Add your voice to protect and strengthen programs we all depend on as we age. Join the National Council on Aging, and follow federal aging services legislation and speak up on the issues you care about.
If not extended by Oct. 1, future outreach and enrollment funding for benefits enrollment centers, Medicare State Health Insurance Assistance Programs, area agencies on aging, and aging and disability resource centers would be in jeopardy. Your support could help low-income Medicare beneficiaries afford the health care they need.
Age discrimination presents a unique obstacle for older adults. Help support two bills that could restore the original intent of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Your support can stop age discrimination for older American workers.
Signed into law in 1965, the Older Americans Act (OAA) was designed to address the wide-ranging needs of older adults. Each year, funding for OAA programs and many other aging services needs to be approved by Congress and signed into law by the president. Pandemic-related funding and support for OAA services will be used up soon. In some states, it's already gone. Help us protect the federal funding needed to meet the needs of older adults, their families, and their communities.
For decades, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has proven to be an effective tool for fighting hunger and poverty, especially among older adults. At a time when millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet, there are proposals in Congress, such as the Senior Hunger Prevention Act, that would strengthen this critical program. Help us protect (and improve) this much-needed food assistance program for vulnerable older adults.
NCOA Advocacy
Learn about the positions that guide our advocacy efforts, and how they support our ability to improve the lives of 40 million older adults by 2030.
