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The LZ 200, the annual report of the largest, most complex nonprofit older adult living organizations, recently was released, and this year’s listings includes 18 CHHSM members. The report, the 20th edition, was developed when LeadingAge — the United States’ largest association of not-for-profit aging service providers — and Ziegler — a top leading underwriter…
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UCC’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries (CHHSM) joined LeadingAge and 11 other national faith-based organizations that serve older adults in a call for President Biden to create a White House Office on Aging Policy to deliver focused, effective coordination of the country’s many aging-related federal programs. CHHSM President and CEO Jamar Doyle signed…
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Background As we shared last this week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is considering a possible distribution of CARES Act Provider Relief Funds to private-pay assisted living/memory care providers that are stand-alone or part of a CCRC, located in the U.S states and territories. Argentum, ASHA, NCAL, and LeadingAge are assisting…
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The Issue: Congress is working quickly to draft and pass a new coronavirus stimulus bill. This legislation must include strong support for aging services providers. Urge Congress to include LeadingAge priority provisions in this bill today! Ask your senators and representative to support aging services by: Giving priority access to personal protective equipment for home…
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United Church Homes is planning for capital improvements to several affordable housing communities. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in September gave organizations instructions for accessing new resources for renovations to project rental assistance contract (PRAC) properties. The guidance expands Rental Assistance Demonstration to preserve PRACs, referred to as RAD for PRAC. RAD…
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As Congress deliberates funding levels for HUD programs for the next fiscal year, fiscal year 2020, legislators must hear from you about the need to expand and preserve housing funding for older adults with very low incomes. The significant need for more Section 202 homes is nationwide and only growing. Today, only 1 in every…
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LeadingAge and Ziegler have released their 15th annual LZ Top 200 report, and several Council for Health and Human Service Ministries members are on the list. Released annually, the list is comprised of the largest multi-care older adult communities in the United States. Among those on the 2018 list, the UCC’s Retirement Housing Foundation comes…
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The LeadingAge Learning Hub is sponsoring a webinar Aug. 22, 2-3 p.m., on the new skilled nursing payment model. “The ABCs of the New Skilled Nursing Payment Model” will outline what nursing home providers should do to prepare for implementation of the final Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) rule in October 2019. The webinar is…
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LeadingAge, an association of nonprofit senior services that advocates for quality senior services and car, has announced a new webinar, taking place Tuesday, April 24, from 2-3 p.m. The cost is $99. The webinar will address the increased enforcement of fire and life safety policies that have resulted in many misinterpretations of implementation requirements for…
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Fair housing education, helping employees find balance and residents find purpose in their lives is more than Susan Sinderson’s profession, it’s her passion. Sinderson, executive vice president of CHHSM-member Embrace Living Communities based in Oak Brook, Ill., was one of just 50 people over 50 recognized by AARP Illinois and Crain’s Communications for creating opportunities…
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By Christina Ingoglia, advocacy director, Emmaus Homes In mid-March, 60 Emmaus Advocates (E Advocates) — the grassroots advocacy effort at Emmaus Homes in St. Louis — showed up at the Missouri St...