R510-104-7. Providers Selection

(1) The AAA shall make awards for congregate and home-delivered nutrition services to providers that furnish either or both types of service. Each AAA shall assure that each service provider selected meets all applicable Federal, State and Local regulations.

(2) Each AAA, when feasible, shall give preference in making awards for home-delivered meal services to providers that meet the following:

(a) Organizations that have demonstrated an ability to provide home-delivered meals efficiently and reasonably, andthat furnish assurances to the AAA that they will maintain efforts to solicit voluntary support and that OAA funds made available will not be used to supplant funds from non-federal sources.

(b) Food service certification in applied food service sanitation by nationally recognized industry programs and approved by the Utah State Department of Health, shall be required for one person per shift where food is prepared and cooked for NPE meals.

(3) Each AAA shall provide a mechanism that will assure the review of need for home-delivered meals for absent participants at the Congregate Sites. Each AAA shall develop a policy, to be reviewed and approved by DAAS regarding regular attendees who cannot attend the congregate site due to illness or other reasons, which determines whether and how often a client may receive provisional meals delivered to them from the congregate site by a spouse, friend or volunteer. If provisional meals are needed, AAA staff must document the client's needs and should consider the appropriateness of encouraging the client to participate in the home delivered meal program.