PURPOSE: This rule establishes the requirements that shall be met by an area agency for constructing, acquiring, altering, leasing and renovating a multipurpose senior center.

1. (1) Area agencies may award Title III social service funds to a public or private nonprofit agency for the following purposes:

   1. (A) Acquiring, altering, leasing or renovating a facility for use as a multipurpose senior center;
   2. (B) Constructing a facility for use as a multipurpose senior center; or
   3. (C) Paying the costs of professional and technical personnel required to operate multipurpose senior centers.
2. (2) In making multipurpose senior center awards, the area agency shall give preference to facilities located in communities with the greatest numbers of elderly including low income minority and those with economic need.

3. (3) The area agency shall assure the following general requirements will be met prior to awarding funds for a multipurpose senior center:

   1. (A) It serves a cross section of all segments of the elderly population of its planning and service area, with special emphasis on low income minority and those in economic and social need; and

   2. (B) It operates a program of group activities, individual services and community service opportunities in each of the following categories:

      1. 1. Access services;
      2. 2. Community services, including

advocacy-related services;

1. 3. Services for frail, vulnerable, and at

risk elderly; and

1. 4. Nutrition services.

1. (4) The area agency shall submit to the division, for review and prior approval, a written plan for purchase or construction of a multipurpose senior center with accompanying justification and documentation. The division shall approve the proposed plan based on the following criteria:

   1. (A) For proposed award for construction, there is no other suitable facility available to be a community focal point for service delivery; and
   2. (B) For proposed award for purchasing or constructing a facility, only if there are no suitable facilities for leasing.
2. (5) The area agency shall submit to the division, for review and prior approval, the plans and specifications for any proposed acquisition, alteration, renovation or construction of a multipurpose senior center facility funded with federal or state funds in order to assure that all applicable minimum construction standards shall be met, particularly the requirements of the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968.
3. (6) The area agency shall submit to the division, for review and prior approval, the plans and specifications for any proposed alteration or renovation that affects the load-bearing structures of a multipurpose senior center with federal or state funds, or both. The division shall review to assure that the plans and specifications comply with all applicable local or state ordinances, laws or building codes. In the absence of those codes, the division shall assure compliance with Chapter 23 of the Uniform Building Code or Chapter 12 of the Standard Building Code.
4. (7) The area agency shall require recipients of an award for altering, renovating or constructing a facility to be used as a multipurpose senior center to comply with the requirements of the Davis-Bacon Act and other mandatory federal labor standards.
5. (8) A facility acquired or constructed to be used as a multipurpose senior center shall be used for that purpose for a minimum of ten
6. (10) years from the date of acquisition or twenty (20) years after the completion of construction.
7. (9) The area agency shall ensure that no federal or state funds shall be used for religious instruction or worship.
8. (10) The area agency shall ensure that no federal or state funds shall be used for the promotion of any political point of view.

9. (11) The area agency shall assure the following:

   1. (A) Sufficient funds shall be available to meet the nonfederal share of the award;
   2. (B) Sufficient funds shall be available to effectively use the facility as a multipurpose senior center;

   3. (C) In a facility that is shared with other age groups, federal or state funds shall support only—

      1. 1. That part of the facility used by older

persons; or

1. 2. A proportionate share of the costs

based on the extent of use of the facility by older persons; and

1. (D) A multipurpose senior center program must be operated in that facility in accordance with standards set forth in 13 CSR 15- 7.070.

AUTHORITY: section 660.050, RSMo Supp. 1999.* This rule was previously filed as 13 CSR 15-6.140 and 13 CSR 15-4.230. Original rule filed Jan. 6, 1986, effective April 30, 1986. Amended: Filed June 3, 1991, effective Oct. 31, 1991. Amended: Filed Aug. 28, 2000, effective March 30, 2001. Moved to 19 CSR 15-4.230, effective Aug. 28, 2001.

*Original authority: 660.050, RSMo 1984, amended 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995. 19 CSR 15-4