Section 40. Planning and service areas.

Part II. Area Agencies on Aging

A. The following are currently accepted as Virginia's Planning and Service Areas for purposes of execution of the provisions of 42 USC § 3001 et seq. (the "Older Americans Act") and the federal regulations promulgated thereunder (45 CFR Part 1321). The respective Area Agencies on Aging, under contract with the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services as of the date of these regulations, are named herein for identification but may be subject to change, pursuant to 22VAC30-60-50.

	Planning and Service Area 1 Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc Wise, Virginia Serves Lee, Scott, and Wise counties; the City of Norton.
	Planning and Service Area 2 Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens, Inc. Richlands, Virginia Serves Buchanan, Dickenson, Russell, and Tazewell counties.
	Planning and Service Area 3 District III Governmental Cooperative Marion, Virginia Serves Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, Washington, and Wythe counties the cities of Bristol and Galax.
	Planning and Service Area 4 New River Valley Agency on Aging Pulaski, Virginia Serves Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, and Pulaski counties; the City of Radford.
	Planning and Service Area 5 League of Older Americans, Inc. trading as LOA-Area Agency on Aging, Roanoke, Virginia Serves Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, and Roanoke counties; the cities of Covington, Roanoke, and Salem.
	Planning and Service Area 6 Valley Program for Aging Services, Inc. Waynesboro, Virginia Serves Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, and Rockingham counties; the cities of Buena Vista, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Staunton, and Waynesboro.
	Planning and Service Area 7 Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Front Royal, Virginia Serves Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah, and Warren counties; the City of Winchester.
	Planning and Service Area 8A City of Alexandria (Alexandria Agency on Aging) Alexandria, Virginia Serves the City of Alexandria.
	Planning and Service Area 8B Arlington County (Arlington Agency on Aging) Arlington, Virginia Serves Arlington County.
	Planning and Service Area 8C Fairfax County (Fairfax Area Agency on Aging) Fairfax, Virginia Serves Fairfax County; the cities of Fairfax and Falls Church.
	Planning and Service Area 8D Loudoun County (Loudoun County Area Agency on Aging) Leesburg, Virginia Serves Loudoun County.
	Planning and Service Area 8E Prince William County (Prince William Area Agency on Aging) Manassas, Virginia Serves Prince William County; the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
	Planning and Service Area 9 Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board Culpeper, Virginia Serves Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange, and Rappahannock counties.
	Planning and Service Area 10 Jefferson Area Board for Aging Charlottesville, Virginia Serves Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa, and Nelson counties; the City of Charlottesville.
	Planning and Service Area 11 Central Virginia Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia Serves Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, and Campbell counties; the cities of Bedford and Lynchburg.
	Planning and Service Area 12 Southern Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Martinsville, Virginia Serves Franklin, Henry, Patrick, and Pittsylvania counties; the cities of Danville and Martinsville.
	Planning and Service Area 13 Lake Country Area Agency on Aging South Hill, Virginia Serves Brunswick, Halifax, and Mecklenburg counties.
	Planning and Service Area 14 Piedmont Senior Resources Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Burkeville, Virginia Serves Amelia, Buckingham, Charlotte, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, and Prince Edward counties.
	Planning and Service Area 15 Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Richmond, Virginia Serves Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent, and Powhatan counties; the City of Richmond.
	Planning and Service Area 16 Rappahannock Area Agency on Aging, Inc. Fredericksburg, Virginia Serves Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania, and Stafford counties; the City of Fredericksburg.
	Planning and Service Area 17/18 Bay Aging Urbanna, Virginia Serves Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland counties.
	Planning and Service Area 19 Crater District Area Agency on Aging Petersburg, Virginia Serves Dinwiddie, Greensville, Prince George, Surry, and Sussex counties; the cities of Colonial Heights, Emporia, Hopewell, and Petersburg.
	Planning and Service Area 20 Southeastern Virginia Areawide Model Program, Inc. trading as Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia Norfolk, Virginia Serves Isle of Wight and Southampton counties; the cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach.
	Planning and Service Area 21 Peninsula Agency on Aging, Inc. Newport News, Virginia Serves James City and York counties; the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg.
	Planning and Service Area 22 Eastern Shore Area Agency on Aging/Community Action Agency, Inc. Onancock, Virginia Serves Accomack and Northampton counties.

B. Pursuant to 42 USC § 3025(a)(1)(E) and (b)(1) of the Older Americans Act, as amended, the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, in its discretion, has established that the boundaries for planning and service areas (PSAs) will be coterminous with the boundaries of the planning districts established by the Department of Planning and Budget, except that:

1. Within the boundaries of Planning District 8, the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services has established five planning and service areas with the concurrence of the local governing bodies; and

2. The Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services has combined Planning Districts 17 and 18 into one planning and service area with the concurrence of the local governing bodies.

3. Within the boundaries of Planning District 23, the Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services has established two planning and service areas that existed from the former Planning Districts 20 and 21.

C. These boundaries shall be maintained until such time as there is good cause, shown by clear and convincing evidence, to create a new planning and service area.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 29, Issue 02, eff. October 24, 2012.

Statutory Authority

§ 51.5-131 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 3001 et seq.