Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 17 - Aging, Department On
Chapter 7 - Area Agency on Aging Service Delivery
Rule 17-7.4 - Delivery of Service
Universal Citation: IA Admin Code 17-7.4
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 13, December 25, 2024
(1) Facility and focal points. Each AAA shall designate a focal point for a comprehensive and coordinated system of services in each served community, giving special consideration to the designation of multipurpose senior centers that currently or potentially can accommodate the collocation of services, where feasible.
(2) Focal points. The area profile submitted by the AAA as required in 17 lAC 6 shall specify the communities and facilities which are designated as focal points.
(3) In the designation of focal points, the AAA shall consider:
a. Communities with the
greatest incidence of older individuals with the characteristics as given in
17-7.3
(231) and the efforts of voluntary organizations in the community;
b. The needs of participants and the delivery
pattern of services funded under the Act and from other sources;
c. The location of current multipurpose
senior centers and congregate nutrition sites;
d. The geographic boundaries of communities
and natural neighborhoods; and
e.
The location of facilities suitable for designation.
(4) Developing collocation of services at the focal point. The AAA shall:
a. Encourage
service providers to coordinate and collocate their services;
b. Coordinate with public and private
agencies, institutions and elected officials in the community to achieve
maximum collocation, coordination, and access to other services or
opportunities for the elderly;
c.
Ensure that information and referral and emergency service programs are
provided;
d. Ensure that services
funded under the Act will be based at, linked to, or coordinated with focal
points; and
e. Establish guidelines
for operating schedules which are convenient for older individuals in the
community.
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