About the National Council on Aging

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Resources

For Professionals

• NCOA Expert to Testify on Senior Poverty, Hunger, and the Older Americans Act
• Reverse Mortgages Can Be a Lifeline for Seniors of Modest Means, But Counseling is Critical
• NCOA Expert to Testify on Reverse Mortgages
• Deeper Federal Budget Cuts on the Horizon
• Senators Rally to Restart OAA Reauthorization
• Balancing Incentive Program: Highlighting State Approaches and Progress - Past Event
• MIPPA: What We’ve Learned, and What’s Next - Past Event

For Older Adults and Caregivers

• 5 Ways to Save Money on Your Medications
• Fiscal Cliff Deal: What It Means for Seniors

For Advocates

• Deeper Federal Budget Cuts on the Horizon
• Farm Bill, SNAP Debate Spills into June
• Development of the Home and Community Based Services Experience Survey - Past Event
• Preventing Funding Cuts for Healthy Aging Programs: What You Can Do to Help - Past Event

Our Impact: Advocating for Older Americans

NCOA is a national leader and voice for vulnerable and disadvantaged older adults and the organizations that serve them.

In the past year:

• NCOA’s One Away campaign collected and shared more than 5,000 personal stories of struggling older adults; generated 30,000 letters to Congress; and encouraged 30 organizations and over 2,000 citizen advocates to express their support for protecting and strengthening the Older Americans Act.
  
  
• NCOA successfully advocated for $10 million in new federal funding for chronic disease self-management programs.
  
  
• As part of a national collaborative effort, NCOA educated hundreds of aging and disability advocates on how they can help their state implement health reform provisions that improve access to home and community-based services.
  
  
• NCOA worked with partners to successfully protect Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries from harmful proposed budget cuts.

Looking Ahead

In the coming year, we plan to:

• Promote reauthorization and funding of the OAA to address the diverse needs of our nation’s growing population of older adults—particularly those who are disadvantaged.
  
  
• Lead efforts among senior groups to ensure that proposals to reduce federal spending take a balanced approach and protect vulnerable older Americans.
  
  
• Improve access to evidence-based chronic care interventions.
  
  
• Protect and strengthen access to home and community-based services and supports through effective implementation of provisions in the Affordable Care Act.