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Signing of the Older Americans Act

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Older Americans Act into law, establishing federal grant programs and the Administration on Aging to support services for elderly Americans.

The law created the first comprehensive federal framework for elder services—meals, community care, and support programs—marking a major expansion of Great Society social-welfare policy.

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