Grantmakers In Aging and Grantmakers In Health (GIH) responded to a request for feedback about the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act (OAA) from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP). In our joint response,  we called for doubling OAA funding, authorizing and funding a White House Conference on Aging, action on key legislation—including the Strategic Plan for Aging Act, which supports states working on Multisector Plans for Aging, and the Supporting our Direct Care Workforce and Family Caregivers Act, as well as reauthorization of the RAISE Family Caregivers Act of 2017. Other priorities include addressing social isolation, promoting equity for rural populations, and optimizing public-private partnerships.

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