May 6, 2024 - The Older Americans Act (OAA; P.L. 89-73, as amended) is the primary federal statute for the delivery of social and nutrition services for older persons. The act authorizes a wide array of health and health-related social services programs through ...

It authorizes a wide array of service programs through a national network of 56 state agencies on aging, 618 area agencies on aging, nearly 20,000 service providers, 281 Tribal organizations, and 1 Native Hawaiian organization representing 400 Tribes. The OAA also includes community service employment for low-income older Americans; training, research, and demonstration activities in the field of aging; and vulnerable elder rights protection activities.

The State plan may not impose a residence requirement which excludes any resident of the State (1) who has resided therein for 5 years during the 9 years immediately preceding application for. old-age assistance and (2) who has resided in the State continuously for 1 year preceding the application. Moreover, a State plan will not be approved by the Federal Government if it imposes any citizenship requirement which excludes any citizen of the United States. Financial Participation by the State.-The Federal Social Security Act stipulates as one of its main requirements that a State plan for old-age assistance must provide for State participation in financing the plan if it is to qualify for Federal approval.

August 10, 2026 - For more than 60 years, the Act has preserved older Americans’ right to live independently, with health and financial security, making everyday decisions according to our individual preferences and goals across our lifespan. The OAA supports a nationwide network of organizations—across national, state, tribal, and local levels—in delivering vital programs that help older adults age well, especially those most at risk.

December 16, 2025 - The Older Americans Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 89–73, 79 Stat. 218) was the first federal level initiative aimed at providing comprehensive services for older adults in the United States. It created the National Aging Network comprising the Administration on Aging on the federal level, State Units on Aging at the state level, and Area Agencies ...

Older American Act of 1965 (2020 amendments) Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967) Age Discrimination Act (1975) Americans With Disabilities Act (1990) Jobs for Veterans Act (2002) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (2014) SCSEP ...

The Older Americans Act (OAA) funds critical services that keep our nation's seniors healthy and independent—services like meals, job training, senior centers, health promotion, benefits enrollment, caregiver support, transportation, and more.

March 13, 2018 - Title I of the 1935 Social Security Act created a program, called Old Age Assistance (OAA), which would give cash payments to poor elderly people, regardless of their work record. OAA provided for …

July 2, 2026 - The Older Americans Act (OAA) is a federal law that supports adults 60 and older by funding community programs like meals, caregiver assistance, senior centers, transportation, and elder abuse prevention.

August 9, 2025 - Instead, the law aims to support people age 60 and older with the greatest economic or social need, including older adults with limited English proficiency and older individuals at risk for institutional placement.

An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of Federal old-age benefits, and by enabling the several States to make more adequate provision for aged persons, blind persons, dependent and crippled children, maternal and child welfare, public health, and the administration ...

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April 29, 2026 - The OAA provides critical services that help older adults live independently with dignity. These services are administered through local resources and include: Meals, delivered at home and available in the community ...

The ADEA prohibits employment discrimination against persons 40 years of age or older. ... To prohibit age discrimination in employment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ...

The OAA funds programs and services that enable older adults to enjoy healthy, productive, and independent lives in their homes and communities.

November 12, 2024 - The Older Americans Act plays a unique role in the suite of federal programs that support older adults and their families by being the only one of its kind to provide services to older adults while complementing other programs without duplicating ...

For five decades, the OAA has been the foundation upon which the federal, state and local organizational infrastructure has developed, planned and delivered home and community-based services and supports to older adults and their caregivers. This infrastructure is defined in the OAA as a national Aging Network that currently includes 56 state and territorial units on aging, more than 600 Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), more than 270 Title VI Native American Aging Programs, and more than 20,000 community service providers.

The Older Americans Act (OAA) funds critical services that keep our nation's seniors healthy and independent—services like meals, job training, senior centers, health promotion, benefits enrollment, caregiver support, transportation, and more.

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October 31, 2016 - The first state law was passed in Arizona in 1915 by an initiative act, which abolished almshouses and established old age and mothers’ pensions in their stead. However, it was worded so loosely that it was declared unconstitutional on account of its vagueness.