§ 217. Congregate services initiative for the elderly. 1. Definitions.\nAs used in this section, the following words shall have the following\nmeanings:\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) "Congregate services" shall mean services for elderly persons\nwhich are provided by a public or a government agency or non-profit\nagency which are provided in community settings at which elderly people\ncome together for services and activities that respond to their diverse\nneeds and interests, enhance their dignity, support their independence,\nand encourage their involvement in and with the community and which seek\nto prevent the well elderly from requiring more intensive services such\nas those provided under expanded non-medical in-home services and\nnon-institution respite service. Such services include but are not\nlimited to:\n (1) Information and referral;\n (2) Transportation;\n (3) Nutrition-related services that deal with hunger among the\nelderly;\n (4) Socialization/companionship;\n (5) Educational and cultural opportunities;\n (6) Counseling;\n (7) Support services for families/caregivers;\n (8) Volunteer opportunities;\n (9) Employment services information;\n (10) Health promotion and disease prevention services;\n (11) Financial literacy education; and\n (12) Elder abuse, including identity theft, education and outreach.\n (e) "Non-profit agency" shall mean a corporation organized or existing\npursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law.\n 2. Notwithstanding any provision of this section, nothing contained\nherein shall give the director or a designated agency any\nadministrative, fiscal, supervisory, or other authority whatsoever over\nany plans, programs or expenditures authorized pursuant to titles\neighteen, nineteen and twenty of the federal social security act, or\nover any unit of state or local government.\n 3. Funding. (a) The director shall, within the amounts appropriated\ntherefor, make funds available to designated agencies for the provision\nof congregate services for elderly persons.\n (b) The director shall distribute such funds based on a formula\ndeveloped by the office which shall take into account the geographic\ndistribution of elderly persons within the state and any other factors\ndeemed appropriate by the director.\n 4. (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this\nsubdivision, the designated agency shall subcontract with public\nagencies, not-for-profit agencies, or other entities to provide\ncongregate services.\n (b) The designated agency may directly operate, with the approval of\nthe director, congregate services.\n (c) The designated agency may use up to five percent of the total of\nany funds provided to the designated agency pursuant to this section for\nadministration.\n 5. Designated agencies qualifying for funds under this section must\ninclude in the current county plan, required under section two hundred\nfourteen of this title, a description of the planning, coordination,\nadministrative and local funding priorities and activities necessary to\nachieve the goals and objectives of this section.\n 6. Within the amounts appropriated therefor, counties authorized to\nprovide congregate services pursuant to this section shall be eligible\nfor rei
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