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Strengthening the Voice of Older Adults and the Aging Network: A Vision for the Reauthorized Older Americans Act
10/11/2011 | 458 Requests *Summary
Older Americans Adults (OAA) reauthorization presents a unique opportunity to make significant improvements to the advocacy provisions under the Act. This paper presents three dimensions and five principles that form the basis of advocacy under the OAA, and it offers seven recommendations to strengthen advocacy within the next OAA reauthorization. Virtually every program and funding stream created by the OAA requires that the entire aging network advocate on behalf of older Americans.
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- Executive Summary Off-site link (2 pages)
- Full Report Off-site link (28 pages)
Keywords
Advocacy; Policy Advocacy; System Advocacy; One-to-one advocacy;
Topic
Aging Issues, Older Americans Act (OAA), Resource Center
Type/Tool
Reports
Source
National Council on Aging
State
All States/Territories
Date Created
10/11/2011
Contact
National Council on Aging
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