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 6653 - Area Plans › Section 6653.3 - Assurances in area plans

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The area plan shall contain such assurances as the office
					 may require, including assurances that the area agency will:
(a) comply with this Chapter and with State
				  and Federal law;
(b) require all
				  service providers under the area plan to comply with the plan and this
				  Chapter;
(c) monitor, evaluate and
				  comment on all policies, programs and community actions affecting elderly
				  people;
(d) provide technical
				  assistance, monitor and periodically assess the performance of all service
				  providers under the area plan;
(e)
				  conduct public hearings on the needs of elderly people;
(f) provide adequate and effective
				  opportunities for elderly people to express their views to the area agency on
				  policy development and program implementation under the plan;
(g) represent the interests of elderly people
				  to public officials and public and private agencies or organizations;
(h) as requested by the office, support the
				  long-term care ombudsman program;
(i) coordinate planning with other agencies
				  and organizations to promote new or expanded benefits and opportunities for
				  elderly people;
(j) if possible,
				  arrange with children's day care organizations so that elderly people can
				  volunteer to help provide the day care;
(k) assess the kinds and levels of services
				  needed by elderly people in the area, and the effectiveness of the use of
				  resources in meeting those needs;
(l) enter into subcontracts or subgrants for
				  the provision of services under the area plan, except where the office has
				  approved direct service delivery by the area agency under this
				  Chapter;
(m) conduct outreach
				  efforts to identify elderly people and inform them of the availability of
				  services under the area plan, with particular attention to low-income minority
				  individuals and with special emphasis on the rural elderly and those with
				  greatest economic or social needs. With respect to OAA nutrition services,
				  these efforts should maximize the number of elderly people and their spouses
				  with the opportunity to participate;
(n) if possible, designate a focal point for
				  comprehensive services delivery in each community;
(o) establish effective and efficient
				  procedures to coordinate with:
(1) health
				  systems agencies; and
(2) agencies
				  administering programs under the following Federal laws:
(i) the Job Training Partnership
				  Act;
(ii) title II of the Domestic
				  Volunteer Services Act;
(iii)
				  titles II, XVI, XVIII, XIX and XX of the Social Security Act;
(iv) sections 221 and 232 of the National
				  Housing Act;
(v) the United States
				  Housing Act of 1937;
(vi) section
				  202 of the Housing Act of 1959;
(vii) title I of the Housing and Community
				  Development Act of 1974;
(viii) the
				  Community Services Block Grant Act;
(ix) sections 3, 5, 9 and 16 of the Urban
				  Mass Transportation Act of 1964; and
(x) the Legal Services Corporation
				  Act;