Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
The following procedures shall be used to select and
designate area agencies on aging.
(1)
Eligible Entities. The Department shall provide opportunity for the following
types of agencies to be designated as an area agency on aging;
(A) an established office on aging which
operates within a PSA;
(B) any
office or agency of a unit of general-purpose local government that is proposed
by the chief elected official of the unit;
(C) any office or agency proposed by the
chief elected officials of a combination of units of general-purpose local
government; or
(D) any other public
or private nonprofit agency, except any regional or local agency of the
state.
(2) Application
Procedures. Applicants for area agency designation shall submit a written
application to the Department no later than February 1 of the year of
development of the state plan. The application shall include:
(A) a description of the legal basis upon
which the agency is organized;
(B)
an organizational description and chart of the agency;
(C) a list of members serving on the
governing board of the agency and the entities they represent;
(D) job descriptions of those positions which
the agency intends to staff;
(E) a
copy of the most current agency audit;
(F) a copy of the agency's current approved
financial plan; and
(G) a narrative
description of the agency's past relationships with agencies which are
providing services to the elderly in their planning and service area.
(3) Competing Applications. Any
application for area agency designation which, if approved, would result in the
replacement of an existing area agency or substantially impact upon the aging
network within the PSA involved shall include:
(A) written indication by resolution of 75%
of the governing bodies of city and counties with the PSA involved;
(B) documentation that existing services can
be substantially improved through the proposed change in designation;
and
(C) assurance that no staff or
board member of the agency has served on the staff or board of the existing
area agency within the affected PSA, Department, or the Administration on Aging
for a period of not less than two years prior to the date of notification of
application.
(4) On-Site
Reviews. The local agency being considered for area agency designation shall
provide an opportunity for on-site review and assessment by the Department to
ensure that said agency has the capacity to perform the functions of an area
agency. The on-site assessment shall include but not be limited to:
(A) a review of the agency's administrative
and fiscal management capability to conform with §254.3 of this title
(relating to Support Documents);
(B) a review of the agency's capability,
through employment and retention of appropriate staff, to develop and
administer an area plan for a comprehensive and coordinated system of
services;
(C) a review of the
agency's capability to serve as the advocate and focal point for older
Americans in the designated PSA involved; and,
(D) a review of the agency's capability to
furnish local financial resources and support as required by state and federal
law.
(5) Effective Dates
of Designation. The Department shall designate an area agency in each PSA in
which the Department decides to allocate funds under the Older Americans Act no
later than March 31 of the year involved in the development of the state plan.
Preference will be given to established area agencies and shall take into
consideration the historical experience applicant agencies have had in
coordinating, planning, and delivering services to the elderly.
(6) Designated Area Agencies on Aging. The
following is a listing, in alphabetical order, of area agencies which are
currently designated in the State. Planning and service area number is
indicated as follows:
(A) Alamo Area Agency on
Aging (18A);
(B) Ark-Tex Area
Agency on Aging (05);
(C) Bexar
Area Agency on Aging (18B);
(D)
Brazos Valley Area Agency on Aging (13);
(E) Capital Area Agency on Aging
(12);
(F) Central Texas Area Agency
on Aging (23);
(G) Coastal Bend
Area Agency on Aging (20);
(H)
Concho Valley Area Agency on Aging (10);
(I) Dallas County Area Agency on Aging
(04B);
(J) Deep East Texas Area
Agency on Aging (14);
(K) East
Texas Area Agency on Aging (06);
(L) Golden Crescent Area Agency on Aging
(17);
(M) Harris County Area Agency
on Aging (16B);
(N) Heart of Texas
Area Agency on Aging (11);
(O)
Houston-Galveston Area Agency on Aging (16A);
(P) Lower Rio Grande Valley Area Agency on
Aging (21);
(Q) Middle Rio Grande
Area Agency on Aging (24);
(R)
North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging (04A);
(S) North Texas Area Agency on Aging
(03);
(T) Panhandle Area Agency on
Aging (01);
(U) Permian Basin Area
Agency on Aging (09);
(V) Rio
Grande Area Agency on Aging (08);
(W) South East Texas Area Agency on Aging
(15);
(X) South Plains Area Agency
on Aging (02);
(Y) South Texas Area
Agency on Aging (19);
(Z) Tarrant
County Area Agency on Aging (04C);
(AA) Texoma Area Agency on Aging (22);
and
(BB) West Central Texas Area
Agency on Aging (07).
