Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Policy. The Area Agency on
Aging (AAA) takes a leadership role in assisting communities throughout the
planning and service area (PSA) to target resources from all appropriate
sources to meet the needs of older persons with greatest economic or social
need, with particular attention to low income minority individuals. In addition
to low income minority older persons, the groups of older persons targeted for
special consideration under this Section include older:
(1) persons residing in rural or isolated
areas;
(2) persons with severe
disabilities;
(3) persons with
limited English proficiency;
(4)
persons at risk for institutional placement;
(5) persons with Alzheimer's disease and
related disorders with neurological and organic brain dysfunction and the
caretakers of such persons; and
(6)
Native Americans.
(b)
Authority. The authority for this Section is Section 306(a)(1) and
(4) of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and Part 1321.61(c) of
Title 45 of the Code Of Federal Regulations.
(c)
Procedures. The AAA carries
out its mandate to target resources to older persons with greatest economic or
social need, with particular emphasis on low income minority persons and older
persons residing in rural areas . The AAA:
(1)
locates services in areas where older persons in greatest economic or social
need reside or congregate;
(2)
funds and advocates for specialized services which meet the unique needs of
those in greatest economic or social need;
(3) includes representatives of older persons
in greatest economic or social need in the planning of services for these
groups . The AAA:
(A) appoints
representatives from the target groups to the AAA advisory council;
(B) requires Title III projects to appoint
representatives from the target groups to the project advisory
councils;
(C) includes leaders of
the targeted groups in the annual needs assessment process;
(D) includes sources of minority, disability,
and bilingual professionals in recruitment efforts for AAA staff positions,
such as recruitment announcements in publications with large minority and
readership with disabilities, or recruitment announcements at minority colleges
and universities; and
(E) maintains
written agreements with minority and disability entities;
(4) provides Title III services to low income
minority older persons according to their need, to the maximum extent possible.
At a minimum, the AAA must:
(A) determine the
numbers and the specialized needs of low income minority older persons in the
PSA through its annual needs assessment activities;
(B) require Title III grantees to outline
specific objectives to serve the low income minority older persons in each PSA;
and
(C) monitor program reports to
ensure that low income minority older persons are receiving services in at
least as great a proportion as their numbers bear to the total population of
older persons in the PSA;
(5) provides sufficient outreach services to
the targeted groups; and
(6)
provides appropriate training for AAA and Title III project staff to improve
their ability to outreach and serve the targeted groups.
(d)
Cross references. See OAC
340:105-10-31(a)(5),
340:105-10-33,
340:105-10-51(a)(3),
340:105-10-52(a)(1)(A),
340:105-10-58(a),
340:105-10-60(c),
and
340:105-10-62(c).
Added at 11 Ok Reg
673, eff 11-29-93 (emergency); Added at 11 Ok Reg 2771, eff 6-13-94; Amended at
19 Ok Reg 1170, eff 5-13-02; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1754, eff 6-1-08 (emergency);
Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2221, eff 7-1-09
