§3035h. Demonstration projects for multigenerational activities

(a) Grants and contracts

The Assistant Secretary may award grants and enter into contracts with eligible organizations to establish demonstration projects that provide older individuals with multigenerational activities.

(b) Use of funds

An eligible organization shall use funds made available under a grant awarded, or a contract entered into, under subsection (a) of this section-

(1) to carry out a demonstration project that provides multigenerational activities, including any professional training appropriate to such activities for older individuals; and

(2) to evaluate the project in accordance with subsection (f) of this section.

(c) Awards

In awarding grants and entering into contracts under subsection (a) of this section, the Assistant Secretary shall give preference to-

(1) eligible organizations with a demonstrated record of carrying out multigenerational activities; and

(2) eligible organizations proposing projects that will serve older individuals with greatest economic need (with particular attention to low-income minority individuals).

(d) Application

To be eligible to receive a grant or enter into a contract under subsection (a) of this section, an organization shall submit an application to the Assistant Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Assistant Secretary may reasonably require.

(e) Eligible organizations

Organizations eligible to receive a grant or enter into a contract under subsection (a) of this section shall be organizations that employ, or provide opportunities for, older individuals in multigenerational activities.

(f) Local evaluation and report

(1) Evaluation

Each organization receiving a grant or a contract under subsection (a) of this section to carry out a demonstration project shall evaluate the activities assisted under the project to determine the effectiveness of multigenerational activities, the impact of such activities on child care and youth day care programs, and the impact on older individuals involved in such project.

(2) Report

The organization shall submit a report to the Assistant Secretary containing the evaluation not later than 6 months after the expiration of the period for which the grant or contract is in effect.

(g) Report to Congress

Not later than 6 months after the Assistant Secretary receives the reports described in subsection (f)(2) of this section, the Assistant Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate a report that assesses the evaluations and includes, at a minimum-

(1) the names or descriptive titles of the demonstration projects funded under subsection (a) of this section;

(2) a description of the nature and operation of the projects;

(3) the name and address of the individual or governmental entity that conducted the projects;

(4) a description of the methods and success of the projects in recruiting older individuals as employees and volunteers to participate in the project;

(5) a description of the success of the projects retaining older individuals involved in the projects as employees and as volunteers; and

(6) the rate of turnover of older individual employees and volunteers in the projects.

(h) "Multigenerational activity" defined

As used in this section, the term "multigenerational activity" includes an opportunity to serve as a mentor or adviser in a child care program, a youth day care program, an educational assistance program, an at-risk youth intervention program, a juvenile delinquency treatment program, or a family support program.

(Pub. L. 89–73, title IV, §429, as added Pub. L. 102–375, title IV, §409, Sept. 30, 1992, 106 Stat. 1249 ; amended Pub. L. 103–171, §3(a)(13), Dec. 2, 1993, 107 Stat. 1990 .)

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3035h, Pub. L. 89–73, title IV, §432, as added Pub. L. 95–478, title I, §104(c)(1)(C), Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 1545 , related to mortgage interest grants for multipurpose senior centers, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 97–115, §11(a), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1601 .

Amendments

1993-Subsecs. (a), (c), (d), (f)(2), (g). Pub. L. 103–171 substituted "Assistant Secretary" for "Commissioner" wherever appearing.