grants have been made under two categories: (1) developmental grants to support the establishment (2) operational grants to already well established multi- By FY 1978 a total of 43 projects were being funded, some Perhaps the most revealing statistic is that over the course of their Title IV-E funding, as many as 32 of the 43 Center projects received Title IV-A Career Training grants to support faculty, students, curriculum development and other purposes closely akin to that of the Center grant. At present 25 institutions of higher education receive AoA support for their gerontology programs under both Title IV-A and Title IV-E. Expansion of Title IV-A Program Responsibilities Also dating from about the mid-1970's, there has been a significant expansion in Title IV-A Program functions beyond that of preparing persons for careers in aging through undergraduate and graduate training and education. In particular, Title IV-A has responded to the burgeoning need for "in-service" training and retraining manifested by the rapid growth from 1973 of State, Area, and community-based agencies working on behalf of the aging, and by a parallel growth in interest among service providing agencies, professions, planners, and practitioners in the field of aging. For the span of years FY 1973 to FY 1978 there was a rapid rise in Title IV-A appropriations which were applied toward a general, relatively unstructured, development of training, education, and technical assistance resources to meet the personnel needs. of aging service and planning programs under the Older Americans Act. As late as FY 1973, there was but $3 million to carry out IV-A training program responsibilities. By FY 1975, the IV-A budget reached $8 million, by FY 1976 $14 million, and for FY 1978 the figure was $17 million. These funding increases made possible not only an allocation of $6 million to State Agencies on Aging for in-service training but also a doubling |