This Congressional report contains the testimony provided at the first five days of hearings pertaining to the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act of 1965. The focus of the hearings was on amending those portions of the act dealing with: (1) grants for State and community programs on aging (Title III); (2) training, research, and discretionary programs and projects for older adults (Title IV); and (3) community service employment for older Americans (Title V). Included among those persons providing testimony at the Rhode Island hearings were representatives of the following agencies and organizations: Rhode Island Meals on Wheels, Inc.; the Visiting Nurse Service of Greater Woonsocket; Fruit Hill Day Center for the Elderly; the Southeast New England Long-Term Care Gerontology Center, Brown University; the American Association of Retired Persons; the National Council on Senior Citizens; the Senior Inn, Inc.; the University of Rhode Island; and Rhode Island College. The hearings in Washington, D.C. included testimony of representatives from: the American Federation of Home Health Agencies, Inc.; the American Mental Health Counselors Association; the New York State Office for the Aging; the National Homecaring Council, Inc.; the University of Kansas Long-Term Care Gerontology Center; the Urban Mass Transportation Administration; the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs; and the National Association of State Units on Aging. (A status report on Title IV of the Older Americans Act as amended and a discussion of types of technical assistance provided to the States by the Department of Labor are also included in this volume, as well as responses of witnesses to questions raised by the subcommittee chairman.) (MN)