[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1321.61]

[Page 267]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1321--GRANTS TO STATE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ON AGING--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C--Area Agency Responsibilities
 
Sec. 1321.61  Advocacy responsibilities of the area agency.

    (a) The area agency shall serve as the public advocate for the 
development or enhancement of comprehensive and coordinated community-
based systems of services in each community throughout the planning and 
service area.
    (b) In carrying out this responsibility, the area agency shall:
    (1) Monitor, evaluate, and, where appropriate, comment on all 
policies, programs, hearings, levies, and community actions which affect 
older persons;
    (2) Solicit comments from the public on the needs of older persons;
    (3) Represent the interests of older persons to local level and 
executive branch officials, public and private agencies or 
organizations;
    (4) Consult with and support the State's long-term care ombudsman 
program; and
    (5) Undertake on a regular basis activities designed to facilitate 
the coordination of plans and activities with all other public and 
private organizations, including units of general purpose local 
government, with responsibilities affecting older persons in the 
planning and service area to promote new or expanded benefits and 
opportunities for older persons; and
    (c) Each area agency on aging shall undertake a leadership role in 
assisting communities throughout the planning and service area to target 
resources from all appropriate sources to meet the needs of older 
persons with greatest economic or social need, with particular attention 
to low income minority individuals. Such activities may include location 
of services and specialization in the types of services must needed by 
these groups to meet this requirement. However, the area agency may not 
permit a grantee or contractor under this part to employ a means test 
for services funded under this part.
    (d) No requirement in this section shall be deemed to supersede a 
prohibition contained in the Federal appropriation on the use of Federal 
funds to lobby the Congress; or the lobbying provision applicable to 
private nonprofit agencies and organizations contained in OMB Circular 
A-122.