9103.2.
(a) The Director of the California Department of Aging may, to the extent appropriations are made for this purpose, provide grants to nonprofit organizations with experience providing services and training that are culturally competent and sensitive to issues relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.(b) (1) Nonprofit organizations receiving grants under this section shall use grant funds to do all of the following:
(A) Provide outreach to elder veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT).
(B) Refer, as appropriate, elder, LGBT veterans to agencies, individuals, and other appropriate entities that provide services to elder, LGBT veterans.
(C) Provide training, outreach, and education to, and coordinate with, agencies, individuals, and other appropriate entities that provide services to elder, LGBT veterans.
(2) For the purposes of this subdivision, an appropriate entity that provides services to elder, LGBT veterans includes, but is not limited to, organizations authorized to prepare, present, and prosecute a claim before the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, such as county veterans’ service offices and congressionally chartered veterans service organizations.
(c) Grants made pursuant to this section shall be awarded through a request for proposal process.