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DOA-734 <br />(revised 1/99) <br /> <br />providers. <br />As specified in 45 CFR 92.36(b)(11), community service providers shall have <br />procedures for settling all contractual and administrative issues arising out of <br />procurement of services through the Block Grant. Community service providers <br />shall have procedures governing the evaluation of bids for services and procedures <br />through which bidders and contracted providers may appeal or dispute a decision <br />made by the community service provider. <br /> <br />Applicant/Client appeals shall be addressed as specified in Section 7 of the Division <br />of Aging Home and Community Care Block Grant Manual for Community Service <br />Providers, dated February 17, 1997. <br /> <br />Community service providers are responsible for providing or arranging for the <br />provision of required local match, as specified on the Provider Services Summary, <br />(DOA-732). Local match shall be expended simultaneously with Block Grant <br />funding. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Providers expending $300,000 or more in federal financial assistance through the <br />Home and Community Care Block Grant, or in combination with other federal <br />funding shall receive an annual independent audit which meets the requirements of <br />the Division of Aging Program Audit Guide for Aging Services, applicable North <br />Carolina General Statutes and Local Government Commission requirements, and <br />OMB Circular A-133. For-profit community service providers shall have an annual <br />compliance audit which meets the requirements of A-133. The audit shall be <br />peffoLmed 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 <br />the audit report and any opinion letter simultaneously to the County and the Area <br />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. NOTE: Audit <br />requirements are subject to revision. The Division will notify area agencies and <br />provider ff and when state audit policy is revised. <br /> <br />° <br /> <br />Compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity and Americans With Disabilities <br />Act requirem,~nts, as specified in paragraph fourteen (14) of the Ag:;eement for the <br />Provision of County Aging-Based Services (DOA-735) shall be'maintained. <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />Providers In-Home Aide, Home Health, Housing and Home Improvement, and <br />Adult Day Care or Adult Day Health Care shall sign and return the attached <br />assurance to the area agency on aging indicating that recipients of these services <br />have been info~med of their client rights, as required in Section 314 of the 1992 <br />Amendments to the Older Americans Act. <br /> <br /> <br />