Kan. Admin. Regs. § 26-1-5

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 40, October 3, 2024

Section 26-1-5 - Area plan development

(a) Each area agency's executive director shall ensure that an area plan is developed and submitted to the department for approval. An area agency shall not receive any funds from the department until the area agency's area plan has been approved.

(b) Each area plan shall be submitted on forms prescribed by the secretary and shall contain all of the assurances required in section 306 of the federal act, and all other relevant information requested on the forms.

(c) Each area agency's executive director shall ensure that units of local government, local advisory councils, potential service providers, and older individuals, family caregivers, and other representatives of these older individuals have an opportunity for involvement in the development of the area plan.

(d) Each area agency's area plan shall describe the rationale for the proposed allocation of funds for services in the planning and service area. The rationale shall identify the manner in which the proposed distribution of funds will meet identified nutrition and supportive service needs.

(e) The area plan shall provide assurances that the area agency will expend for services to older individuals residing in rural areas in the area agency's planning and service area an amount not less than the amount expended for these services in federal fiscal year 2000.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 26-1-5

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 75-5908; effective, T-85-47, Dec. 19, 1984; effective May 1, 1985; amended, T-86-48, Dec. 18, 1985; amended May 1, 1986; amended, T-89-14, April 26, 1988; amended Oct. 1, 1988; amended May 31, 2002; amended July 15, 2011.