1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Care Corps Demonstration Act of 2018 . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) personal care services (also referred to as personal assistance services or personal attendant services )— (A) provide critical support for individuals with disabilities and older adults to live as independently as possible in their homes and communities, thereby avoiding unwanted and often more costly institutionalization in nursing homes and other facilities; and (B) serve as a critical component of independent living for individuals with disabilities and older adults; (2) direct care workers and social workers provide a broad range of essential services that help seniors and individuals with disabilities live independently in their homes and communities; and (3) local care corps programs supported pursuant to subpart XIII of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 3 of this Act, are intended to supplement and not supplant the work of individuals in these professions. 3. Grants for local care corps programs Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: XIII Local care corps programs 340J. Grants for local care corps programs (a) In general The Secretary may award grants to eligible entities described in subsection (b) to establish and implement a local care corps program through which eligible volunteers described in subsection (c) perform approved care services described in subsection (d). (b) Eligible entities To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, an entity shall be a public or private nonprofit entity (including any such entity that is faith-based) that is— (1) part of an aging network, as defined in section 102(5) of the Older Americans Act of 1965; (2) a time-banking or volunteer organization that has expertise in delivering home- and community-based long-term services and supports to older adults or people with disabilities