§3058b Allotment

Summary

The Assistant Secretary must split each year’s program money among the States based on how many older people live in each State compared to all States. After that, the amounts are adjusted so no State gets less than certain minimums: each State gets at least one-half of 1 percent; Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands each get at least one-fourth of 1 percent; and American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands each get at least one-sixteenth of 1 percent. For the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program and for elder abuse prevention programs, no State can get less than the amount it received in fiscal year 2000. For these rules, “State” does not include the listed territories. If a State will not use its money, the Assistant Secretary will give that money to another State that will use it. Money moved this way counts as part of the receiving State’s yearly allotment and stays available until the end of the next fiscal year. If a State does not follow the required assurances and plan, the Assistant Secretary will hold back its funds and pay them directly to public or nonprofit organizations, agencies, or local governments in that State that submit an approved plan with the required assurances.