§ 214. Community services for the elderly. 1. Definitions. As used in\nthis section, the following words shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Designated agency" shall mean an agency which is designated by\nthe chief executive officer of the county if there be one, or otherwise\nthe governing board of such county, or the chief executive officer of\nthe city of New York, or the governing board of an Indian tribal\ncouncil; which is either a unit of county government or the city of New\nYork or an Indian tribal organization or a private non-profit agency,\nand which is the area agency on aging created pursuant to the federal\nolder Americans act of 1965.\n (b) "Elderly person" shall mean a person sixty years of age or older.\n (c) "County" shall mean a county, as defined in section three of the\ncounty law, except that the city of New York shall be considered one\ncounty.\n (d) "Base year expenditures" and "base year services" shall mean the\nlevel of expenditures and services in the year prior to the first year\nfor which a county plan is submitted or in such county's two thousand\nfive fiscal year, whichever is greater.\n (e) "Community services" shall mean services for elderly persons which\nare provided by a public or governmental agency or non-profit agency,\nand which are provided in the home of an elderly person or in community\nsettings such as senior citizens centers, housing projects, or agency\noffices. Such services shall not include any services provided pursuant\nto the public health law other than home care services.\n (f) "Community service projects" shall mean community services\nfinanced pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision four of this section.\n (g) "County plan" shall mean a plan for community services prepared by\na county pursuant to this section.\n (h) "Non-profit agency" shall mean a corporation organized or existing\npursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law.\n (i) "Program year" shall mean the period from April first through\nMarch thirty-first of the following calendar year.\n (j) "First program year" for a county shall mean the initial year for\nwhich the county has received approval for its county plan.\n 2. County plans for improving the availability of community services\nto the elderly. (a) Counties with a designated agency are required to\nsubmit a county plan for a two-, three-, or four-year period determined\nby the director, with an annual update containing a budget request for\nthe forthcoming program year and such other information as shall be\nrequired by the director, for improving the delivery of community\nservices for elderly persons in the format prescribed by the director.\nThe plan for the city of New York shall specifically address the needs\nof each county within such city. Such plan shall be a comprehensive\ndescription of the manner in which the county intends to address the\nneeds of elderly persons living in the county through improved\ncoordination of existing community services and by the development of\nany new or expanded community service projects which will improve the\ndelivery of services to the elderly. Such plan shall contain:\n (1) a statement of goals and objectives for addressing the needs of\nelderly persons in the county, an assessment of the needs of elderly\npersons residing in the county, a description of public and private\nresources that currently provide community services to elderly persons\nwithin the county, a description of intended actions to consolidate and\ncoordinate existing community services administered by county\ngovernment, a description of the intended actions to coordinate\ncongregate services programs for the elderly operated within the county\npursuant to section two hundred seventeen of this title with other\ncommunity services for the elderly, a description of the means to\ncoordinate other community services for elderly persons in the county\nwith those administered by county government, and a statement of the\
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