Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 173-4-04 | Older Americans Act nutrition program: procuring for person direction.

                                                
(A) When an AAA procures for congregate
		  dining project(s) or home-delivered meals project(s), the AAA shall comply with
		  rules 173-3-04, 173-3-05, 173-3-05.1, and 173-3-06 of the Administrative Code
		  and also require the project(s) to include person direction.
(B) Each AAA shall procure for person
		  direction by one of the following two methods:
(1) Competitive-proposal
			 method:
(a) The AAA shall allow the highest level(s) of person direction
				that providers offer in bid(s) to determine what are responsive level(s) of
				person direction for its PSA.
(b) The AAA shall indicate in the RFP that, in all responsible
				bids, the provider shall explain how it shall offer person
				direction.
(c) The AAA shall award AAA-provider agreement(s) to the
				provider(s) offering the most-responsive bid(s). The AAA shall include a score
				on the level of person direction each provider's bid offers in the score
				determining the lowest responsive bid.
(2) Method other than
			 competitive-proposal method:
(a) The AAA shall determine the level of person direction
				providers in the PSA are capable of offering. The AAA shall not base its
				calculations of this level solely upon the willingness of providers who are
				currently in AAA-provider agreements with the AAA.
(b) The AAA shall indicate in the RFP that, in all responsible
				bids, the provider shall explain how it shall meet or exceed the level of
				person direction the AAA determined providers in the PSA are capable of
				offering.
(c) The AAA shall award AAA-provider agreement(s) to the
				provider(s) offering the most-responsive bid(s). The AAA shall include a score
				on the level of person direction each provider's bid offers in the score
				determining the lowest responsible bid.
(C) During a state of emergency declared
		  by the governor, paragraph (B) of this rule does not apply with regard to
		  dining formats, location, delivery methods, times, and
		  frequencies.
(D) Definition for this rule: "Person direction"
		  means a subset of person-centered methodology. While person-centered
		  methodology requires providers to work with consumers to determine what is best
		  for the consumers, person direction allows consumers to decide what is best for
		  themselves from a range of viable options. Person direction over congregate and
		  home-delivered meals allows consumers to control the direction of their
		  meals.
Giving consumers options between dining formats,
		  locations, and times; allowing consumers to enjoy multi-generational dining;
		  giving consumers options between entres at each mealtime; and giving
		  consumers options between one entre and the sides that accompany it and
		  at least one other entre and the sides that accompany it (even if
		  consumers exchange entres or sides between two or more complete meal
		  options) are examples of possible ways to offer person direction to consumers
		  through congregate nutrition projects.
Giving consumers options between delivery formats
		  (e.g., warm, frozen, chilled), options between delivery times (e.g., morning,
		  afternoon), and options between delivery frequencies (e.g., per-meal delivery,
		  periodic delivery); options between entres at each mealtime; and
		  options between one entre and the sides that accompany it and at least
		  one other entre and the sides that accompany it (even if consumers
		  exchange entres or sides between two or more complete meal options) are
		  examples of possible ways to offer person direction to consumers through
		  home-delivered meals programs.


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