Investor Presentaiton
ATTACHMENT A-OAA STATE PLAN ASSURANCES AND REQUIRED ACTIVITIES
(A) require each area agency on aging designated under section 305(a)(2)(A) to develop and sub-
mit to the State agency for approval, in accordance with a uniform format developed by the State
agency, an area plan meeting the requirements of section 306; and (B) be based on such area
plans.
Note: THIS SUBSECTION OF STATUTE DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT AREA PLANS BE DEVELOPED PRIOR TO
STATE PLANS AND/OR THAT STATE PLANS DEVELOP AS A COMPILATION OF AREA PLANS.
(2) The plan shall provide that the State agency will --
(A) evaluate, using uniform procedures described in section 202(a)(26), the need for supportive
services (including legal assistance pursuant to 307(a)(11), information and assistance, and
transportation services), nutrition services, and multipurpose senior centers within the State;
(B) develop a standardized process to determine the extent to which public or private programs
and resources (including volunteers and programs and services of voluntary organizations) that
have the capacity and actually meet such need; ...
(4) The plan shall provide that the State agency will conduct periodic evaluations of, and public hearings
on, activities and projects carried out in the State under this title and title VII, including evaluations of the
effectiveness of services provided to individuals with greatest economic need, greatest social need, or
disabilities (with particular attention to low-income minority older individuals, older individuals with lim-
ited English proficiency, and older individuals residing in rural areas).
Note: "PERIODIC" (DEFINED IN 45CFR PART 1321.3) MEANS, AT A MINIMUM, ONCE EACH FISCAL YEAR.
(5) The plan shall provide that the State agency will:
(A) afford an opportunity for a hearing upon request, in accordance with published procedures, to
any area agency on aging submitting a plan under this title, to any provider of (or applicant to
provide) services;
(B) issue guidelines applicable to grievance procedures required by section 306(a)(10); and
(C) afford an opportunity for a public hearing, upon request, by an area agency on aging, by a pro-
vider of (or applicant to provide) services, or by any recipient of services under this title regard-
ing any waiver request, including those under Section 316.
(6) The plan shall provide that the State agency will make such reports, in such form, and containing such
information, as the Assistant Secretary may require, and comply with such requirements as the Assistant
Secretary may impose to insure the correctness of such reports.
(8)(A) The plan shall provide that no supportive services, nutrition services, or in-home services will be
directly provided by the State agency or an area agency on aging in the State, unless, in the judgment of
the State agency--
(i) provision of such services by the State agency or the area agency on aging is necessary
to assure an adequate supply of such services;
(ii) such services are directly related to such State agency's or area agency on aging's ad-
ministrative functions; or
(iii) such services can be provided more economically, and with comparable quality, by such
State agency or area agency on aging.
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