Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources › 306 - Community Services Policy Manual for Title III Programs of the Older Americans Act › Manual of Fiscal Policies for Title III Programs of the Older Americans Act › Section 17a-306-21 - Definitions-as used in this manual

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) "Administration
				on Aging (AoA)" means the Federal agency established in the Office of the
				Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services as part of the Office of
				Human Development, charged with the responsibility for administering the
				provisions of the Older Americans Act except for Title V.
(b) "American Institute of Certified Public
				Accountants (AICPA)" means that organization which establishes financial,
				accounting, and auditing procedures to which accountants must adhere.
(c) "Area Agency on Aging" means an agency
				designated by the department to develop and administer an area plan in a
				planning and service area.
(d)
				"Area Plan" means the official planning document submitted by all Area Agencies
				on Aging to the Department for approval, which identifies measurable objectives
				and action steps to achieve those objectives, as well as describing all other
				functions of the Area Agency.
(e)
				"Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)" means the federal regulations promulgated
				to establish uniform requirements for the administration of the Older Americans
				Act.
(f) "Commissioner" means the
				Commissioner on Aging of the Administration on Aging.
(g) "Connecticut Aging Network" consists of
				those organizations or divisions of organizations which provide services for
				the elderly of Connecticut on a not for profit basis.
(h) "Department (SDA)" means the Department
				on Aging of the State of Connecticut.
(i) "Elderly Nutrition Project (ENP)" means
				an entity that is awarded a subgrant or contract from an area agency to provide
				nutrition services under the area plan.
(j) "Financial Accounting Standards Board
				(FASB)" means that board designated by the AICPA to have the power to set
				accounting standards which specify generally accepted accounting
				principals.
(k) "Grant" means an
				award of financial assistance in the form of money or property in lieu of money
				by a grantor to an eligible recipient.
(l) "Grantee" means the government, nonprofit
				corporation or other legal entity to which a grant is awarded and which is
				accountable to the grantor for the use of the funds provided. The grantee is
				the entire legal entity even if only a particular component of the entity is
				designated in the award document.
(m) "Grantor" means that agency, institution,
				or organization which is the awarding party with respect to a grant.
(n) "Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)"
				means a federal labor program consisting of a public/private partnership
				between government and the private sector aimed to provide job training for
				economically disadvantaged persons seeking economic self sufficiency.
(o) "Management Information System (MIS)"
				means the state wide system of gathering statistical data on the delivery of
				social services to the elderly as presented by the State Plan.
(p) "Manual" means the Manual of Fiscal
				Policies for Title III Programs of the Older Americans Act.
(q) "Nonprofit" means that no part of the net
				earnings of the subject agency, institution, or organization passes, or may
				lawfully pass, directly or indirectly to the benefit of any corporate
				shareholder or private individual.
(r) "Older Americans Act (OAA)" means the
				Older Americans Act of 1965 as amended.
(s) "Recipient" means an organization
				receiving financial assistance to carry out a program.
(t) "Subgrantee" means the government,
				nonprofit corporation or other legal entity to which a subgrant is awarded and
				which is accountable to the grantee for the use of the funds provided. The
				subgrantee is the entire legal entity even if only a particular component of
				the entity is designated in the award document.
(u) "Subrecipient" means an organization
				receiving financial assistance, from a recipient, to carry out a
				program.
(v) "United States
				Department of Agriculture (USDA)" means a source of supplemental funding of
				elderly nutrition programs through commodities or cash.
(w) "United States Office of Management and
				Budget (OMB)" means that federal executive organization which produces
				circulars of administrative guidance for federally funded grantees.