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• Older Americans Act
• Long-Term Services & Supports
• Health Care Reform
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• Advocacy Toolkit

Resources

For Professionals

• SNAP Food Benefits at Risk for Cuts
• 5 Key Facts Must Inform the Medicare Reform Debate
• SCSEP Targeted in Workforce Investment Act Proposal
• Senators to Voice their Support for OAA Reauthorization at Capitol Hill Briefing
• NCOA and Bank of America Charitable Foundation Partner to Help Seniors Become Savvy Savers
• The Impact of Isolation on the Economic Security of Older Adults
• State Advocate Experiences and Engagement in Duals Integration

For Older Adults and Caregivers

• Long-Term Services & Supports: Candidate Survey
• Economic Security for Seniors: Fact Sheet

For Advocates

• SNAP Food Benefits at Risk for Cuts
• 5 Key Facts Must Inform the Medicare Reform Debate
• Preventing Funding Cuts for Healthy Aging Programs: What You Can Do to Help

Advocacy Toolkit: Nutrition

Current budget proposals would significantly harm programs that help millions of seniors who are struggling with hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity.

Help us protect these programs!

Older Americans Act (OAA) Nutrition Programs

• How they help: OAA congregate and home-delivered meals programs provided over 250 million meals to older individuals who needed them in 2009. About 60% of recipients rely on these meals for half or more of their food each day.
• What's at stake: Funding for OAA nutrition programs has not kept pace with need or inflation. The Administration on Aging reports that keeping funding at the current level would result in 36 million fewer meals served. 

Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

• How it helps: CSFP provides nutritious food to low-income Americans at less than half the average retail value. Of the 604,000 individuals served each month, 96% are older adults with incomes of less than 130% of poverty.
• What's at stake: Last year, the House proposed a 22% cut to the program, which would have resulted in about 150,000 low-income seniors losing food.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

• How it helps: One-third of SNAP recipients are older adults or individuals with disabilities. In 2009, SNAP lifted 4.6 million Americans above the poverty line, including 200,000 seniors.
• What's at stake: Converting SNAP to a block grant and cutting its funding have been included in Congressional deficit reduction proposals. Doing so would cut benefits, create waiting lists, and make it more difficult for people to get this critical assistance.

Act

• Share a story of food struggle through our One Away campaign for elder economic security.
• Join the Drive to End Hunger through the AARP Foundation.

Learn

• Understanding Senior Hunger
  Learn the facts, causes, and consequences of senior hunger from the Meals on Wheels Association of America.
• Senior Hunger and the Older Americans Act
  Watch a hearing from the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions Subcommittee on Primary Health & Aging.
• Food Stamps
  Understand the SNAP program with these resources from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
• Facts on Senior Hunger
  Learn more from Feeding America.
• SNAP Community Partner Outreach Toolkit
  Discover tips and tools to promote SNAP to seniors in your community.
• National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs
  Download issue briefs and presentations from NANASP's annual conference held July 7-9.
• No Mas Hambre
  See how hunger affects the Latino community.

Get Help

• BenefitsCheckUp® SNAP Map
  Screen older adults to see if they qualify for nutrition benefits, including SNAP. 
• Find a Meal
  Locate a local Meals on Wheels provider by city and state.
• Feeding America 
  Search for a local food bank and screen for nutrition benefits.

Share

• Spread the word about the economic struggles of older adults by adding a One Away button to your website.
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