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  • ADvancing States Supports Legislation for HCBS Funding & Improved Employment Opportunities

    On June 17, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced a bill that would create a grant program for state agencies. The grant program would provide funding to support HCBS day services and would particularly focus on improving competitive,…

  • Older Americans Month 2015 Presidential Proclamation

    President Barack Obama has proclaimed May 2015 as Older Americans Month and called on Americans of all ages to recognize the contributions of older Americans. The President also called for a recommitment to show our elders "the fullest care, support,…

  • ADvancing States Applauds HELP Committee Older Americans Act Vote

    ADvancing States would like to commend the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee for today’s vote on the Older Americans Act Reauthorization of 2015 (S. 192). The HELP committee has worked hard to develop a bipartisan bill that…

  • ADvancing States Commends Elder Justice Funding

    As a founding member of the Elder Justice Coalition (EJC), ADvancing States is pleased to celebrate the official funding for the Elder Justice Act alongside the EJC. President Obama signed the…

  • House Releases FY2015 Appropriations Package

    The House released the long-awaited package of FY2015 appropriations measures on Tuesday night. This legislation would fund most of the Federal Government through September 30, 2015. The package was negotiated between appropriators in the House and…

  • DC Seniors Fight Hunger

    The National Foundation to End Senior Hunger and D.C.'s Office on Aging are working together to reduce food waste in the nation's capital. It's estimated that 40% of food in America is thrown away. The fact that 15% of D.C. seniors go hungry,…

  • Senate Confirms Burwell as Secretary of Health and Human Services

    On June 5, the Senate voted 78-17 to confirm Sylvia Matthews Burwell as the next Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Nominated by President Obama to succeed outgoing HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Burwell is…

  • Deal Struck to Modernize, Reauthorize Federal Workforce Programs

    Earlier this week, Congressional negotiators unveiled long-overdue bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would reauthorize and update federal job training programs. Known as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the measure represents…

  • ADvancing States Requests that DOL Delay the Effective Date of the Fair Labor Standards Act Final Rule

    On Tuesday, May 13, ADvancing States sent a letter to Secretary Thomas Perez of the Department of Labor (DOL) requesting a delay in the effective date of the final rule that would make changes to the…

  • ADvancing States Analyzes the Administration’s FY15 Budget Request

    On March 4, President Obama submitted his $3.9 trillion fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget request to Congress. His plan outlines the Administration’s overall fiscal policy and federal program priorities for the FY that will begin on October 1, 2014.…

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