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The Rural Development Administration (RDA) was a USDA agency established by the 1990 farm bill (P.L. 101-624, Sec. 2302), amending the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1972 (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), to administer FmHA community and business programs and other USDA rural development programs.
Local senior assistance programs. Many communities support programs specifically designed to assist low-income seniors, and each state has its own office or agency for the aging.
According to the senior advocacy group AARP, 26% of U.S. adults aged 50 and older are gig workers. Read on to find out which jobs offer the opportunity to earn extra money while still maintaining ...
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy created the President's Appalachian Regional Commission (PARC) "to prepare a comprehensive action program for the economic development of the Appalachian Region." [6] This work was continued by President Lyndon B. Johnson after Kennedy's assassination. He used a PARC report as a basis for legislation.
First operational on August 28, 1965, the Foster Grandparents program enables seniors to interact with and support young children, thus acting as foster grandparents.Open to seniors 55 and over, the program's goal is to provide "grandparents" who will give emotional support to victims of abuse and tutor, mentor, and care for children with disabilities.
An estimated 20% of Americans over age 50 have no retirement savings at all, according to AARP. If you're in that boat, you may be extremely reliant on your Social Security income to make ends meet.
A 2022 study showed that users of the program aged 50 and above had slower memory loss, or "about 2 fewer years of cognitive aging over a 10-year period compared with non-users", despite the program having nearly no conditions for the sustainability and healthiness of the food products purchased with the coupons (or coupon-credits). [77] [78]
The purpose of these two 1980s-era programs was "so that there was no way you could 'double dip' into both a federal pension and Social Security," explains Jill Schlesinger, CBS News business analyst.