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North Cazollna Dlvision of <br />E£fecGS ¢ bdta - duly 1, 1993 <br />LEGAL SERVICES <br />' - facilities. Idvividuals nay be ze£e[red bg zel£, <br />Family, friends, or kvvan s ageeacies. Each' <br />client must Lava vrittem c a priazities and a <br />written c se £ila must be maintained. <br />e. Adm' i t ative Aeon eats <br />EacL legal se a provides Nat i not a GeSal <br />serxa ¢ eorpomeiom grantee moat ogre: so <br />oordlnate its a vitl Legal servirer <br />COCpoiaYion gravt eaci atdei to C ncentCate Legal <br />a Euoded under Nis pert a ooLder aAUlts <br />xiN1tLe gzea[est a ia1 need who a <br />not eligible Yar s underothe Legal Services <br />cozporetion Act. Iv earzyinq out this iequi[emant, <br />legal s s providers may not us a m s test <br />require older adults to-apply First for se ces <br />through a Legal 58[vlces Co[poration' avicee.~ <br />A11 cov[ractsviN legal se ea providers shoultl <br />state that Ne onttac[ shauldcin way be <br />intezpreted Co conflict viih the Older 9mericans <br />Act of 1965, a ameMed. its regulations or the <br />North CerallnazCade of PrafesalawlRtlucs. _ <br />Providers will wrk with other atlvocacy effotts o£ <br />the aging vetvdrk such as the c mmunity 5ervlce ' <br />' atlvisor pro9[am and Ne n inq and domiciliary <br />home and cammunlty advisorysco®ittees. <br />ELnds x111 be axazded to the agevcies. that most <br />' fully weet Ne-£olloxing criteria: <br />1. H~ve Ne staff xiN expeKise in ~eci£Ic <br />' f lar aEE¢ ing older p a in - _ <br />- econnomic o ciat need (e.g. public bene£ixs, <br />nstituttoiuiitacian ana azternacives m <br />rvstitutiooalization); <br />2. Demovstzate fhe capacity tv provide legal <br />services to ivstitutiowlized, isolated, avd <br />hpmehamd older individuals efCectiveLy: ' <br />. 3. O®anstrace Ne <apacicl N provide legal <br />istavice in Uu Prin 8Pa1 lavgua4e spoken by <br />dievts In a ens vLere si}oiFicant nnmbar f <br />' - clients do not speak English s their <br />principal language: <br />4. Dmonstrate. Ne. capacity to provide effective <br />dd~nistcative aM judicial aid¢tspersonsnxiN <br />Ne azeas of lax affecting <br />- economic or social need: <br />