Certification of Maintenance of Effort

The Administration for Community Living is requesting approval of the Certification of Maintenance of Effort for Title III and extension of, with minor revisions due to statutory language changes, to the Certification for Long-Term Care Ombudsman (LTCO) Program Expenditures, OMB number 0985-0009. Title III of the Older Americans Act, as amended, 42 USC 3029(c), requires that a State’s allotment for a given fiscal year be reduced by the percentage (if any) by which its expenditures from State sources are less than its average annual expenditures from such sources for the period of three consecutive fiscal years preceding such fiscal year. The information collected on the Federal Financial Report, SF 425, combines the funds from State and local sources, ACL is unable to identify expenditures solely from State sources without the requested financial data. Under Title III of the Older Americans Act, as amended, 42 USC 3027(a)(9), assurances are required from the State agency that they will carry out a State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and will expend for such purposes an amount that is not less than an amount expended by the State agency with funds received under Title III for fiscal year 2019. An additional assurance is established in Title VII of the Older Americans Act, as amended; 42 USC 3058d(a)(4) requires that the State will use funds made available in addition to, and will not supplant, any funds that are expended under Federal or State law. The LTCO data allows ACL to monitor compliance with these requirements.

The latest form for Certification of Maintenance of Effort expires 2024-01-31 and can be found here.