Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a)
Policy. The congregate meals service includes the provision of
nutrition education and at least one hot or other appropriate meal five or more
days per week, at least 250 days per year. The congregate meals service:
(1) is located at congregate settings,
including adult day care facilities and multigenerational meal sites, except in
rural areas where such frequency is not feasible as defined by the Assistant
Secretary for Aging;
(2) provides
at least 25 meals per day, including home delivered meals, at each site unless
a written waiver is received from the State Agency on this requirement.
(A) Funding for a site serving less than 25
meals per day may be withdrawn and reallocated when the site does not have a
waiver approved from Aging Services (AS). A waiver request must be submitted
annually. An AS approved waiver may be withdrawn when a congregate meals site
is not determined viable.
(B) A
congregate meals site serving less than 25 meals per day is reviewed annually
for continued viability by the congregate meals project and Area Agency on
Aging (AAA). AS is notified by the AAA in writing when a congregate meals site
consistently serves 25 or more meals per day; and
(3) complies with standards outlined in this
Section, and Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC)
340:105-10-51,
and
340:105-10-69
through
340:105-10-80.
(b)
Authority. The authority for
this Section is Section 331 of the Older Americans Act, and Part 1321.11(a) of
Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(c)
Procedures. The procedures
for implementing this Section include the AAA:
(1) incorporating the provisions in this
Section into the Title III policies and procedures manual;
(2) providing orientation to congregate meals
service staff on the policy;
(3)
monitoring compliance with the policy;
(4) providing ongoing technical assistance to
Title III projects regarding the policy;
(5) constructing a list of all cooking and
satellite meal sites annually serving less than 25 meals per day;
(6) submitting the list and a written request
for a waiver at least 30-calendar days prior to awarding funding for any
nutrition project that proposes in the grant application to provide less than
25 meals per day at any site and, does not have an AS approved waiver on file.
The written request includes:
(A) the status
of each site, such as cooking or satellite;
(B) the average number of eligible meals
served per site, per day;
(C) the
average number of other meals served per site, per day;
(D) documentation of the rural nature of the
site;
(E) pertinent demographics;
and
(F) other factors that justify
the waiver; and
(7)
maintaining approved waiver requests on file at the AAA and congregate meals
project office for review by auditors.
(d)
Cross references. Refer to
OAC
340:105-10-50.1(a)(4),
(7), and (12);
340:105-10-51;
340:105-10-69
through
340:105-10-80;
and
340:105-10-86.
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 23 Ok Reg 1062, eff
7-15-06
