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September 19, 2024
RESOLUTION #2024-4451 _ 24-65
Sponsored By: Kristen Nelson
Board of Commissioners - Support for U.S. Senate Bill 4776 to Amend the Older American's
Act of 1965 by Increasing Levels of Funding for County Governments
Chair and Members of the Board:
WHEREAS Congress passed the Older Americans Act (OAA) in 1965 in response to concern by
policymakers about a lack of community social services for older persons. In turn, Area Agencies on
Aging (AAAs) were created in 1974 by the Older Americans Act with the mission of creating home
and community-based services to maximize the independence and dignity of older adults; and
WHEREAS according to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2030, for the first time in our nation’s history,
the population of adults 65 and older will outnumber children younger than 18, significantly increasing
the demand for aging services; and
WHEREAS Federal funding for OAA programs has not kept pace with these demographic changes;
and
WHEREAS as the nation's population rapidly ages, counties face increasing demand and challenges
in providing comprehensive systems of care for their older residents; and
WHEREAS on July 31, 2024, the Senate Committee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions
(HELP) approved bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA); and
WHEREAS the OAA was last reauthorized on March 25, 2020, under the Supporting Older
Americans Act of 2020, which is set to expire on September 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS Senate Bill 4776, introduced on July 25, 2024, would reauthorize the OAA, which funds
critical programs and services that help older adults live independently in their communities.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
calls upon Congress to adopt U.S. Senate Bill 4776, which would authorize and directly appropriate
higher levels of Older American Act funding for FY 2025 through FY 2029 to ensure the aging
network receives the resources necessary to meet the needs of older county residents.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds is requested to
forward copies of this adopted resolution to Senator Bernie Sanders, Chair of the United States
Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; the President of the United States
Senate; the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; members of the Michigan
congressional delegation; the National Association of County Officials (NACo) and the Michigan
Association of Counties.
Chair, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Kristen Nelson.
Date: September 19, 2024
David Woodward, Commissioner
Date: September 23, 2024
Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds
COMMITTEE TRACKING
2024-09-05 Full Board - Refer to Legislative Affairs & Government Operations
2024-09-10 Legislative Affairs & Government Operations - Recommend to Board
2024-09-19 Full Board - Adopt
Motioned by Commissioner Penny Luebs seconded by Commissioner Robert Hoffman to adopt the
attached Resolution: Support for U.S. Senate Bill 4776 to Amend the Older American's Act of 1965 by
Increasing Levels of Funding for County Governments.
Yes: David Woodward, Michael Spisz, Michael Gingell, Penny Luebs, Karen Joliat, Christine Long,
Robert Hoffman, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Marcia Gershenson, William
Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Brendan Johnson, Ann Erickson Gault, Linnie
Taylor (17)
No: None (0)
Abstain: None (0)
Absent: Kristen Nelson (1)
Passed
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on
September 19, 2024, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at
Pontiac, Michigan on Thursday, September 19, 2024.
Lisa Brown, Oakland County Clerk / Register of Deeds