104 STAT. 4306 PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture (through Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration) shall enter into contracts with States, Indian tribes, units of general local government and local nonprofit housing sponsors, utilizing any amounts appropriated under subsection (n)— (A) to provide congregate services programs for eligible project residents to promote and encoursige maximum independence within a home environment for such residents capable of self-care with appropriate supportive services; or (B) to adapt housing to better accommodate the physical requirements and service needs of eligible residents. (2) TERM OF CONTRACTS. —Each contract between the Secretary concerned and a State, Indian tribe, or unit of general local government, or local nonprofit housing sponsor, shall be for a term of 5 years and shall be renewable at the expiration of the term, except as otherwise provided in this section. (c) RESERVATION OF AMOUNTS.—For each State, Indian tribe, unit of general local government, and nonprofit housing sponsor, receiving a contract under this subsection, the Secretary concerned shall reserve a sum equal to the total approved contract amount from the amount authorized and appropriated for the fiscal year in which the notification date of funding approval occurs. (d) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. — (1) IN GENERAL. —A congregate services program under this section shall provide meal and other services for eligible project residents (and other residents and nonresidents, as provided in subsection (e)), as provided in this section, that are coordinated on site. (2) MEAL SERVICES.—Congregate services programs assisted under this section shall include meal service adequate to meet at least one-third of the daily nutritional needs of eligible project residents, as follows: (A) FOOD STAMPS AND AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.— In providing meal services under this paragraph, each congregate services program— (i) shall— (I) apply for approved as a retail food store under section 9 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 2018); and (II) if approved under such section, accept coupons (as defined in section 3(e) of such Act) as payment from individuals to whom such meal services are provided; and (ii) shall request, and use to provide such meal services, agricultural commodities made available without charge by the Secretary of Agriculture. (B) PREFERENCE FOR NUTRITION PROVIDERS. —In contracting for or otherwise providing for meal services under this paragraph, each congregate services program shall give preference to any provider of meal services who— (i) receives assistance under title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965; or (ii) has experience, according to standards as the Secretary shall require, in providing meal services in a housing project under the Congregate Housing Services
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