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The
Aging Network
Program Instructions
AoA-PI-02-02: Attachment 1 State
Plan Provisions and Information Requirements
The following provisions and information requirements
are listed in the indicated sections of the Older Americans
Act, as amended in 2000. State Plans may address the provisions
and information requirements in a format determined by
each State with an indication of where these items may
be found (page numbers). States may also choose to use
the notes section of this document to discuss a specific
provision or information item, or to reference where documentation
of the item may be found, e.g., the State Unit on Aging
Policies and Procedures Manual.
Section I. State Plan Provisions from Section 307(a)
The State Plan can address the Section 307 provisions
(Section I) below by: (A) providing a statement of compliance
which includes the re-stating of the following provisions;
and/or (B) providing a written discussion on each of the
provisions in a format determined by the State.
(A) The plan includes a statement of compliance that
restates the following provisions from Sec. 307(a) and
is found on page(s) _____.
(B) The plan provides a discussion of each provision
as indicated below:
(1)(A)The State Agency requires each area agency on aging
designated under section 305(a)(2)(A) to develop and submit
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) The State plan is based on such area plans.
Discussion of provision is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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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 State agency:
(A) evaluates, using uniform procedures described in
section 202(a)(29), 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;
Discussion of provision is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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(B) has developed a standardized process to determine
the extent to which public or private programs and resources
(including volunteers and programs and services of voluntary
organizations) have the capacity and actually meet such
need;
Discussion of provision is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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(4) The State agency conducts periodic evaluations of,
and public hearings on, activities and projects carried
out in the State under titles III and 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 individuals and older individuals residing in
rural areas. Note: “Periodic” (defined in
45CFR Part 1321.3) means, at a minimum, once each fiscal
year.
Discussion of provision is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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(5) The State agency:
(A) affords an opportunity for a public 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) issues guidelines applicable to grievance procedures
required by section 306(a)(10); and
(C) affords an opportunity for a public hearing, upon
request, by an area agency on aging, by a provider of
(or applicant to provide) services, or by any recipient
of services under this title regarding any waiver request,
including those under 316.
Discussion of provision is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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(6) 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.
Discussion of provision is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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(8)(A) No supportive services, nutrition services, or
in-home services are 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 administrative functions;
or
(iii) such services can be provided more economically,
and with comparable quality, by such State agency or area
agency on aging.
Discussion of provision is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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Section II. State Plan Information Requirements
Information required by Sections 102, 305, 307 and 705
that must be provided in the State Plan:
102(19)(G) – (required only if State funds in-home
services not already defined in Sec. 102(19)) The State
agency includes and defines on page(s) _____ the following
in-home services in the plan:
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Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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Section 305(a)(2)(E)
The State agency provides assurance that preference will
be given to providing services to older individuals with
greatest economic need and older individuals with greatest
social need, with particular attention to low-income minority
individuals and older individuals residing in rural areas
and includes proposed methods of carrying out the preference
on page(s) _____ in this State plan;
Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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Section 307(a)
(2) The State agency:
(C) specifies on page(s) ____ in this plan, a minimum
proportion of the funds received by each area agency on
aging in the State to carry out part B that will be expended
(in the absence of a waiver under sections 306(b) or 316)
by such area agency on aging to provide each of the categories
of services specified in section 306(a)(2) and listed
below (may be listed in dollars, or percentages of titles
III and VII allocations):
ACCESS __________________
IN HOME __________________
LEGAL ASSISTANCE _____________
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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(3) The plan:
(A) includes a numerical statement of the intrastate
funding formula and ademonstration of theallocation of
funds to each planning and service area (PSA).
Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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(B) with respect to services for older individuals residing
in rural areas, the State agency:
(i) assures it will spend for each fiscal year of the
plan, not less than the amount expended for such services
for fiscal year 2000.
Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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(ii) identifies, for each fiscal year to which the plan
applies, the projected costs of providing such services
(including the cost of providing access to such services).
Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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(iii) describes the methods used to meet the needs for
such services in the fiscal year preceding the first year
to which such plan applies.
Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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(8) (B) Regarding case management services, the following
agencies are already providing case management services
(as of the date of submission of the plan) under a State
program, and the State agency specifies that such agencies
are allowed to continue to provide case management services:
Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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(C) Regarding information and assistance services and
outreach, the State agency specifies that the following
agencies may provide these services directly:
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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(10) The plan provides assurance that the special needs
of older individuals residing in rural areas are taken
into consideration and describes how those needs have
been met and how funds have been allocated to meet those
needs.
Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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(15) The plan, with respect to the fiscal year preceding
the fiscal year for which this plan is prepared--
(A) identifies the number of low-income minority older
individuals in the State.
Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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(B) describes the methods used to satisfy the service
needs of such minority older individuals.
Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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(21) (B) The plan specifies the ways in which the State
agency intends to implement activities to increase access
by older individuals who are Native Americans to all aging
programs and benefits provided by the agency, including
programs and benefits provided under title III.
Discussion of requirement is found on page(s) _______.
Notes: ________________________________________________________________
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Section 705(a)(7)
The State Agency includes on page(s) ____ of this plan,
a description of the manner in which the State agency
will carry out Title VII (Vulnerable Elder Rights Protection
Activities)in accordance with the assurances described
in paragraphs (1) of through (6) of this section. The
description must:
1- describe the program of services for the ombudsman
program and describe the program for the prevention of
abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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2- describe how the State uses public hearings and other
means to obtain the views of older persons, area agencies
on aging, Title VI grantees, and other interested parties.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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3- describe how the State will consult with area agencies
and will identify and prioritize statewide activities
aimed at ensuring that older persons have access to and
assistance in securing and maintaining benefits and rights.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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4- describe how the State will ensure that it will not
supplant pre-existing funds to carry out each of the vulnerable
elder rights protection activities.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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5- describe how the State will ensure that it will place
no restriction other than those in Section 712(a)(5)(C)
on the eligibility of entities for designation of local
Ombudsman activities.
Notes: ______________________________________________________________
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6- describe how the State agency will conduct a program
of services consistent with State law and coordinated
with existing State adult protective services for public
education, receipt of reports, active participation of
older persons through outreach, conferences, and referral,
how referral of complaints to law enforcement or public
protective services will be done, how the State will not
permit involuntary or coerced participation in the program,
and how all information gathered in the course of receiving
reports and making referrals shall remain confidential
except under prescribed conditions.
Notes:
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