42 U.S.C. § 3058AA
Section 3058aa · Native American program
Current version, with additions and removals from the December 2, 1993 version.
The Assistant Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Aging, shall establish and carry out a program for—
The Assistant Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Aging, shall establish and carry out a program for—
(3) enabling the eligible entities to support multidisciplinary elder justice activities, such as—
(A) establishing a coordinating council, which shall identify the needs of an individual Indian tribe or other Native American group and provide the Assistant Secretary with information and recommendations relating to efforts by the Indian tribe or the governing entity of the Native American group to combat elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation;
(B) providing training, technical assistance, and other methods of support to groups carrying out multidisciplinary efforts for an Indian tribe or other Native American group; and
(C) broadening and studying various models for elder fatality and serious injury review teams, to make recommendations about their composition, protocols, functions, timing, roles, and responsibilities, with a goal of producing models and information that will allow for replication based on the needs of Indian tribes and other Native American groups (other than the ones in which the review teams were used).
An entity eligible to receive assistance under this section shall be—
An entity eligible to receive assistance under this section shall be—
(1) an Indian tribe; or
(1) an Indian tribe; or
(2) a public agency, or a nonprofit organization, serving older individuals who are Native Americans.
(2) a public agency, or a nonprofit organization, serving older individuals who are Native Americans.