Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/1628

 95 STAT. 1602

PUBLIC LAW 97-115—DEC. 29, 1981

developed in connection with activities assisted under this title, and conducting of conferences and other meetings for purposes of exchange of information and other activities related to the purposes of this title. "DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

42 USC 3035a.

"ggc 422. (a) The Commissioner may, after consultation with the State agency in the State involved, make grants to any public agency or nonprofit private organization or enter into contracts with any agency or organization within such State for paying part or all of the cost of developing or operating nationwide, statewide, regional, metropolitan area, county, cify, or community model projects which will demonstrate methods to improve or expand supportive services or nutrition services or otherwise promote the weU-bein^ of older individuals. The Commissioner shall give special consideration to the funding of rural area agencies on aging to conduct model projects devoted to the social needs of the rural elderly Such projects.shall include alternative health care delivery systems, advocacy and outreach programs, and transportation services. "(b) In making grants and contracts under this section, the Commissioner shall give special consideration to projects designed to— "(1) meet the special health care needs of the elderly, including— "(A) the location of older individuals who are in need of mental health services; "(B) the provision of, or arrangement for the provision of, medical differential diagnoses of older individuals to distinguish between their need for mental health services and other medical care; "(C) the specification of the mental health needs of older individuals, and the mental health and support services required to meet such needs; and "(D) the provision of— "(i) the mental health and support services specified in clause (C) in the communities; or "(iij such services for older individuals in nursing homes and intermediate care facilities, and training of the employees of such homes and facilities in the provision of such services; "(2) assist in meeting the special housing needs of older individuals by— "(A) providing financial assistance to such individuals, who own their own homes, necessary to enable them (i) to make the repairs or renovations to their homes, which are necessary for them to meet minimum standards, and (ii) to install securit}^ devices, and to make structural modifications or alterations, designed to prevent unlawful entry; and "(B) studying and demonstrating methods of adapting existing housing, or construction of new housing, to meet the needs of older individuals suffering from physical disabilities; "(3) provide education and training to older individuals designed to enable them to lead more productive lives by broadening the education, occupational, cultural, or social awareness of such older individuals; "(4) provide preretirement education information and relevant services (including the training of personnel to cany out such

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