Chair’s Letter to the Administration calling for filling the leadership vacancies within the Social Security Administration (SSA) and Administration for Community Living (ACL).
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Chair’s Letter on 2022 Lame Duck Session
As Congress convenes for the 2022 lame duck session, the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) reinforces its top priorities in the areas of appropriations and community services, health, income security, and lifting the debt ceiling, with a Chair’s Letter to House and Senate leadership.
Chair’s Letter on Final FY23 Labor-HHS Appropriations
As Congress convenes for the 2022 lame duck session, the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) reinforces its common FY23 appropriations priorities and advocates for Health and Human Services and Labor Department and related agencies investments in programs and services for older adults with a Chair’s Letter to House and Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies leadership.
Chair’s Letter on Final FY23 THUD Appropriations
As Congress convenes for the 2022 lame duck session, the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) reinforces its common FY23 appropriations priorities and advocates for Housing and Urban Development Department investments in programs and services for older adults with a Chair’s Letter to House and Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies leadership.
Chair Comments on 2022 Section 1557 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
On behalf of the members of the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO), the Chair submitted comments on the latest Section 1557 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to the Director for the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Health and Human Services.
The current regulatory interpretation of Section 1557, the nondiscrimination protections in the Affordable Care Act, prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. This NPRM proposes to strengthen 1557 by extending these protections to persons identifying as LGBTQ+, persons with limited English proficiency, and older adults. Furthermore, the proposed rule would: require health insurance carriers or entities receiving federal dollars comply with 1557; apply the protections to Medicare Part B; and strengthen the process related to religious freedom objections.
Chair’s Letter on LCAO’s Support for Elder Justice Provisions in Reconciliation Package
The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) is a coalition of 69 national nonprofit organizations concerned with the well-being of America’s older population and committed to representing their interests in the policy-making arena. LCAO commends your commitment to providing funding and support for Adult Protective Services (APS) programs and the long-term care ombudsman program throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. To build upon these efforts to help address the needs of our nation’s aging population, we are writing in support of S.2674/H.R.4969, the Elder Justice Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2021.
Read LCAO chair Katie Smith Sloan’s letter on LCAO’s support for elder justice provisions in the budget reconciliation package.
LCAO Chair’s Letter Supporting Protecting Older Job Applicants
The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) is a coalition of 69 national nonprofit organizations concerned with the well-being of America’s older population and committed to representing their interests in the policy-making arena. We urge you to strengthen protections for older workers by voting for H.R. 3992, the Protect Older Job Applicants Act (POJA) of 2021. POJA would clarify that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act’s (ADEA) prohibition against all forms of employment discrimination based on age covers individuals during the hiring phase of employment.
Chair’s Letter on LCAO’s Support for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act
The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) is a coalition of 69 national nonprofit organizations concerned with the well-being of America’s older population and committed to representing their interests in the policy-making arena. We are writing to urge you to support the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act (H.R. 3824/S. 2065). Supplemental Security Income (SSI) was created almost 50 years ago to cover the basic needs of older adults and people with disabilities living in extreme poverty. Today the program is falling short of that goal because it has remained frozen in time and keeps out the very people it was meant to help.
Read LCAO chair Katie Smith Sloan’s letter on LCAO’s support for a care infrastructure package.
Chair’s Letter on Support for the Equality Act
The Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO) is a coalition of 69 national organizations working to preserve and strengthen the well-being of older adults. LCAO shares a vision of a society made more whole and vital through the genuine inclusion and celebration of our diverse aging populations, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults. In this spirit, and on behalf of the LCAO membership, I urge you to pass the Equality Act (H.R. 5), a comprehensive federal nondiscrimination law that promotes equal treatment for LGBT people of all ages.
Read LCAO chair Katie Smith Sloan’s letter on LCAO’s support for the Equality Act.
LCAO Chair’s Letter Supporting ACCESS Act
On behalf of the 69 members of the Leadership Council of Aging Organizations (LCAO), I am writing to reaffirm our support for the Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors (ACCESS) Act (S. 57/H.R. 596). LCAO focuses on the well-being of America’s older population and is committed to representing their interests in the policy-making arena.