{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3057b.","heading":"Findings","text":"\u00a7\u202f3057b.\nFindings\nThe Congress finds that the older individuals who are Indians of the United States\u2014\n(1) are a rapidly increasing population;\n(2) suffer from high unemployment;\n(3) live in poverty at a rate estimated to be as high as 61 percent;\n(4) have a life expectancy between 3 and 4 years less than the general population;\n(5) lack sufficient nursing homes, other long-term care facilities, and other health care facilities;\n(6) lack sufficient Indian area agencies on aging;\n(7) frequently live in substandard and over-crowded housing;\n(8) receive less than adequate health care;\n(9) are served under this subchapter at a rate of less than 19 percent of the total national population of older individuals who are Indians living on Indian reservations; and\n(10) are served under subchapter III at a rate of less than 1 percent of the total participants under that subchapter.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s3057b.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3057b."},{"t":"heading","text":"Findings","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The Congress finds that the older individuals who are Indians of the United States\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" are a rapidly increasing population;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" suffer from high unemployment;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" live in poverty at a rate estimated to be as high as 61 percent;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" have a life expectancy between 3 and 4 years less than the general population;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" lack sufficient nursing homes, other long-term care facilities, and other health care facilities;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" lack sufficient Indian area agencies on aging;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" frequently live in substandard and over-crowded housing;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"content","text":" receive less than adequate health care;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b/9","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(9)"},{"t":"content","text":" are served under this subchapter at a rate of less than 19 percent of the total national population of older individuals who are Indians living on Indian reservations; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s3057b/10","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(10)"},{"t":"content","text":" are served under subchapter III at a rate of less than 1 percent of the total participants under that subchapter.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}