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| {{Short description|Federal initiative aiming to provide services to older adults}} | | {{Short description|Federal initiative aiming to provide services to older adults}} |
| {{Infobox U.S. legislation
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| | shorttitle = Older Americans Act
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| | longtitle = An Act to provide assistance in the development of new or improved programs to help older persons through grants to the States for community planning and services and for training, through research, development, or training project grants, and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an operating agency to be designated as the "Administration on Aging".
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| | colloquialacronym = OAA
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| | nickname = Older Americans Act of 1965
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| | enacted by = 89th
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| | effective date = July 14, 1965
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| | cite public law = {{USPL|89|73}}
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| | cite statutes at large = {{USStat|79|218}}
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| | title amended = [[Title 42 of the United States Code|42 U.S.C.: Public Health and Social Welfare]]
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| | sections created = {{Usc-title-chap|42|35}} § 3001 et seq.
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| | introducedin = House
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| | introducedbill = {{USBill|89|H.R.|3708}}
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| | introducedby = [[John E. Fogarty]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]–[[Rhode Island|RI]])
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| | introduceddate = March 9, 1965
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| | committees = [[United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce|House Education and Labor]], [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions|Senate Labor and Public Welfare]]
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| | passedbody1 = House
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| | passeddate1 = March 31, 1965
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| | passedvote1 = [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h27 396-1]
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| | passedbody2 = Senate
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| | passeddate2 = May 27, 1965
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| | passedvote2 = passed voice vote
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| | agreedbody3 = House
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| | agreeddate3 = July 6, 1965
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| | agreedvote3 = passed voice vote
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| | signedpresident = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
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| | signeddate = July 14, 1965
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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
| | | The OAA was passed as a part of [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s [[Great Society]] reforms. It followed closely behind the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Act]] and the [[Economic Opportunity Act]] which included many similarly structured programs, based around a centralized network of funding for a decentralized (community level) service delivery system. The OAA was a response to Congressional concerns about the lack of community social services for [[senior citizens]].<ref name="hhs"/> |
| [[File:Lyndon Johnson signing Civil Rights Act, July 2, 1964.jpg|thumb|right|President Johnson signs the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Act]], another piece of [[Great Society]] legislation.]]The OAA was passed as a part of [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s [[Great Society]] reforms. It followed closely behind the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Act]] and the [[Economic Opportunity Act]] which included many similarly structured programs, based around a centralized network of funding for a decentralized (community level) service delivery system. The OAA was a response to Congressional concerns about the lack of community social services for [[senior citizens]].<ref name="hhs"/>
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| Funding for many Great Society programs as well as Johnson’s political capital, dwindled during the [[Vietnam War]]. Some programs and agencies were dismantled by later administrations, such as Nixon’s and Ford’s slow dissolution of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Other programs, such as those under the OAA, Medicare, Medicaid, and initiatives in the arts and humanities continue to survive. | | Funding for many Great Society programs as well as Johnson’s political capital, dwindled during the [[Vietnam War]]. Some programs and agencies were dismantled by later administrations, such as Nixon’s and Ford’s slow dissolution of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Other programs, such as those under the OAA, Medicare, Medicaid, and initiatives in the arts and humanities continue to survive. |