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Home and Community Care Block Grant for Older Adults <br /> Community Service Provider <br /> Standard Assurances <br /> <br /> DOA-734 <br />(Revised 0~04) <br /> <br />Cabarrus County Department of Social Services agrees to provide services through the Home and Community Care Block Grant <br />as specified on the Provider Services Summary (DOA-732) in accordance with the following: <br /> <br /> 1. Services shall be provided in accordance with requirements set forth in: <br /> <br /> a) The County Funding Plan; <br /> b) The Division of Aging and Adult Services Home and Community Care Block Grant Procedures Manual for Community <br /> Service Providers; and <br /> c) The Division of Aging Services Standards Manual, Volumes I through IV <br /> <br />Community service providers shall monitor any contracts with providers of Block Grant services and take appropriate measures to <br />ensure that services are provided in accordance with the aforementioned documents. <br /> <br />2. Priority shall bo given to providing services to those older persons w~th the greatest economic or social needs, with particular <br /> attention to low-income minority individuals. The service needs of Iow-income minority elderly will be addressed in the manner <br /> specified on the Methodology to Address Service Needs of Low-Income Minority Elderly format (DOA-733). <br /> <br /> The following service authorization activities will be carried our in conjunction with all services provided through the Block <br /> Grant: <br /> <br /> a) Eligibility determination; <br /> b) Client intake/registration; <br /> a) Client assessment/reassessments and quarterly visits, as appropriate; d) Determining the amount of services to be received by <br /> the client; and e) Reviewing cost sharin~voluntary contributions policies with eligible clients. <br /> <br /> 4. All licenses, permits, bonds, and insurance necessary for carrying our Block Grant Services will be maintained by the community <br /> service provider and any contracted providers. <br /> <br /> 5. As specified in 45 CFR 92.36 (b) (I l), community service providers shall have procedures for settling all contractual and <br /> administrative Issues arising out of procurement of services through the Block Grant. Community service providers shall have <br /> procedures governing the evaluation of bids for services and procedures through which bidders and contracted providers may <br /> appeal or dispute a decision made by the community service provider. <br /> <br />6. Applicant/Client appeals shall be addressed as specified in Section 7 of the Division of Aging Home and Community Care Block <br /> Grant Manual for Community Service providers, dated February 17, 1997. <br /> <br />7. Commumty service providers are responsible for providing or arranging for the provision of required local match, as specified on <br /> the Provider Services Summary. (DOA-732). Local match shall be expended simultaneously with Block Grant funding. <br /> <br />8. Providers expending $300,000 or more in federal financial assistance through the Home and Community Care Block Grant, or in <br /> combination with other federal funding shall receive an annual independent audit which meets the requirements of the Division of <br /> Aging Program Audit Guide for Aging services, applicable North Carolina General Statutes and Local Government Commission <br /> requirements, and OMB Circular A-133. For-profit community service providers shall have an annual compliance audit that meets <br /> the requirements orA-133. The audit shall be performed within nine (9) months of the close of the provider's fiscal year. Upon <br /> completion of the audit, non-profit and for-profit providers shall provide a copy of the audit report and any opinion letter <br /> simultaneously to the County and the Area Agency. Federal funds will not reimburse the cost of a single audit if the total of all <br /> federal funds expended by the provider is less than $300,000. <br /> <br />9. Compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity and Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, as specified in paragraph <br /> fourteen (14) of the Agreement for the Provision of County Aging-Based Services (DOA-735) shall be maintained. <br /> <br />10. Providers In-Home Aide, Home Health, Housing and Home Improvement, and Adult Day Care or Adult Day Health Care shall <br /> sign and return L.~ttached assurance to the area agency on aging indicating that recipients of these serwces <br /> oftheirfi~ionf~ightslas required in Section 314 of the 1992 Amendments to the Older Americans Act. ' have been informed <br /> <br />Authorized g~e Date '~ <br /> <br /> <br />