[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1321.61]



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                        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.