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Program Instructions
TO: STATE AND AREA AGENCIES ON AGING ADMINISTERING PLANS UNDER
THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965, AS AMENDED
SUBJECT: Certification on Maintenance of Effort for Title III
- Fiscal Year 2001
LEGAL AND RELATED REFERENCES: 45 CFR 1321.49; and Section 309(c)
of the Older Americans Act, as Amended
This program instruction requests the authorized official in
each state agency on aging to submit a certification on maintenance
of effort under Title III of the Older Americans Act for fiscal
year 2001. As set forth in 45 CFR 1321.49, the state agency maintenance
of effort level is to be determined annually:
"In order to avoid a penalty, each fiscal year the State
Agency, to meet the required nonfederal share applicable to its
allotments under this part, shall spend under the State plan for
both services and administration at least the average amount of
state funds it spent under the plan for the three previous fiscal
years. If the State Agency spends less than this amount, the Assistant
Secretary reduces the State's allotments for supportive and nutrition
services under this part by a percentage equal to the percentage
by which the State reduced its expenditures."
In reporting the amount of state expenditures for the maintenance
of effort requirement, states may include expenditures incurred
under the cost allocation plan for the state agency.
The authorized official in each state agency is requested to
certify to the Administration on Aging the amount of state resources
expended in fiscal year 2001 to meet the maintenance of effort
requirements under Title III of the Older Americans Act, and whether
that amount was or was not equal to the required maintenance of
effort level.
Attached is a certification form which has been approved by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The certification form
must be signed by the authorized state agency official and submitted
to the Regional Administrators, Administration on Aging, no later
than February 28, 2003.
DUE DATE : Due February 28, 2003 to Regional
Administrators, Administration on Aging.
ATTACHMENT : Certification
of Maintenance of Effort Form OMB-0980-0009
INQUIRIES : State agencies should address inquiries
to Regional Administrators, Administration on Aging, HHS Regional
Offices.
Josefina G. Carbonell
Assistant Secretary for Aging
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