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 120 STAT. 2560

PUBLIC LAW 109–365—OCT. 17, 2006 ‘‘(B) does not include an entity providing housing under the congregate housing services program carried out under section 802 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8011) or the multifamily service coordinator program carried out under section 202(g) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(g)). ‘‘(2) NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.—The term ‘Naturally Occurring Retirement Community’ means a community with a concentrated population of older individuals, which may include a residential building, a housing complex, an area (including a rural area) of single family residences, or a neighborhood composed of age-integrated housing— ‘‘(A) where— ‘‘(i) 40 percent of the heads of households are older individuals; or ‘‘(ii) a critical mass of older individuals exists, based on local factors that, taken in total, allow an organization to achieve efficiencies in the provision of health and social services to older individuals living in the community; and ‘‘(B) that is not an institutional care or assisted living setting. ‘‘(b) GRANTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary shall make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to develop and carry out model aging in place projects. The projects shall promote aging in place for older individuals (including such individuals who reside in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities), in order to sustain the independence of older individuals. A recipient of a grant under this subsection shall identify innovative strategies for providing, and linking older individuals to programs and services that provide, comprehensive and coordinated health and social services to sustain the quality of life of older individuals and support aging in place. ‘‘(2) GRANT PERIODS.—The Assistant Secretary shall make the grants for periods of 3 years. ‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (b) for a project, an entity shall submit an application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Assistant Secretary may require. ‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The application shall include— ‘‘(A) a detailed description of the entity’s experience in providing services to older individuals in age-integrated settings; ‘‘(B) a definition of the contiguous service area and a description of the project area in which the older individuals reside or carry out activities to sustain their wellbeing; ‘‘(C) the results of a needs assessment that identifies— ‘‘(i) existing (as of the date of the assessment) community-based health and social services available to individuals residing in the project area; ‘‘(ii) the strengths and gaps of such existing services in the project area;

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