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DOA-734 <br />(revised 1/99) <br /> <br />As specified in 45 CFR 92.36(b)(11), community service providers shall have procedures for <br />settling all contractual and administrative issues arising out of procurement of services through <br />the Block Grant. Community service providers shall have procedures governing the evaluation <br />of bids for services and procedures through which bidders and contracted providers may appeal <br />or dispute a decision made by the community service provider. <br /> <br />Applicant/Client appeals shall be addressed as specified in Section 7 of the Division of Aging <br />Home and Community Care Block Grant Manual for Community Service Providers, dated <br />February 17, 1997. <br /> <br />Community service providers are responsible for providing or arranging for the provision of <br />required local match, as specified on the Provider Services Summary, (DOA-732). Local match <br />shall be expended simultaneously with Block Grant funding. <br /> <br />Providers expending $300,000 or more in federal financial assistance through the Home and <br />Community Care Block Grant, or in combination with other federal funding shall receive an <br />annual independent audit which meets the requirements of the Division of Aging Program <br />Audit Guide for Aging Services, applicable North Carolina General Statutes and Local <br />Government Commission requirements, and OMB Circular A-133. For-profit community <br />service providers shall have an annual compliance audit which meets the requirements of <br />A-133. The audit shall be perfmmed within nine (9) months of the close of the provider s fiscal <br />year. Upon 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 Agency. <br />Federal funds will not reimburse the cost of a single audit if the total of all federal funds <br />expended by the provider is less than $300,000. NOTE: Audit requirements are subject to <br />revision. The Division will notify area agencies and provider if and when state audit policy <br />is revised. <br /> <br />Compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity and Americans With Disabilities Act <br />requirements, as specified in paragraph fourteen (14) of the Agreement for the Provision of <br />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 Adult Day Care <br />or Adult Day Health Care shall sign and remm the attached assurance to the area agency on <br />aging indicating that recipients of these services have been informed of their client fights, as <br />required in Section 314 of the 1992 Amendments to the Older Americans Act. <br /> <br />(Date) <br /> <br /> <br />