231.33 AREA AGENCIES ON AGING DUTIES.
Each area agency on aging shall:
1. Develop and administer an area plan on aging.
2. Assess the types and levels of services needed by older
individuals and their caregivers in the planning and service area,
and the effectiveness of other public or private programs serving
those needs.
3. Enter into subgrants or contracts to provide services under
the plan.
4. Provide technical assistance as needed, document quarterly
monitoring, and provide a written report of an annual on-site
assessment of all service providers funded by the area agency.
5. Coordinate the administration of its plan with federal
programs and with other federal, state, and local resources in order
to develop a comprehensive and coordinated service system.
6. Establish an advisory council.
7. Give preference in the delivery of services under the area
plan to older individuals with the greatest economic or social need.
8. Assure that older individuals and their caregivers in the
planning and service area have reasonably convenient access to
information and assistance services.
9. Provide adequate and effective opportunities for older
individuals to express their views to the area agency on policy
development and program implementation under the area plan.
10. Designate community focal points.
11. Contact outreach efforts, with special emphasis on rural
older individuals, to identify older individuals with greatest
economic or social needs and inform them of the availability of
services under the area plan.
12. Develop and publish the methods that the agency uses to
establish preferences and priorities for services.
13. Submit all fiscal and performance reports in accordance with
the policies of the commission.
14. Monitor, evaluate, and comment on laws, rules, regulations,
policies, programs, hearings, levies, and community actions which
significantly affect the lives of older individuals.
15. Conduct public hearings on the needs of older individuals and
their caregivers.
16. Represent the interests of older individuals and their
caregivers to public officials, public and private agencies, or
organizations.
17. Coordinate planning with other agencies and organizations to
promote new or expanded benefits and opportunities for older
individuals.
18. Coordinate planning with other agencies for assuring the
safety of older individuals in a natural disaster or other safety
threatening situation.
19. Require the completion by board of directors members,
annually, of four hours of training, provided by the department on
aging.
20. Incorporate into the bylaws of the area agency's board of
directors and comply with the procedure established by the department
for selection of members to the board of directors as provided in
section 231.23.
21. Provide the opportunity for older individuals residing in the
planning and service area to offer substantive suggestions regarding
the employment practices of the area agency on aging.
231.33 AREA AGENCIES ON AGING DUTIES.
Each area agency on aging shall:
1. Develop and administer an area plan on aging.
2. Assess the types and levels of services needed by older
individuals and their caregivers in the planning and service area,
and the effectiveness of other public or private programs serving
those needs.
3. Enter into subgrants or contracts to provide services under
the plan.
4. Provide technical assistance as needed, document quarterly
monitoring, and provide a written report of an annual on-site
assessment of all service providers funded by the area agency.
5. Coordinate the administration of its plan with federal
programs and with other federal, state, and local resources in order
to develop a comprehensive and coordinated service system.
6. Establish an advisory council.
7. Give preference in the delivery of services under the area
plan to older individuals with the greatest economic or social need.
8. Assure that older individuals and their caregivers in the
planning and service area have reasonably convenient access to
information and assistance services.
9. Provide adequate and effective opportunities for older
individuals to express their views to the area agency on policy
development and program implementation under the area plan.
10. Designate community focal points.
11. Contact outreach efforts, with special emphasis on rural
older individuals, to identify older individuals with greatest
economic or social needs and inform them of the availability of
services under the area plan.
12. Develop and publish the methods that the agency uses to
establish preferences and priorities for services.
13. Submit all fiscal and performance reports in accordance with
the policies of the commission.
14. Monitor, evaluate, and comment on laws, rules, regulations,
policies, programs, hearings, levies, and community actions which
significantly affect the lives of older individuals.
15. Conduct public hearings on the needs of older individuals and
their caregivers.
16. Represent the interests of older individuals and their
caregivers to public officials, public and private agencies, or
organizations.
17. Coordinate planning with other agencies and organizations to
promote new or expanded benefits and opportunities for older
individuals.
18. Coordinate planning with other agencies for assuring the
safety of older individuals in a natural disaster or other safety
threatening situation.
19. Require the completion by board of directors members,
annually, of four hours of training, provided by the department on
aging.
20. Incorporate into the bylaws of the area agency's board of
directors and comply with the procedure established by the department
for selection of members to the board of directors as provided in
section 231.23.
21. Provide the opportunity for older individuals residing in the
planning and service area to offer substantive suggestions regarding
the employment practices of the area agency on aging.
231.33 AREA AGENCIES ON AGING DUTIES.
Each area agency on aging shall:
1. Develop and administer an area plan on aging.
2. Assess the types and levels of services needed by older
individuals and their caregivers in the planning and service area,
and the effectiveness of other public or private programs serving
those needs.
3. Enter into subgrants or contracts to provide services under
the plan.
4. Provide technical assistance as needed, document quarterly
monitoring, and provide a written report of an annual on-site
assessment of all service providers funded by the area agency.
5. Coordinate the administration of its plan with federal
programs and with other federal, state, and local resources in order
to develop a comprehensive and coordinated service system.
6. Establish an advisory council.
7. Give preference in the delivery of services under the area
plan to older individuals with the greatest economic or social need.
8. Assure that older individuals and their caregivers in the
planning and service area have reasonably convenient access to
information and assistance services.
9. Provide adequate and effective opportunities for older
individuals to express their views to the area agency on policy
development and program implementation under the area plan.
10. Designate community focal points.
11. Contact outreach efforts, with special emphasis on rural
older individuals, to identify older individuals with greatest
economic or social needs and inform them of the availability of
services under the area plan.
12. Develop and publish the methods that the agency uses to
establish preferences and priorities for services.
13. Submit all fiscal and performance reports in accordance with
the policies of the commission.
14. Monitor, evaluate, and comment on laws, rules, regulations,
policies, programs, hearings, levies, and community actions which
significantly affect the lives of older individuals.
15. Conduct public hearings on the needs of older individuals and
their caregivers.
16. Represent the interests of older individuals and their
caregivers to public officials, public and private agencies, or
organizations.
17. Coordinate planning with other agencies and organizations to
promote new or expanded benefits and opportunities for older
individuals.
18. Coordinate planning with other agencies for assuring the
safety of older individuals in a natural disaster or other safety
threatening situation.
19. Require the completion by board of directors members,
annually, of four hours of training, provided by the department on
aging.
20. Incorporate into the bylaws of the area agency's board of
directors and comply with the procedure established by the department
for selection of members to the board of directors as provided in
section 231.23.
21. Provide the opportunity for older individuals residing in the
planning and service area to offer substantive suggestions regarding
the employment practices of the area agency on aging.
