EXHIBIT 7. AREA AGENCY ON AGING ADVISORY COUNCIL
Composition of Advisory Council
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Total
Members
Advisory
Council
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Total Minority
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Total with Disabilities
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Total
Caregivers
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TOTAL
Age 60+
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Advisory Council Members Who Are Age 60 Or Older
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BLACK
Age
60+
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HISPANIC
Age
60+
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ASIAN
Age
60+
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AMERICAN
INDIAN
Age 60+
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W/Disabilities
Age 60+
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LOW
INCOME
Age 60+
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Participants
Age 60+
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18
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4
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0
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3
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13
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0
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0
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0
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4
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1
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2
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6
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Note: 87% of Council members are persons 60 years of age or older.
Geographic
Name Organizational Affiliation Location/County
Deetta Montgomery Baby Boomer Craig County
Jewell Dietche SHL, Consumer Craig County
Frank Nellen Police Dept. Craig County
Marlene Clowers Consumer Craig County
Delores Douthitt SHL, Consumer Delaware County
Art Shackelford SHL Alumni Delaware County
Dewey Talley SHL Alumni, Veteran Mayes County
Velma Dickerson Consumer Mayes County
Vera Sperber Consumer Mayes County
Doris Marler Consumer, Minority Nowata County
Nancy Shipley Baby Boomer Nowata County
Judith Jordan Minority Nowata County
Perry Selix OLDR Program Ottawa County
John Goad Minority, Veteran Rogers County
Rose Goad SHL Representative Rogers County
Allen Lamont SHL, Veteran Rogers County
Brenda House Wyandotte Nation, Caregiver Tribal
Debbie Hopkins Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma Tribal
Note: Grand Gateway is in the process of recruiting Charlene Norris for Washington County. Grand Gateway is in the process of recruiting Mona Ramsey as the African American representative on the Advisory Council on Aging. (Mona is the former site manager for the Sunrise nutrition site in Vinita (Craig County). Grand Gateway currently has two veterans serving on the Advisory Council.
EXHIBIT 7.1 AREA AGENCY ON AGING ADVISORY COUNCIL
Purpose of the Council
The Area Agency on Aging has an established Advisory Council. The council provides advisory functions to further the Area Agency on Aging mission of developing and coordinating community-based systems of services for all older persons in the planning and service area. The council shall advise the Area Agency on Aging on:
- Developing and administering the Area Plan
- Conducting Public hearings;
- Representing the interest of older persons; and
- Reviewing and commenting on all community policies, programs and actions which affect older persons with the intent of assuring maximum coordination and responsiveness to older persons.
EXHIBIT 7-A. ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING DATES
List Advisory Council Meeting Dates Scheduled in SFY 2014.
July 17, 2013
September 18, 2013
November 20, 2013
January 15, 2014
March 19, 2014
May 14, 2014
Grand Gateway’s Advisory Council meetings are held at 1:00 p.m. on the above referenced dates, in the large conference room at Grand Gateway’s office in Big Cabin, OK.
List Training Dates Scheduled for Advisory Council in SFY-2014.
(See explanation below for New Member and Annual Trainings).
Grand Gateway provides New Council Member Orientation Training on an ongoing basis when new council members are recruited to the Advisory Council on Aging. When New Council Members are sworn in (after Application approval by the Advisory Council and Governing Board of Directors), the new Council Member is provided a Handbook which includes, Council Roster, By-Laws, Commonly used acronyms used in the Aging Network, Committees, council minutes, policy pertaining to AAA Advisory Council, Overview of OAA Aging Network, Organizational charts, outline of OAA programs and services, Management plan Goals & Objectives and information on Silver Haired Legislators.
Grand Gateway provides training opportunities for new Advisory Council members to attend Older Americans Act (03A) Trainings when conducted in our PSA. The O3A Trainings include detailed information on the Aging Network (federal, state, and local), as well as education on how the Aging Network prioritizes Older Americans Act programs and services. Grand Gateway has three Certified O3A Trainers who conducts these trainings on an ongoing basis when the AAA has new staff or council members and when our OAA sub-grantees have new staff.
Grand Gateway provides annual trainings for OAA service providers. The training date, location and training topics are coordinated with our OAA sub-grantee Project Directors. Grand Gateway’s Advisory Council, SHL members, Caregiver Council members and Ombudsman volunteers also attend this annual training.
Grand Gateway’s Advisory Council is currently actively recruiting a Hispanic and African American for the Advisory council to fill the two positions vacated, which represented this voice on the council. Grand Gateway is working with the Veterans Center to seek someone from their organizations to serve on the council.
Grand Gateway Economic Development Association
Area Agency on Aging
FY 2014 Meeting Dates
January 15, 2014
March 19, 2014
May 21, 2014
July 16, 2014
September 17, 2014
November 19, 2014
Silver Haired Legislators Meetings are held at 10:30 am
Advisory Council on Aging Meetings are held at 1:00 pm
Masonic Advisory Council Meetings are held at 3:00 pm