The following procedures shall be used to select and designate
area agencies on aging.
(1) Eligible Entities. The Department shall provide
opportunity for the following types of agencies to be designated as
an area agency on aging;
(A) an established office on aging which operates within
a PSA;
(B) any office or agency of a unit of general-purpose
local government that is proposed by the chief elected official of
the unit;
(C) any office or agency proposed by the chief elected
officials of a combination of units of general-purpose local government;
or
(D) any other public or private nonprofit agency, except
any regional or local agency of the state.
(2) Application Procedures. Applicants for area agency
designation shall submit a written application to the Department no
later than February 1 of the year of development of the state plan.
The application shall include:
(A) a description of the legal basis upon which the
agency is organized;
(B) an organizational description and chart of the
agency;
(C) a list of members serving on the governing board
of the agency and the entities they represent;
(D) job descriptions of those positions which the agency
intends to staff;
(E) a copy of the most current agency audit;
(F) a copy of the agency's current approved financial
plan; and
(G) a narrative description of the agency's past relationships
with agencies which are providing services to the elderly in their
planning and service area.
(3) Competing Applications. Any application for area
agency designation which, if approved, would result in the replacement
of an existing area agency or substantially impact upon the aging
network within the PSA involved shall include:
(A) written indication by resolution of 75% of the
governing bodies of city and counties with the PSA involved;
(B) documentation that existing services can be substantially
improved through the proposed change in designation; and
(C) assurance that no staff or board member of the
agency has served on the staff or board of the existing area agency
within the affected PSA, Department, or the Administration on Aging
for a period of not less than two years prior to the date of notification
of application.
(4) On-Site Reviews. The local agency being considered
for area agency designation shall provide an opportunity for on-site
review and assessment by the Department to ensure that said agency
has the capacity to perform the functions of an area agency. The on-site
assessment shall include but not be limited to:
(A) a review of the agency's administrative and fiscal
management capability to conform with §254.3 of this title (relating
to Support Documents);
(B) a review of the agency's capability, through employment
and retention of appropriate staff, to develop and administer an area
plan for a comprehensive and coordinated system of services;
(C) a review of the agency's capability to serve as
the advocate and focal point for older Americans in the designated
PSA involved; and,
(D) a review of the agency's capability to furnish
local financial resources and support as required by state and federal
law.
(5) Effective Dates of Designation. The Department
shall designate an area agency in each PSA in which the Department
decides to allocate funds under the Older Americans Act no later than
March 31 of the year involved in the development of the state plan.
Preference will be given to established area agencies and shall take
into consideration the historical experience applicant agencies have
had in coordinating, planning, and delivering services to the elderly.
(6) Designated Area Agencies on Aging. The following
is a listing, in alphabetical order, of area agencies which are currently
designated in the State. Planning and service area number is indicated
as follows:
(A) Alamo Area Agency on Aging (18A);
(B) Ark-Tex Area Agency on Aging (05);
(C) Bexar Area Agency on Aging (18B);
(D) Brazos Valley Area Agency on Aging (13);
(E) Capital Area Agency on Aging (12);
(F) Central Texas Area Agency on Aging (23);
(G) Coastal Bend Area Agency on Aging (20);
(H) Concho Valley Area Agency on Aging (10);
(I) Dallas County Area Agency on Aging (04B);
(J) Deep East Texas Area Agency on Aging (14);
(K) East Texas Area Agency on Aging (06);
(L) Golden Crescent Area Agency on Aging (17);
(M) Harris County Area Agency on Aging (16B);
(N) Heart of Texas Area Agency on Aging (11);
(O) Houston-Galveston Area Agency on Aging (16A);
(P) Lower Rio Grande Valley Area Agency on Aging (21);
(Q) Middle Rio Grande Area Agency on Aging (24);
(R) North Central Texas Area Agency on Aging (04A);
(S) North Texas Area Agency on Aging (03);
(T) Panhandle Area Agency on Aging (01);
(U) Permian Basin Area Agency on Aging (09);
(V) Rio Grande Area Agency on Aging (08);
(W) South East Texas Area Agency on Aging (15);
(X) South Plains Area Agency on Aging (02);
(Y) South Texas Area Agency on Aging (19);
(Z) Tarrant County Area Agency on Aging (04C);
(AA) Texoma Area Agency on Aging (22); and
(BB) West Central Texas Area Agency on Aging (07).
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Source Note: The provisions of this §213.3 adopted to be effective August 10, 1994, 19 TexReg 5851; transferred effective September 1, 2004, as published in the Texas Register September 10, 2004, 29 TexReg 8842; transferred effective June 15, 2021, as published in the May 28, 2021 issue of the Texas Register, 46 TexReg 3421 |