Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Division 19 - Aging and Adult Services › Rule 016.19.18-002 - Intrastate Funding Formula

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Section
			 104
Aging and Adult Services Policy
The Department of Human Services (DHS) will implement an
				intrastate funding formula for the equitable distribution of Title III funds to
				Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) to comply with Older Americans Act regulations.
				DHS will apply the same methodology to the distribution of other funds intended
				for statewide distribution on an equitable basis, including without limitation
				Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), Advocacy Assistance, Nursing Home
				Alternatives, Older Workers, Case Management, and State discretionary programs.
				The purpose of the intrastate funding formula is to reach older Arkansans with
				the greatest economic and social needs by using a fair and objective allocation
				methodology.
104.001 General Authority
Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended in 2016
45 CFR 1321
Arkansas Code Annotated §
										25-10-101 et seq.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S Census Bureau
Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended
Social Services Block Grant
104.100 Definitions
The following terms are defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S.
				Department of Health and Human Services, and the Title VII Civil Rights Act of
				1964, as amended:
A.
Age
60 - An individual who turns 60 years of age as of the census date of
			 April 1st.
B.
Age
75 -
			 An individual who turns
75
years of age as of the census date
			 of April
1st.
C.
Low-Income
- An individual whose income within the past 12 months
			 is below the poverty thresholds set by U.S. Department of Health and Human
			 Services.
D.
Low-Income
			 Minority
- An individual who identifies with one of the four minority
			 groups as listed below and whose income within the past 12 months is below the
			 poverty thresholds set by U.S. Department of Health and Human
			 Services.
E.
Minority
- The smaller part of a group within a country or state that differs in
			 race, religion, or national origin from the dominant group.
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
				guidelines, the term minority means four, particular groups who share a race,
				color, or national origin. These groups are:
1.
American Indian or Alaskan Native.
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America,
			 and who maintain their culture through a tribe and community.
2.
Asian or Pacific Islander.
A
			 person having origins in any of the original people of the Far East, Southeast
			 Asia, India, or the Pacific Islands. These areas include, for example, China,
			 India, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
3.
Black (except Hispanic).
A
			 person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
4.
Hispanic.
A person of
			 Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish
			 culture or origin, regardless of race.
F.
Rural
- This term is defined
			 as a territory, population, and housing units not classified as
			 urban.
104.200
			 Allocation Methodology 1-1-19
The intrastate funding formula for Area Agencies on Aging
				(AAAs) will be allocated as follows:
A. Each of the eight AAAs will receive a base
			 percentage of 1% from each funding source before the funding formula is
			 applied.
B. Of the remainder:
1. Thirty-five percent will be distributed
			 based on each region's proportion of
2. Arkansans ages 60 and older;
3. Twenty-five percent will be distributed
			 based on each region's proportion of low-income Arkansans ages 60 and
			 older;
4. Twenty percent will be
			 distributed based on each region's proportion of low-income minority Arkansans
			 ages 60 and older;
5. Fifteen
			 percent will be distributed based on each region's proportion of rural
			 Arkansans ages 60 and older; and
6.
			 Five percent will be distributed based on each region's proportion of Arkansans
			 ages
75
and older.
104.300 Updates
Department of Human Services will revise and update the AAAs
				allocations annually as relevant demographic information becomes available and
				is provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.