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NCOA Centers to Provide Free, Comprehensive Financial Counseling to Older Adults

March 9, 2010

Connie Hofmann
chofmann@aboutscp.com
215-219-2943 

WHAT:  NCOA will launch a national demonstration program offering free counseling and support to economically vulnerable older adults in eight cities across the U.S. With support from the Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation, NCOA’s Economic Security Service Centers will provide comprehensive, personal economic casework to 4,000 seniors in the next two years. The center locations will be announced at the press conference.

Older adults now face a bewildering array of programs and services, most funded independently and scattered across remote locations. NCOA’s Economic Security Service Centers will provide comprehensive financial assessments and economic security plans for low income older adults. Community-based staff will connect seniors with a range of benefits and solutions and provide personal assistance and follow up to ensure they actually receive the services and programs.

WHO:  Speakers will include representatives from NCOA, The Weinberg Foundation, and Chicago-based AgeOptions, one of the newly awarded service center sites.

• Monsignor Charles Fahey, Chairman of the NCOA Board
• James Firman, President & CEO of NCOA
• Michael Marcus, Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation
• Diane Slezak. COO, AgeOptions

WHEN:  Tuesday, March 16, 2010 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.

WHERE:  
Skyway 273
Hyatt Regency Chicago
151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601

Boxed lunches will be served.

Members of the media are invited to attend the press conference and other conference events free of charge. 

• To attend, register for a Media Pass now.  

Journalists can also register onsite in the Skyway 273 meeting room.

A nationally recognized event, the annual National Council on Aging–American Society on Aging Conference brings together more than 4,000 professionals from the fields of aging, healthcare, education, government and business.  The conference serves as a forum for policy discussion, advocacy, and features new research findings in aging, cutting edge programs and projects in more than 600 workshops and special sessions. For details on conference information, please visit www.agingconference.org.  

 
About The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation  The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation annually distributes approximately $100 million to a wide range of charitable organizations. The Foundation is dedicated to assisting the poor through operating and capital grants to direct service organizations primarily located in Maryland, Hawaii, Northeastern Pennsylvania, New York, Israel, and the Former Soviet Union. Grants are focused on meeting basic needs such as shelter, health and socialization, nutrition, and on enhancing an individual’s ability to meet those needs. Within that focus, emphasis is placed on older adults and on the Jewish community. www.hjweinbergfoundation.org.

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About NCOA  The National Council on Aging is a nonprofit service and advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, DC. NCOA’s mission is to improve the lives of millions of older adults, especially those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged. NCOA is a national voice for older Americans and the community organizations that serve them. It brings together nonprofit organizations, businesses, and government to develop creative solutions that improve the lives of all older adults. NCOA works with thousands of organizations across the country to help seniors find jobs and benefits, improve their health, live independently, and remain active in their communities.
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