Nutrition and Human Needs--1972: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, Second Session ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1972 |
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... poor or near poor to 30 percent of the Nation's elderly citizens . And across the Nation in hearings that were held on S. 1163 * and on the House version of this measure , it was demonstrated time and again that the failure to provide ...
... poor or near poor to 30 percent of the Nation's elderly citizens . And across the Nation in hearings that were held on S. 1163 * and on the House version of this measure , it was demonstrated time and again that the failure to provide ...
Page 241
... poor nutrition as are the elderly . About one quar- ter of our 20 million senior citizens live at or below the poverty level , and they are the most malnourished segment of the population . Congress recently became aware of the ...
... poor nutrition as are the elderly . About one quar- ter of our 20 million senior citizens live at or below the poverty level , and they are the most malnourished segment of the population . Congress recently became aware of the ...
Page 255
... poor , but also tends to be isolated from their relatives . Sometimes the isolation takes place even in a small geographic area . I think all of us are familiar with neighborhoods , which have changed in character , leaving the elderly ...
... poor , but also tends to be isolated from their relatives . Sometimes the isolation takes place even in a small geographic area . I think all of us are familiar with neighborhoods , which have changed in character , leaving the elderly ...
Page 256
... poor , often consisting of unfamiliar foods and often packaged in such large cans that for instance , a single person cannot consume the can of meat before it has become a menace to public health . Furthermore , how are the elderly ...
... poor , often consisting of unfamiliar foods and often packaged in such large cans that for instance , a single person cannot consume the can of meat before it has become a menace to public health . Furthermore , how are the elderly ...
Page 258
... poor but the middle - class el- derly , who are often just as isolated and abandoned , as well . By empha- sizing local programs , we will reach the greatest number of such people . Any program conducted in a public building and in the ...
... poor but the middle - class el- derly , who are often just as isolated and abandoned , as well . By empha- sizing local programs , we will reach the greatest number of such people . Any program conducted in a public building and in the ...
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Page 371 - State plan approved under subsection (a) , finds that— (1) the State plan has been so changed that it no longer complies with the provisions of subsection (a), or (2) in the administration of the plan there is a failure to comply substantially with any such provision...
Page 372 - State may, within sixty days after notice of such action, file with the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which such State is located a petition for review of that action. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Secretary.
Page 369 - States under subsection (a) for that year, but with, such proportionate amount for any of such other States being reduced to the extent It exceeds the sum the...
Page 397 - A copy of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Secretary, or...
Page 397 - Secretary thereupon shall file in the court the record of the proceedings on which he based his action, as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code. Upon the filing of such petition, the court shall have jurisdiction to affirm the action of the Secretary or to set it aside, in whole or in part, temporarily or permanently, but until the filing of the record, the Secretary may modify or set aside his order.
Page 363 - Agricultural commodities and products purchased by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, (7 USC 612c...
Page 371 - State agency will make such reports in such form and containing such information as the Secretary may from time to time reasonably require, and will keep such records and afford such access thereto as the Secretary may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; and 10.
Page 370 - State plan for purposes of this title which — (1) establishes or designates a single State agency as the sole agency for administering or supervising the administration of the plan...
Page 371 - ... (2) that such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures will be adopted as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of, and accounting for, Federal funds paid to the State...
Page 371 - ... (5) provide such methods of administration (including methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis, except that the Administrator shall exercise no authority with respect to the selection, tenure of office, and compensation of any individual employed in accordance with such methods) as are found by the Administrator to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the plan...