Specifications include, but are not limited to: Provide to the Office for the Aging a minimum of 16 hours of nutritional consultant services per week which shall include the following: 1. Nutritional Counseling Services: Provide nutritional information and guidance to older individuals in Franklin County on a one-on-one basis. These services shall be provided in response to: • referrals received from the Office for the Aging or its subcontractors. • Referrals received from other service agencies or individuals through the Franklin County NY Connects, or • By request from an individual of 60 and older. Service provision shall be measured in units, where one unit equals one hour of service, including travel time. An estimated 48 units of Nutrition Counseling to approximately 24 different elderly people is expected. 2. Nutrition Education Services: Provide nutrition education and related consumer and health instruction or information to the elderly in Franklin County. This instruction shall be provided in group settings primarily at the seven Adult Centers located within Franklin County or through distribution of printed materials to the elderly, through media presentations, or in any other form deemed to be effective. Service provision shall be measured as follows, per Standard Definition of Service provided by NY State Office for the Aging: one unit of service equals one presentation or activity or one distribution of printed materials. An estimated number of 5,844 units of nutrition education will be required to approximately 605 different elderly people.
