12 CCR 2510-1-10.419.2 - Selection of a Local Legal Assistance Program Provider [Rev. eff. 12/1/10]

A. Each Area Agency on Aging (AAA) shall fund, through contract, and monitor a Legal Assistance (LA) Program, ensuring:

1. The LA program acts in accordance with federal and state requirements;

2. That legal assistance services are available throughout the Planning and Service Area (PSA);

3. That priorities for legal assistance are identified in the Area Plan; and,

4. LA providers focus the use of funds on older adults with the greatest legal, economic, or social need.

B. Each AAA shall select a local attorney and/or legal services agency to serve as the local Legal Assistance (LA) Program provider(s), with assistance from the Colorado Legal Assistance Developer (CLAD) Office, as needed.

1. To be eligible for selection as a local LA Program provider, the attorney and/or agency supervising attorney shall:

a. Be licensed and in good standing in Colorado;

b. Demonstrate expertise to provide legal assistance and other advocacy to older adults in specific areas of law affecting older adults;

c. Have the capacity and ability to provide legal assistance:

1) To vulnerable older adults, including those older adults that are institutionalized, isolated, and homebound;

2) In the principal language spoken by older adults in planning and service areas where a majority of older adults do not speak English.

2. The selected attorney and/or agency shall serve as an official and identifiable link to the LA Program according to policies and procedures established by the SUA;

3. The attorney and/or legal services agency and supervising attorney shall be identified and its functions described in the AAA Area Plan.

Notes

12 CCR 2510-1-10.419.2

39 CR 01, January 10, 2016, effective 2/1/2016