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OLDER AMERICANS ACT AMENDMENTS

FOR NUTRITIONAL SERVICES

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 17763

A BILL TO AMEND THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 TO

PROVIDE GRANTS TO STATES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT,

MAINTENANCE, OPERATION, AND EXPANSION OF LOW-COST

MEAL PROGRAMS, NUTRITION TRAINING AND EDUCATION

PROGRAMS, OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL CONTACTS, AND FOR

OTHER PURPOSES

HEARINGS HELD IN MIAMI, FLA., JULY 20, 1970; WASHINGTON,
D.C., SEPTEMBER 16, 17, 24, 1970; SOUTH BEND, IND., SEPTEM-
BER 19, 1970; AND ELKHART, IND., SEPTEMBER 19, 1970

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor

CARL D. PERKINS, Chairman

CONTENTS

Page

Hearings held in-

Miami, Fla., July 20, 1970..

Washington, D.Č.:

September 16, 1970–

September 17, 1970

September 24, 1970.

South Bend, Ind., September 19, 1970..

Elkhart, Ind., September 19, 1970_

Text of H.R. 17763.

Statement of—

Batz, Leonard, member of the Malcom Ross Center, president of the

Membership Organization_

Atwood, Mrs. William T., director, Meals on Wheels....

Bechill, Dr. William, assistant professor, University of Maryland,
School of Social Work and Community.

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Beckman, R. O., member of the Florida Commission on Aging..
Brickfield, Cyril F., legislative counsel, American Association of Re-
tired Persons and National Retired Teachers Association, accom-
panied by Peter Hughes and Robert Sykes, legislative represent-
atives.

Brown, Mrs. Mattie, member of the Perrine Senior Center..

Burnett, Hazel, exective director, Diary Council of St. Joseph Valley..

Cain, Senator Harry P., acting president, board of directors, Metropolitan

Senior Center.

Cervantes, Fernando, member of the Spanish Group, Metropolitan

Senior Center.......

Fox, Lester, executive director, United Health Foundation and
REAL Services....

Friedman, Harold, member of the Florida State Council of Senior

Citizens.

Gilman, Henry, president, Florida Senior Citizens League of Florida__

Howell, Mrs. Sandra, project director, the Gerontological Society

Hutton, William R., executive director, National Council of Senior

Citizens

Marsh, Miss Regena, executive director, Meals on Wheels.

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Martin, John B., Commissioner, Administration on Aging. Also Miss
Isabelle Kelley, Stephen Simonds, Thomas Bryant...

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McGill, Mrs. Helen, food service supervisor of the low-cost meal pro-

gram, Metropolitan Senior Center..

MeLoud, C. W., chief of the Bureau of Aging Division of Family
Services, State of Florida..

Miller, Rudolph, member of the Metropolitan Senior Center.

Pepper, Hon. Claude, a Representative in Congress from the State of

Florida..

Perdue, Dr. Jean Jones, member of the board of directors of the Senior

Centers of Metropolitan Dade County, Inc.

Romero, Mrs. Mittie, member of the Black Group, Metropolitan
Senior Center__

Sheeler, Peggy, registered nurse, executive director, Baltimore Metro-

politan Meals on Wheels, Inc., accompanied by Eleanor McKnight

Snyder, chief, division of nutrition, Baltimore Health Department,

and secretary, Mayor's Task Force on Nutrition, and Maryjane

Lyman, coordinator, program development for older people,

Lutheran Social Services of Maryland, Inc..

Simson, Irving, certified public accountant, Metropolitan Senior

Center..

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Spurgeon, Martha, director, public welfare, Elkhart, Ind

Vuocolo, Conrad J., director of tenant services, Jersey City Housing
Authority, Jersey City, N.J...

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Warskow, Mrs. Florentine, president, Senior Citizens Club.

Weaver, Ívan, manager, Greencroft Village, Goshen, Ind_

Wynn, Bill, executive director, United Fund...

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