On Monday, September 30, 2013, Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, along with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the HELP…

For Immediate Release
September 18, 2013

Statement of the NAMD, the ADvancing States, and the NASDDDS
Responding to the U.S. Department of Labor Changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act

Washington, D.C. - The national associations for…

Since the OAA expired in 2011, ADvancing States has sought a bicameral, bipartisan reauthorization process that both strengthens and modernizes the Act. We are asking the same of the 113th Congress, and encourage you to make your voice heard! Help…

On Thursday, June 18, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an Informational Bulletin…

Over the past year, HHS has been moving towards the promulgation of rules implementing Title VII, Chapter 2 of the Older Americans Act (OAA), the Ombudsman Programs. Since 1992, the functions of these programs have been statutorily delineated in 42 U.…

ADvancing States is pleased to unveil a new set of Infographics that explore the funding and demand for, as well as the provision of, Older Americans Act (OAA) services, titled: Aging in America: We Can Do Better. Signed into law in 1965, the OAA is…

On Thursday, May 23, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of the Senate HELP Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, introduced legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA), the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2013 (S. 1028). During…

Earlier this week, ACL released final FY13 funding levels for all of its programs, including those administered by AoA and AIDD. These numbers reflect final year funding amounts after several cuts and transfers, including: a 0.2 percent across-the-…

On April 10, President Obama submitted his $3.77 trillion fiscal year (FY) 2014 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, 2013.…

On March 7, AoA released estimates of how the sequester will  impact state formula grant programs under the Older Americans Act (OAA), as  well as an explanation as to how the projections were calculated.  As  anticipated,…