La Administration on Aging ( AoA ) es una agencia del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos . AoA trabaja para garantizar que los estadounidenses mayores puedan permanecer independientes en sus comunidades, principalmente mediante la concesión de subvenciones a los estados, organizaciones tribales nativas americanas y comunidades locales para apoyar los programas autorizados por el Congreso en la Ley de Estadounidenses Mayores . AoA también otorga subvenciones discrecionales a organizaciones de investigación que trabajan en proyectos que apoyan esos objetivos. Realiza actividades estadísticas en apoyo de la investigación, el análisis y la evaluación de programas para satisfacer las necesidades de una población que envejece.
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Departamento de padres | Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de los Estados Unidos |
Parent agency | Administration for Community Living |
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Website | acl |
AoA's FY 2013 budget proposal includes a total of $1.9 billion, $819 million of which funds senior nutrition programs like Meals on Wheels. The agency also funds $539 million in grants to programs to help seniors stay in their homes through services (such as accomplishing essential activities of daily living, like getting to the doctor's office, buying groceries etc.) and through help given to caregivers.[1] Some of these grants are for Cash & Counseling programs that provide Medicaid participants a monthly budget for home care and access to services that help them manage their finances.[2]
AoA is headed by the Assistant Secretary for Aging. From July 2016 to August 2017, Edwin Walker served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Aging.[3] The Assistant Secretary reports directly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Lance Allen Robertson was confirmed in August 2017.
See also
- Category:United States Assistant Secretaries for Aging
- Pension Rights Center
- Elder law
- United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
- Clark Tibbitts
References
- ^ FY 2013 President's Budget Justification for Appropriations Committees of Congress, p.22
- ^ Self-Directed Budget Enhances Access to Home Health and Other Needed Services, Resulting in Fewer Unmet Needs, Better Health Outcomes, and High Satisfaction for Medicaid Beneficiaries
- ^ "Leadership". Administration for Community Living. 19 August 2016.
External links
- Administration on Aging
- Older Americans Act of 1965
- Administration on Aging in the Federal Register
- Congressional Justification of FY 2013 President's Budget