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Program Instructions
AOA-PI-98-04 - August
4, 1998
TO : STATE AGENCIES ON
AGING ADMINISTERING PLANS UNDER TITLE III OF THE OLDER AMERICANS
ACT, AS AMENDED
SUBJECT : Certification of
Maintenance of Effort for Fiscal Year 1997
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 1997. As set forth in 45 CFR 1321.49, the
state agency maintenance of effort level is to be determined annually.
45 CFR 1321.49 states:
"In order to avoid a penalty, each fiscal year the state
agency, to meet the required non-federal 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 on Aging is requested to certify
to the Administration on Aging the amount of State resources expended
in Fiscal Year 1997 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 on Aging not later than August
28, 1998.
ATTACHMENT
Certification of Maintenance of Effort Form OMB-0980-0180
Jeanette C. Takamura
Assistant Secretary for Aging
DUE DATE: August 28, 1998 to Regional Administrators on Aging
INQUIRIES: Inquiries should be addressed to Regional Administrators
on Aging, DHHS regional offices.
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