ERIC Number: ED294113
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-Jul-2
Pages: 39
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Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. Hearing before the Special Committee on Aging. United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, First Session (Casselberry, Florida).
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging.
This document presents witnesses' testimonies from the Senate hearing held in Casselberry, Florida to consider the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act. In his opening statement, Senator Lawton Chiles reviews the history of the Older Americans Act and its amendments since its creation in 1965 and notes that the recent increase in the number of very old people may have significant implications for continued and expanded support for services authorized and funded under the act. Witnesses providing testimony include: (1) Faye Kalteaux and Virginia Salvino, Federation of Senior Citizens Clubs of Seminole County; (2) Bill Henebry and Betty Grossman, Pre-Legal Guardianship Counseling Program; (3) Lorraine Surlak, Virginia Fletcher, and Ruth Levin, Christian Service Center; (4) Dick Smith, Osceola County Council on Aging; (5) Beverly Hougland and Katherine McGovern, Osceola County Council on Aging; (6) Joan Lanier and Emma Zanetti, Pinellas Opportunity Council; (7) Jeanie Williamson and Hilde Smallwood, Bay Area Legal Services, Inc.; (8) Aleta Findlay and Betty Oakes, Volusia County Council on Aging; (9) Helen Blue and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brock, Meals on Wheels of Manatee County, Inc.; (10) Bill Regar and Judy Thames, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council/Area Agency on Aging; (11) Pete Griffin, State of Florida Aging Advisory Council; and (12) Margaret Lynn Dugger, Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services. (NB)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Government Role, Hearings, Human Services, Individual Needs, Older Adults
Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
Publication Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Older Americans Act 1965
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