class-
room training) as may be necessary to make the 
most effective use of the skills and talents of 
those individuals who are participating, and will 
provide for the payment of the reasonable ex-
penses of individuals being trained, including a 
reasonable subsistence allowance equivalent to 
the wage described in subparagraph (J); 
‘‘(J) will ensure that safe and healthy em-
ployment conditions will be provided, and will 
ensure that participants employed in commu-
nity service and other jobs assisted under this 
title will be paid wages that shall not be lower 
than whichever is the highest of— 
‘‘(i) the minimum wage that would be 
applicable to such a participant under the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 201 et seq.), if section 6(a)(1) of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) applied to 
the participant and if the participant were 
not exempt under section 13 of such Act 
(29 U.S.C. 213); 
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‘‘(ii) the State or local minimum wage 
for the most nearly comparable covered 
employment; or 
‘‘(iii) the prevailing rates of pay for 
individuals employed in similar public oc-
cupations by the same employer; 
‘‘(K) will be established or administered 
with the advice of persons competent in the 
field of service in which community service em-
ployment or other authorized activities are 
being provided, and of persons who are knowl-
edgeable about the needs of older individuals; 
‘‘(L) will authorize payment for necessary 
supportive services costs (including transpor-
tation costs) of eligible individuals that may be 
incurred in training in any project funded 
under this title, in accordance with rules issued 
by the Secretary; 
‘‘(M) will ensure that, to the extent fea-
sible, such project will serve the needs of minor-
ity and Indian eligible individuals, eligible indi-
viduals with limited English proficiency, and eli-
gible individuals with greatest economic need, 
at least in proportion to their numbers in the 
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