The Older Americans Act (OAA) provides funding for a range of programs that offer services and opportunities for older Vermonters to remain as independent as possible and to be active and contributing members of their community.

The OAA also provides a range of services to family caregivers to support them to continue in this essential role. The Older Americans Act focuses on improving the lives of older adults and family caregivers in areas of income, housing, nutrition, health, employment, retirement, and social and community services.

• Services

• Eligibility

• Providers of Services

• Program Contacts

• Policies & Guidelines

• Publications

• Manuals

• Forms

Services Include

• Case Management

• Dementia Respite

• Senior Food and Nutrition Programs

• Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

• Information, Referral and Assistance Services

• Legal Assistance

• National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP)

• Senior Community Services Employment Program (SCSEP)

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Eligibility

• Older adults age 60 and over

• Family caregivers (of any age) of older adults

• Older relative caregivers of children under age 18

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Providers of Services

• Area Agencies on Aging
  Area Agencies on Aging provide support to people 60 and older in their efforts to remain active, healthy, financially secure, and in control of their own lives.

If you do not know which of these agencies provides services in your area, call the Senior Helpline at 1-800-642-5119 for assistance.

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Program Contacts

• Community Development Unit
  Phone: (802) 879-8211
  
• Case Management
  Kathy Rainville
  Phone: (802) 786-5052
• Dementia Respite, and National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP)
  Dementia Project Director
  Phone: (802) 879-8211
• Nutrition Programs (Food and Nutrition), and Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
  Mary Woodruff
  Phone: (802) 871-3261
  

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Policies & Guidelines

• Revised Case Management Standards & Certification Procedures for Older American Act and Choices for Care - June 2009

• Case Manager Training Process - 2009

• Case Management Reference Manual and Study Guide (June 2007) (Updated October 2008)
  This study guide should help you prepare for the Case Management Certification Exam. It is not intended to be a training guide to become a Case Manager. It should be used in addition to the core training and orientation you have completed through your agency.

• AAA Funding Formula (April 2006)
  How the Numbers Change - An Overview of Data Sources

• Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Time Study

FFY08 AAA Time Study Instructions and Spreadsheet

• AAA Time Study Instructions FFY2008
• AAA Time Study Form

NAPIS Reporting Instructions and Spreadsheet

• NAPIS Reporting Procedures Updated November 2010
• NAPIS Templates for AAA's FFY 2009
• Napis Reporting Requirements (November 2004)
  Reporting Requirements For Title III and VII of the Older Americans Act (Not including LTC Ombudsman Program) For FY ’05 and Subsequent Years
• NAPIS Template for AAAs for FFY2007

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Publications

• DAIL-DDAS Service Codes and Rates
  Service Codes and Rates for all DAIL-DDAS services, includes Choices for Care, Adult Day services, Traumatic Brain Injury and Developmental Disabilities Services, Children's Personal Care and High Technology Home Care, and services for Older Vermonters.

• Nursing Home Diversion Project Proposal Abstract

• Nursing Home Diversion Project Grant Attachment B-Narrative (Sept 2007)

• FFY09 Food Stamp Outreach Time Study Results - October 1-31, 2008

• FFY08 Food Stamp Outreach

Time Study Results - October 1-31, 2007

• Central Vermont Council on Aging (CVCOA)
• Champlain Valley Agency on Aging (CVAA)
• Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont (COASEV)
• Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging (NEKCOA)
• Southwestern Vermont Council on Aging (SVCOA)
• Statewide Results
• Data Summary

• 2007 US Administration on Aging Vermont's Senior Center Earmark Project Final Report (April 26, 2007)

• 2007 US Administration on Aging Vermont's Senior Center Earmark Project Grantee Final Report Excerpts (April 25, 2007)

• 2007 Vermont's Senior Center Earmark Project Grantee Final Report Excerpts (April 27, 2007)

• Vermont's Senior Center Earmark Project Evaluation of Project Outcomes Executive Summary Final Report (April 23, 2007)

• Vermont's Senior Center Earmark Project Evaluation of Project Outcomes Summary Final Report - Appendices Included (April 23, 2007)

• US Administration on Aging (AOA) Strategic Action Plan FY 2007 - 2012 (April 2007)
  AoA’s previous Strategic Action Plan provided a framework for modernizing the role of the Aging Services Network in long-term care. This modernization strategy was designed to strengthen the Network’s role in advancing systemic changes in long-term care at the state and community-level. This Strategic Action Plan for 2007-2012 continues the focus on modernizing the Aging Services Network’s role in long-term care, and gives particular attention to implementing the new provisions contained in the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006.

• Updated - Area Agency on Aging - Area Agency Plan Instruction FFY10-Final (March 2009)
  Complete instructions for submission of Area Plans (narrative, budget, signed assurances and waiver requests) to the Department of Aging and Independent Living.
  

• Area Agency on Aging - Area Agency Plan Instructions FFY2007 to 2010 (January 2006)
  Complete instructions for submission of Area Plans (narrative, budget, signed assurances and waiver requests) to the Department of Aging and Independent Living.

• Napis State Program Report (2006)
  Annual state program report to the Administration on Aging, describing services provided by Area Agencies on Aging and the people served.

• Vermont State Plan on Aging for Federal Fiscal Years 2011 - 2014 (July 2010)
  This plan reflects the Agency of Human Services’ vision that Vermonters are healthy, safe and achieve their greatest potential for well-being and personal independence in healthy, safe and supportive communities as well as the Department’s commitment to increasing investments in community-based systems of long-term services and supports, to increasing consumer flexibility and choice and ensuring that older adults and individuals with disabilities have easy access to well-coordinated and effective services that promote healthy aging and independent living.

• Consumer Satisfaction Survey Reports

• LTC Consumer Satisfaction Survey - 2008
• LTC Consumer Satisfaction Survey - 2007
• LTC Consumer Satisfaction Survey - 2006

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Manuals and Guidelines

• Independent Living Assess (ILA) Manual - Full Version

• Independent Living Assess (ILA) Manual - Intake Version

• Omnia User Guide
  Omnia Interviewer User Guide

• SAMS LTCCC Full Manual
  LTCCC Full Manual for SAMS 2000

• SAMS LTCCC Procedure Manual
  LTCCC Procedure Manual for SAMS 2000 - accompanies the SAMS LTCCC Full Manual

• SAMS Provider Manual
  Provider Manual for SAMS 2000

• SAMS Quick Reference Guide
  Quick Reference Guide for SAMS 2000

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Forms

Case Management

For more information on Case Management, click here

• Revised ILA Follow-up Memo (February 2009)

• Independent Living Assessment (ILA) - Full ILA

• Independent Living Assessment (ILA) - Health Section Only

• Independent Living Assessment (ILA) - Intake

National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP)

• Contact your local Area Agencies on Aging for all essential forms.

• Vermont Caregiver Registration Form

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