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42 U.S. Code § 3032k. Community innovations for aging in place
(a) DefinitionsIn this section:
(1) Eligible entityThe term “eligible entity”—
(A) means a nonprofit health or social service organization, a community-based nonprofit organization, an area agency on aging or other local government agency, a tribal organization, or another entity that—
(i)
the Assistant Secretary determines to be appropriate to carry out a project under this part; and
(ii)
demonstrates a record of, and experience in, providing or administering group and individual health and social services for older individuals; and
(B)
does not include an entity providing housing under the congregate housing services program carried out under section 8011 of this title or the multifamily service coordinator program carried out under section 1701q(g) of title 12.
(2) Naturally Occurring Retirement CommunityThe term “Naturally Occurring Retirement Community” means a community with a concentrated population of older individuals, which may include a residential building, a housing complex, an area (including a rural area) of single family residences, or a neighborhood composed of age-integrated housing—
(A) where—
(i)
40 percent of the heads of households are older individuals; or
(ii)
a critical mass of older individuals exists, based on local factors that, taken in total, allow an organization to achieve efficiencies in the provision of health and social services to older individuals living in the community; and
(B)
that is not an institutional care or assisted living setting.