Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 15 - AGING SERVICES
Chapter 5 - SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM
Section 15-5-004 - SERVICE PROVIDER

Current through September 17, 2024

004.01 SERVICE PROVIDER ELIGIBILITY. Public agencies and private non-profit organizations that have the capacity to accept and the capability to administer these grants are eligible.

004.02 SERVICE PROVIDER RESPONSIBILITY. The service provider is responsible for all programmatic and fiscal aspects of the project. The service provider must:

(A) Designate a project director who is directly responsible to the sponsor for the management of the project;

(B) Provide for the recruitment, assignment, supervision, and support of volunteers. Special efforts must be made to recruit and assign persons from minority groups, people with disabilities, and hard-to-reach individuals;

(C) Provide financial and in-kind support to fulfill the project's local share commitment;

(D) Provide the volunteers with accident, personal liability, and excess auto liability insurance as provided below:
(i) Provide a Certificate of Insurance to the State Unit on Aging to ensure while volunteering, senior volunteers are included under the service provider's insurance policies; and

(ii) Adhere to the State Unit on Aging's subaward requirements related to General Insurance, Commercial General Liability and Commercial Automobile Liability insurance provisions and maintenance of the required amounts of insurance;

(E) Provide for recognition of the volunteers and their activities;

(F) Establish grievance and appeal procedures for volunteers following the guidance provided by the State Unit on Aging;

(G) Maintain project records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and provide for accurate and timely preparation and submission of reports required by the State Unit on Aging;

(H) Provide training prior to the start of service and quarterly thereafter;

(I) Provide or arrange for direct benefits as described in 003.02 of 15 Nebraska Administrative Code (NAC) 5;

(J) Ensure that liability insurance is maintained for owned, non-owned, or hired vehicles used in the project;

(K) Develop a transportation plan for the project based on lowest cost transportation modes; and

(L) Conduct an annual appraisal of the volunteers' performance using forms prescribed by the State Unit on Aging and an annual review of volunteers' driver's record and liability insurance.

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