N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 6654.3 - Concentration of services on target population
(a) Area agencies shall engage in system,
program and client-level targeting to concentrate services and assistance on
the target groups of minority, low-income frail and vulnerable elderly. Area
agency targeting efforts shall include:
(1)
developing linkages to programs and services operated by other
agencies;
(2) planning with
appropriate individuals or groups;
(3) assessing the need for
services;
(4) informing or
educating relevant public or service needs;
(5) advocating with relevant public
decisionmakers;
(6) facilitating or
brokering the establishment of needed services;
(7) coordinating the development of needed
services;
(8) leveraging other
services;
(9) securing additional
resources for service development;
(10) providing services through subcontract
or directly where approved;
(11)
evaluating services provided;
(12)
recognizing and making public their mandated responsibilities on
targeting;
(13) conducting a
variety of activities at county and community levels to enhance participating
of target populations in service programs sponsored by the area agency and by
other service systems;
(14)
identifying specific unmet needs of the target populations;
(15) stimulating the development of resources
and services to meet the identified needs of target populations;
(16) reexamining the allocation of aging
network funds and develop strategies to make resources available to the target
population;
(17) ensuring target
population representation on area agency and service provider advisory
committees and boards of directors and ensuring their participation in the
development of targeting strategies;
(18) ensuring through monitoring (reporting),
evaluating, technical assistance, assessment and training, that subcontractors
identify and serve the target population;
(19) ensuring that any directly provided
services by the area agency are targeted appropriately;
(20) providing for and encouraging the
participating of target group members in the identification of needs and the
planning, implementation and evaluation of programs;
(21) ensuring appropriate target group
representation on agency staff and among volunteers; and
(22) planning and conducting a variety of
activities to ensure target group representation among consumers of service at
a level that exceeds their percentage representation in the aging population
within the service area, utilizing such means as innovative outreach, location
and services, use of appropriate community-based organizations and groups as
well as informal networks to assist in needs identification, and information
and referral.
(b) Area
agencies on aging shall consider the proportion of target elderly in the
population of the service area when asking allocation or reallocation decisions
for resources. Special targeting efforts should be undertaken with any
allowable sources or new or one-time funds. OAA carryover, especially that in
excess of 10 percent, should be viewed as a potential resource for such
targeting efforts. In granting office approval for retention of carryover, the
proposed use of such funds for targeting activities will be a major factor
considered.
(c) Service providers
must follow methods established by the area agency for giving preference:
(1) for OAA services, to elderly with
greatest economic or social need, with particular attention to low-income
minority individuals;
(2) for CSE
services, to elderly people most at risk of institutionalization, particularly
those who are frail, disabled, of low income, members of minority groups, or
isolated from their families and the community; and
(3) for EISEP services, to functionally
impaired elderly with unmet needs who require assistance to remain in their
homes.
(d) Service
providers must follow methods established by the area agency for maximizing
services funded from other sources, and must assure that no OAA, CSE, or EISEP
funds are used to provide services to elderly people eligible to receive the
same or substantially similar services available to them under title XVIII, XIX
or XX of the Federal Social Security Act or any other governmental program, or
to residents of adult residential care facilities who previously received or
are entitled by law to receive the same or substantially similar services from
such facilities.
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