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7 <br /> North Carolina Division of Aging <br /> Legal Services - Policies and Procedures <br /> Effective Date - July 1 , 1992 <br /> _----.-,L8CAL SERVICES <br /> t facilities , Individuals may be referred by self, <br /> family, friends, or human service agencies , Each <br /> client must have written case priorities and a <br /> written case file must be maintained , <br /> B. Administrative Requirement <br /> Each legal service provider that is not a Legal <br /> Services Corporation grantee must agree to • <br /> coordinate its services with Legal Services <br /> Corporation grantees in order to concentrate legal <br /> services funded under this part on older adults <br /> • with the greatest economic or social need who are <br /> not eligible for services under the Legal Services <br /> Corporation Act. In carrying out this requirement, <br /> legal services providers may_not use a means test <br /> or require older adults to apply first for ser�ces <br /> through a Legal Services Corporation grantee. <br /> All contracts with legal services providers should <br /> state that the contract should in no way be <br /> interpreted to conflict with the Older Americans <br /> Act of 1955, as amended, its regulations or the <br /> North Carolina Code of Professional Ethics. <br /> Providers will work with other advocacy efforts of <br /> the aging network such as the community service <br /> advisor program and the nursing and domiciliary <br /> home and community advisory committees. <br /> Funds will be awarded to the agencies that most <br /> fully meet the following criteria: <br /> 1. . Have the staff with expertise in specific <br /> areas of law affecting older persons in <br /> economic or social need (e. g. public benefits, <br /> institutionalization and alternatives to <br /> institutionalization) ; <br /> 2 . Demonstrate the capacity to provide legal <br /> services to institutionalized, isolated, and <br /> homebound older individuals effectively; <br /> 3 . Demonstrate the capacity to provide legal <br /> assistance in the principal language spoken by <br /> clients in areas where a significant number of <br /> clients do not speak English as their <br /> principal language; <br /> 4. Demonstrate the capacity to provide effective <br /> administrative and judicial representation in <br /> the areas of law affecting older persons with <br /> economic or social need; <br />
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