Advocacy Action Alert!

For this week’s letter writing campaign, we will focus our advocacy efforts on home care, managed long term care and assisted living. The new letters are located below and on our Legislative Action Center to send to your lawmakers. We also have two letters on our Legislative Action Center related to affordable senior housing and nursing homes. Please take five minutes out of your day today and urge your colleagues and those you serve to join in on this crucial advocacy initiative.

Support and Restore Funding for Assisted Living: Urge lawmakers to restore funding to historic levels for EQUAL and Enriched Housing and ensure past EnAble and QUIP funds are distributed; extend Capital Restructuring Financing to assisted living providers; and provide funding for UAS-NY implementation.
Support NY’s Home Care Providers: Urge lawmakers to provide adequate funding for the “Wage Parity” mandate; adequately fund managed care contracts with home health services; extend Capital Restructuring Financing to home care providers; and provide funding for UAS-NY implementation.
Support Plans and Providers Through the MLTC Transition: Urge lawmakers to ensure adequacy of premium rates; adequately fund managed care contracts with home health services; provide adequate funding to cover the “Wage Parity” mandate; and provide funding for UAS-NY implementation.

Last week’s letter writing campaign focused on nursing home and housing budget priorities. To date, 115 letters have been sent. If you haven’t sent your letter yet, please do so today.

Contact: Alyssa Lovelace, alovelace@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8844