The Older Americans Act: A New York Perspective : Hearing Before the Human Services of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, February 23, 1981, Albany, N.Y.U.S. Government Printing Office, 1981 - 93 pages |
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Page 69 - The Congress hereby finds and declares that, in keeping with the traditional American concept of the inherent dignity of the individual in our democratic society, the older people of our Nation are entitled to, and it is the joint and several duty and responsibility of the governments of the United States and of the several States and their political subdivisions to assist our older people to secure equal opportunity to the full and free enjoyment of the following objectives: (1) An adequate income...
Page 79 - ... titles III and VII of the Older Americans Act, title XX of the Social Security Act, and State and local appropriations.
Page 12 - Is a member of the faculty of the State University of New York at Albany where he teaches urban and regional planning courses In the Department of Geography.
Page 27 - Act of l975 directs the US Commission on Civil Rights to conduct a study of unreasonable discrimination on the basis of age in the administration of programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance. The attached report is submitted to the President and the Congress in compliance with this directive.
Page 12 - All of us are very pleased to be able to assist the Subcommittee on Human Services of the Select Committee on Aging of the House of Representatives in their quest for testimony pertinent to the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act.
Page 73 - Counsel for the American Association of Retired Persons and the National Retired Teachers Association.
Page 67 - With funds made available to us under the Older Americans Act, through the New York State Office for the Aging...
Page 15 - The federal Administration on Aging (AoA) is the principal federal organization for identifying the needs, concerns, and interests of older persons and for carrying out the programs of the Older Americans Act. AoA is also the principal agency for promoting the coordination of federal resources available to meet the needs of older persons.
Page 26 - In community after community regret is expressed over the failure to pool the resources and services that are available for older persons and to focus them in such a manner as to make a significant impact on the lives of these persons.
Page 30 - OF THE AGE DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1975 The Age Discrimination Act of 1975...