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BK 00025 PG <br />DOA -734 <br />(revised 2/12) <br />5. As specified in 45 CFR 92.36(b)(11), community service providers shall have <br />procedures for settling all contractual and administrative issues arising out of <br />procurement of services through the Block Grant. Community service providers shall <br />have procedures governing the evaluation of bids for services and procedures through <br />which bidders and contracted providers may appeal or dispute a decision made by the <br />community service provider. <br />6. Applicant/Client appeals shall be addressed as specified in Section 7 of the Division of <br />Aging Home and Community Care Block Grant Manual for Community Service <br />Providers, dated February 17, 1997. <br />7. Community service providers are responsible for providing or arranging for the . <br />provision of required local match, as specified on the Provider Services Summary <br />(DOA -732). Local match shall be expended simultaneously with Block Grant <br />funding. <br />Providers expending $500,000 or more in federal financial assistance through the <br />Home and Community Care Block Grant, or in combination with other federal funding <br />shall receive an annual independent audit which meets the requirements of the <br />Division of Aging Program Audit Guide for Aging Services, applicable North Carolina <br />General Statutes and Local Government Commission requirements, and OMB Circular <br />A -133. For -profit community service providers shall have an annual compliance audit <br />which meets the requirements of A -133. The audit shall be performed within nine (9) <br />months of the close of the provider's fiscal year. Upon completion of the audit, non- <br />profit and for -profit providers shall provide a copy of the audit report and any opinion <br />letter simultaneously to the County and the Area Agency. Federal funds will not <br />reimburse the cost of a single audit if the total of all federal funds expended by the <br />provider is less than $500,000. (Refer to New Audit Requirements section at <br />hgp://www.ncdhhs.gov/agingLmonitor/mpolia.htin <br />). <br />9. Compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity and Americans with Disabilities Act <br />requirements, as specified in paragraph fourteen (14) of the Ageement for the <br />Provision of County Aging -Based Services (DOA -735) shall be maintained. <br />10. Providers In -Home Aide, Home Health, Housing and Home Improvement, and Adult <br />Day Care or Adult Day Health Care shall sign and return the attached assurance to the <br />area agency on aging indicating that recipients of these services have been informed of <br />their client rights, as required in Section 314 of the 2006 Amendments to the Older <br />Americans Act. <br />ral <br />(Authorized Signature) <br />