Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES › Division 15 - Division of Senior and Disability Services › Chapter 4 - Older Americans Act › Section 19 CSR 15-4.020 - Administration of the Older Americans Act

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment updates references to the
				  area agencies on aging.
PURPOSE: This rule describes the organizational
				  structure in the state for administration of Title III of the Older Americans
				  Act of 1965, as amended.
(1)
				The Division of Senior and Disability Services, within the Department of Health
				and Senior Services, is the single organizational unit that is delegated all
				authority and responsibility to administer programs under Title III of the
				Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and in accordance with all applicable
				federal and state laws and regulations.
(2) The division has designated ten (10)
				distinct planning and service areas (PSAs) within the state with one (1) area
				agency on aging (AAA) in each PSA. These agencies are Senior Age Area Agency on
				Aging (including Dallas, Polk, Dade, Lawrence, Greene, Webster, Wright, Texas,
				Shannon, Oregon, Howell, Douglas, Christian, Barry, Stone, Taney, and Ozark
				counties); Southeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging (SEMO), d/b/a Aging Matters
				(including Cape Girardeau, Ste. Genevieve, Perry, St. Francois, Iron, Madison,
				Reynolds, Wayne, Bollinger, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Ripley,
				Carter, New Madrid, Pemiscot, and Dunklin counties); District III Area Agency
				on Aging, d/b/a Care Connection for Aging Services (including Chariton,
				Carroll, Saline, Lafayette, Johnson, Pettis, Henry, Benton, Bates, St. Clair,
				Hickory, Vernon, and Cedar counties); Young at Heart Resources (including
				Atchison, Daviess, Nodaway, Worth, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, Grundy,
				Gentry, Holt, Andrew, DeKalb, Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Livingston, and Linn
				counties); Northeast Missouri Area Agency on Aging (NEAAA) (including Adair,
				Schuyler, Scotland, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Shelby, Marion, Randolph,
				Monroe, Ralls, Pike, Lincoln, Montgomery, and Warren counties); Central
				Missouri Area Agency on Aging (CMAAA), d/b/a Aging Best (including Audrain,
				Boone, Callaway, Cooper, Howard, Miller, Moniteau, Cole, Osage, Morgan,
				Gasconade, Crawford, Washington, Dent, Phelps, Maries, Pulaski, Laclede, and
				Camden counties); Mid-America Regional Council, Department of Aging and Adult
				Services (including Ray, Clay, Platte, Jackson, and Cass counties); Aging Ahead
				(including St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin, and Jefferson counties); St. Louis
				Area Agency on Aging (SLAAA) (St. Louis City); and Region X Area Agency on
				Aging (including Barton, Jasper, Newton, and McDonald counties).
(3) Any public or nonprofit private agency or
				office or agency of a unit of general purpose local government, regional
				planning area, or metropolitan area which is designated to function only for
				the purpose of serving as an area agency on aging may apply to the division to
				be designated as a PSA. The division will consider the following factors in
				making a determination:
(A) A population of
				one hundred thousand (100,000) or more;
(B) The numbers of adults aged sixty (60) or
				older, including those with the greatest economic and social need;
(C) The views of public officials
				representing units of general purpose local governments;
(D) The incidence of need for services and
				the resources available to administer services to meet those needs;
				and
(E) The boundaries of units of
				general purpose local government, regional planning areas, existing economic
				development districts and areas within the state established for planning and
				administering human services, including the area-wide comprehensive planning
				and development districts or regions established pursuant to the state and
				local review system which replaces that of the Office of Management and Budget
				Circular A-95, Part IV. The division will include all portions of an economic
				development district within a single PSA.