Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/983

 ,^^-'f*- PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4305 (F) a large and growing number of frail elderly residents face premature or unnecessary institutionalization because of the absence of or deficiencies in the availability, adequacy, coordination, or delivery of supportive services; (G) the support service needs of frail residents of assisted housing are beyond the resources and experience that housing managers have for meeting such needs; (H) supportive services would promote the invaluable option of independent living for nonelderly persons with disabilities in federally assisted housing; (I) approximately 25 percent of congregate housing services program sites provide congregate services to young individuals with disabilities; (J) to the extent that institutionalized older adults do not need the full costly support provided by such care, public moneys could be more effectively spent providing the necessary services in a noninstitutional setting; and (K) the Congregate Housing Services Program, established by Congress in 1978, and similar programs providing in-home services have been effective in preventing unnecessary institutionalization and encouraging deinstitutionalization. (2) PURPOSES.— The purposes of this section are— (A) to provide assistance to retrofit individual dwelling units and renovate public and common areas in eligible housing to meet the special physical needs of eligible residents; (B) to create and rehabilitate congregate space in or adjacent to such housing to accommodate supportive services that enhance independent living; (C) to improve the capacity of management to assess the service needs of eligible residents, coordinate the provision of supportive services that meet the needs of eligible residents and ensure the long-term provision of such services; (D) to provide services in federally assisted housing to prevent premature and inappropriate institutionalization in a manner that respects the dignity of the elderly and persons with disabilities; (E) to provide readily available and efficient supportive services that provide a choice in supported living arrangements by utilizing the services of an on-site coordinator, with emphasis on maintaining a continuum of care for the vulnerable elderly; (F) to improve the quality of life of older Americans living in federally assisted housing; (G) to preserve the viability of existing affordable housing projects for lower-income older residents who are aging in place by assisting managers of such housing with the dif- ficulties and challenges created by serying older residents; (H) to develop partnerships between the Federal Government and State governments in providing services to the frail elderly and persons with disabilities; and (I) to utilize Federal and State funds in a more costeffective and humane way in serving the needs of older adults, (b) CONTRACTS FOR CONGREGATE SERVICES PROGRAMS. —

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