Section 30.12. Organization/agency eligibility

In order to be eligible for designation by the Department as an Area Agency on Aging, an organization or agency:

(1) shall be:

(i) an established office of aging which is operating within the newly-designated planning and service area designated by the Department;

(ii) any office or agency of a unit of general purpose local government which office or agency is designated for the purpose of serving as an area agency by the chief elected officials of such unit;

(iii) any office or agency designated by the appropriate chief elected officials of any combination of units of general purpose local government to act on behalf of such combination for such purpose; or

(iv) any public or nonprofit private agency in the newly-designated planning and service area which is under the supervision or direction for this purpose of the designated State agency and which can engage in the planning or provision of a broad range of social services or nutrition services within such newly-designated planning and service area; and

(2) shall provide assurances determined adequate by the Department that it will have the ability to develop an area plan and to carry out, directly or through contractual arrangements, a program in accordance with the area plan within the newly-designated planning and service area.

Notation

Cross References

This section cited in 6 Pa. Code § 30.14 (relating to procedure for designation); 6 Pa. Code § 30.21 (relating to circumstances requiring redesignation); and 6 Pa. Code § 30.24 (relating to interim emergency redesignation).