173-11-01 Introduction and definitions.

(A) The Ohio department of aging has been charged by the general assembly with responsibility for developing a system of community-based multipurpose senior centers that provide centralized and coordinated services to older adults. These facilities are intended to assist older adults to maintain their physical, social and emotional well-being, and to live dignified and independent lives in their own homes. In an effort to comply with this mandate, the department has established the senior facilities program through which the department awards limited grant funds to public or nonprofit agencies wishing to construct, acquire, renovate or repair facilities to be used as senior centers. The rules in this chapter describe the process to be followed when applying for and awarding funds under this program.

(B) As used in this chapter:

(1) “AAA” means area agency on aging;

(2) “Area agency on aging” means a public or nonprofit agency that has been designated by the department to administer aging related programs within a particular planning and service area;

(3) “Director” means the director of the Ohio department of aging;

(4) “Facility” means the actual physical structure of a building or part of a building, and or the permanent fixtures used in the operation of a building or part of a building utilized as a senior center;

(5) “Focal point” means an existing or proposed facility that an AAA has designated in its area plan as an ideal location for the maximum collocation and coordination of services for older adults within a particular community;

(6) “Multipurpose senior center” means a senior center that serves as a focal point for comprehensive services within a particular community;

(7) “ODA” means the Ohio department of aging;

(8) “Older adult” means any person sixty years of age or older;

(9) “Planning and service area” means any one of the twelve multi-county geographic regions of the state that has been designated by the department to assist in the planning and provision of aging-related programs in Ohio;

(10) “Project” means activity for which funding is sought and/or provided by the department.

(11) “PSA” means planning and service area; and,

(12) “Senior center” means an existing or proposed facility in which emphasis is placed upon the provision of services to older adults.

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 10/14/2004 and 10/15/2008

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 173.02, 173.11

Rule Amplifies: 173.11, 173.12

Prior Effective Dates: 8/19/00, 1/2/98