This letter was originally emailed to Greg Link at the Administration for Community Living (ACL) as a part of the Diverse Elders Coalition's #TellACL campaign. The letter can also be found on the SAGE blog. RE: Request for New Information Collection for a Program...
What motivated NAPCA to #TellACL?
Last week, the National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) delivered over 870 comments to the Administration for Community Living (ACL), asking ACL to require each State Plan on Aging to (1) increase language access and disaggregated collection of data, and to (2)...
NICOA hosts 21st National Indian Council on Aging Conference in Niagara Falls, NY
“Aging Healthy through Song and Dance” is the theme for the National Indian Council on Aging (NICOA) Biennial Conference, celebrating 40 years of service to American Indian and Alaska Native Elders. The Conference will take place September 13th through 15th, 2016, in...
NHCOA Regional Conferences: Promoting Communities of Success
This post originally appeared on the NHCOA blog. You can still register for NHCOA's Los Angeles Open Forum on August 29th by calling 202-347-9733 or emailing events@nhcoa.org. When we analyze the current state of Hispanic older adults in the United States the results...
Civic Engagement: Diverse Elders Tell Their Stories to ACL
Contact: Jenna McDavid, Diverse Elders Coalition 646-653-5015 Today, the Diverse Elders Coalition delivered 4,710 comments to the federal government's Administration for Community Living (ACL) in response to the ACL's public comment period on their Guidance for the...
The Importance of Latinos in Clinical Trials
This post originally appeared on the NHCOA blog. Latinos comprise one of the U.S.’s largest ethnic groups, making up 17% of the U.S. population; however, they only make up 1% of those participating in clinical trials, according to data from the National Press. This is...