New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle Y - New York State Office for the Aging › Chapter II - Older Americans, Community Services, And Expanded In-home Services For The Elderly Programs › Part 6652 - Area Agencies On Aging › Section 6652.2 - Area agency responsibilities

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				  An area agency shall provide for the delivery of services under the OAA, CSE
				  and EISEP, and for the expenditure of funds pursuant to applicable
				  requirements.
(b) An area agency
				  shall assess the need for services in its geographic area, evaluate the
				  effectiveness of available services, and develop a comprehensive and
				  coordinated service system for elderly people. The scope of area agency
				  coordination extends beyond those services administered with OAA
				  funds.
(c) An area agency shall
				  advocate on behalf of, coordinate services to, and monitor and evaluate
				  programs for elderly people.
(d) An
				  area agency shall comment upon policies, programs, hearings, levies and
				  community actions which will affect the elderly.
(e) An area agency shall monitor its
				  subcontractors to ensure compliance with this Chapter.
(f) An area agency shall provide for a
				  continuing program of public information specifically to assure that
				  information about programs and activities carried out under the plan are
				  effectively and appropriately promulgated, including provision of information
				  to the public upon request and, where feasible, in languages native to the
				  client populations and in forms accessible to people with
				  disabilities.
(g) An area agency
				  shall ensure that any program, public information materials, or other printed
				  or published materials concerning OAA, CSE, or EISEP gives due recognition to
				  the office.
(h) The area agency
				  may, using a competitive process, subgrant or subcontract for congregate and
				  home-delivered nutrition services to providers which furnish either or both
				  types of service.
(i) Area agencies
				  may award OAA nutrition funds to provide meals and other nutrition services,
				  including outreach and nutrition education and nutrition counseling to elderly
				  people. In making these awards, the area agency must assure that congregate
				  meals are provided, and that home-delivered meals are provided based on an
				  assessment of need by the area agency and nutrition providers.
(j) The area agency must establish and
				  implement an active outreach program to reach those eligible participants in
				  greatest economic or social need with particular attention to low-income
				  minority individuals.
(k) The area
				  agency will ensure that preference in hiring is given to persons age 60 and
				  over, for any staff position (full-time or part-time) for which such
				  individuals qualify.
(l) The area
				  agency must ensure that all programs and sites provide maximum accessibility to
				  those elderly in greatest economic or social need, and that new sites be free
				  from architectural barriers that would limit participation of disabled older
				  individuals.