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6 <br />North Catalina Division of Aging <br />Le~ga1 Services - Policies and Procedures <br />Effective Date - July 1, 1992 <br />LEGAL SERVICES <br />:;~ <br />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 Re4uir~r-ents . <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 an alder 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 services <br />through a Legal Services,Corporation grantee. <br />All contracts with legal services providers shou7.'d <br />state that the contract should i.n no way be <br />interpreted to conflict with the Dlder Americans <br />Act of 1965, as amended, its regulations or the <br />North Carolina Code of Professional Ethics. <br />Y ~ 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 />F 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 s%gnificant number of <br />clients da not speak English as their <br />principal l ar~guage ; <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 />