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 92 STAT. 2106

12 USC 1701q.

PUBLIC LAW 95-557—OCT. 31, 1978 (9) the term "nonprofit corporation" means any corporation responsible for a housing project assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959. AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS

42 USC 8003. 42 USC 1437 note.

SEC. 404. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized to enter into contracts with local public housing agencies under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (hereinafter referred to as "public housing agencies") and with nonprofit corporations, utilizing sums appropriated under this title, to provide congregate services programs for eligible project residents in order to promote and encourage maximum independence within a home environment for such residents capable of selfcare with appropriate supportive congregate services. Each contract between the Secretary and a public housing agency or nonprofit corporation shall be for a term of not less than three years or more than five years and shall be renewable at the expiration of such term. Each public housing agency or nonprofit corporation entering into such a contract shall be reserved a sum equal to its total approved contract amount from the moneys authorized and appropriated for the fiscal year in which the notification date of funding approval falls. CONGREGATE SERVICES PROGRAM

42 USC 8004.

SEC. 405. (a) Congregate services programs assisted under this title must include full meal service adequate to meet nutritional needs, and may also include housekeeping aid, personal assistance, and other services essential for maintaining independent living. Nondiscrimination. (b) No services funded under this title may duplicate services which are already affordable, accessible, and sufficiently available on a longterm basis to eligible project residents under programs administered by or receiving appropriations through any department, agency, or instrumentality of the Federal Government or any other public or private department, agency, or organization. Application, (c) A public housing agency or nonprofit corporation applying for consultation, assistance shall consult with the Area Agency on Aging (or, where no Area Agency on Aging exists, with the appropriate State agency under the Older Americans Act of 1965) in determining the means of 42 USC 3001 note. providing services under this title and in identifying alternative available sources of funding for such services. eopy. (d) Prior to the submission of a final application for either new or Review and renewed funding under this title, a public housing agency and a noncomment. profit corporation shall present a copy of a proposed application to the Area Agency on Aging (or, where no Area Agency on Aging exists to the appropriate State agency under the Older Americans Act of 1965) for review and comment. Such agency and nonprofit corporation shall consider such review and comment in the development of any final application for either new or renewed funding under this title. (e)(1) When nonelderly handicapped individuals are included among the eligible project residents, the public housing agency and nonprofit corporation shall consult with the appropriate local agency, if any, designated by applicable State law as having responsibility for the development, provision, or identification of social services to permanently disabled adults, for the purpose of determining the means of providing services under this title and of identifying alternative available sources of funding for such services.

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