- (a) Each area agency on aging shall establish vendor agreements and/or contracts with community-based organizations to provide multifaceted systems of support services, including counseling, support groups, respite, and other home and community-based services to families caring for their frail older members.
- (b) The Arkansas Family Caregiver Support Program also recognizes the needs of grandparents who are caregivers of grandchildren, and to older persons who are relative caregivers of children age eighteen (18) and younger.
(c)
- (1) An area agency on aging may provide such services directly by requesting a waiver from the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services in accordance with 20 CAR § 430-501 et seq.
- (2) The approval of such waiver will be at the division’s sole discretion.