2017 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 68 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
68-1117 Proposal to establish aging and disability resource center demonstration project; contents; joint proposal authorized.

68-1117. Proposal to establish aging and disability resource center demonstration project; contents; joint proposal authorized.

(1) Within sixty days after the release date of a request for proposals under section 68-1115, an area agency on aging, after consultation with a collaboration of organizations that serve aging persons and persons with disabilities, including, but not limited to, centers for independent living and the University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disability Education, Research and Service, and with other organizations, including, but not limited to, organizations providing advocacy, protection, and safety for aging persons and persons with disabilities, may submit to the department a proposal to establish an aging and disability resource center demonstration project. The proposal shall specify how organizations currently serving eligible individuals will be engaged in the process of delivery of services through the aging and disability resource center demonstration project. The proposal shall be developed in consultation with eligible individuals and their representatives. The proposal shall indicate how resources will be utilized by the collaborating organizations to fulfill the responsibilities of an aging and disability resource center demonstration project.

(2) Two or more area agencies on aging may develop a joint proposal to establish an aging and disability resource center demonstration project to serve all or a portion of their planning-and-service areas. A joint proposal shall provide information on how the services described in section 68-1116 will be provided in the counties to be served by the aging and disability resource center demonstration project described in the joint proposal.

Source

• Laws 2015, LB320, § 7.