S 973 · 102th Congress · Social Welfare
School-Based Meals for Older Individuals and Intergenerational Programs Act of 1990
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Aging (Labor and Human Resources).(1991-04-29)
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School-Based Meals for Older Individuals and Intergenerational Programs Act of 1990 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a program for school-based meals for volunteer older individuals and intergenerational activities for volunteer older individuals and elementary and secondary school students. Directs the Commissioner on Aging to make grants to States for the establishment and operation of projects that: (1) are carried out in elementary and secondary schools; (2) provide hot meals to volunteer older individuals while such schools are in session, during the summer, and (unless waived by the State) on weekdays in the school year when the schools are not in session; (3) provide intergenerational activities in which volunteer older individuals and students interact; (4) provide social and recreational activities for older individuals; (5) develop skill banks that maintain and make available to school officials information on the skills and preferred activities of such individuals so that they may serve as tutors, teacher aides, living historians, special speakers, playground supervisors, and lunchroom assistants and in other roles; and (6) provide opportunities for …
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4 Democrats