231.33 - AREA AGENCIES ON AGING DUTIES. - Iowa Statutes

231.33 AREA AGENCIES ON AGING DUTIES. Each area agency on aging shall: 1. Develop and administer an area plan on aging. 2. Assess the types and levels of services needed by older individuals and their caregivers in the planning and service area, and the effectiveness of other public or private programs serving those needs. 3. Enter into subgrants or contracts to provide services under the plan. 4. Provide technical assistance as needed, document quarterly monitoring, and provide a written report of an annual on-site assessment of all service providers funded by the area agency. 5. Coordinate the administration of its plan with federal programs and with other federal, state, and local resources in order to develop a comprehensive and coordinated service system. 6. Establish an advisory council. 7. Give preference in the delivery of services under the area plan to older individuals with the greatest economic or social need. 8. Assure that older individuals and their caregivers in the planning and service area have reasonably convenient access to information and assistance services. 9. Provide adequate and effective opportunities for older individuals to express their views to the area agency on policy development and program implementation under the area plan. 10. Designate community focal points. 11. Contact outreach efforts, with special emphasis on rural older individuals, to identify older individuals with greatest economic or social needs and inform them of the availability of services under the area plan. 12. Develop and publish the methods that the agency uses to establish preferences and priorities for services. 13. Submit all fiscal and performance reports in accordance with the policies of the commission. 14. Monitor, evaluate, and comment on laws, rules, regulations, policies, programs, hearings, levies, and community actions which significantly affect the lives of older individuals. 15. Conduct public hearings on the needs of older individuals and their caregivers. 16. Represent the interests of older individuals and their caregivers to public officials, public and private agencies, or organizations. 17. Coordinate planning with other agencies and organizations to promote new or expanded benefits and opportunities for older individuals. 18. Coordinate planning with other agencies for assuring the safety of older individuals in a natural disaster or other safety threatening situation. 19. Require the completion by board of directors members, annually, of four hours of training, provided by the department on aging. 20. Incorporate into the bylaws of the area agency's board of directors and comply with the procedure established by the department for selection of members to the board of directors as provided in section 231.23. 21. Provide the opportunity for older individuals residing in the planning and service area to offer substantive suggestions regarding the employment practices of the area agency on aging.          Section History: Recent Form 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1014 C87, § 249D.33 89 Acts, ch 241, § 6 C93, § 231.33 99 Acts, ch 129, §12; 2003 Acts, ch 141, §9; 2005 Acts, ch 45, §8, 9; 2006 Acts, ch 1184, §107; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §38; 2009 Acts, ch 23, §25