Section 17a-306-36 - Fiscal assessment of area agencies on aging and subgranteesThis section presents the role of the Connecticut Department on Aging and the responsibility of area agencies on aging in the fiscal assessment of area agencies on aging and their subgrantees.
(a)Annual Fiscal Assessment of Area Agencies on Aging(1) The Connecticut Department on Aging is required to monitor the performance of grant-supported activities. More specifically, Section 307 (a) (8) of the Older Americans Act provides that the State agency will conduct periodic evaluations of activities and projects carried out under the State plan.(2) The Connecticut Department on Aging will rely on two instruments as part of its comprehensive monitoring program. (A) Fiscal assessment of all Connecticut Department on Aging-funded area agencies on aging.(B) Annual audit and any follow-up thereto.(3) The Connecticut Department on Aging will use both to assess an area agency on aging's progress on its annual plan and to monitor its follow-up on any diagnosed deficiencies.(b)Area Agency on Aging Fiscal Assessment of Service Providers(1) Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations Subpart 74.81 provides that recipients shall monitor subgrantee-supported activities. Section 306 (a) (6) (A) of the Older Americans Act provides that the area agency on aging will conduct periodic evaluations of activities carried out under the area plan.(2) As a part of the annual area plan, area agencies on aging will develop a comprehensive program to monitor their subgrantees.(3) The Connecticut Department on Aging, as the recipient under the State plan to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will, on a test basis, check the progress of selected subgrantees and also assess the effectiveness of the area agency on aging's own monitoring activities.(4) Area agencies on aging will maintain full documentation of all desk reviews conducted and field visits completed, and the results achieved by each.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 17a-306-36
Effective November 8, 1991