by Diverse Elders | Apr 19, 2017
Funding for Census 2020 is in jeopardy, and efforts are already underway by the current administration to remove LGBT questions from federal aging surveys. In this fact sheet, the Diverse Elders Coalition explores the importance of disaggregated data collection to our...
by Diverse Elders | Feb 22, 2017
In 2016, the Diverse Elders Coalition partnered with Caring Across Generations to collect nearly 5,000 comments from our communities about what we need to age with health and dignity. Comments were collected in six languages from all 50 states and provided a snapshot...
by Diverse Elders | Dec 13, 2015
What does the Older Americans Act mean for diverse elders? The Older Americans Act (OAA) is legislation that supports a variety of programs and services for older Americans in the United States. The OAA provides critical services that help about 11 million older...
by Diverse Elders | Dec 13, 2015
The Older Americans Act is a vital important piece of Federal legislation that is considered the “crown jewel” of aging policy and which allocates funding for many of the services that diverse elders require to age with health and dignity. As a coalition that works to...
by Diverse Elders | Nov 4, 2015
In the first year of health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the number of uninsured people in the United States dropped by 10 million. During periods of open enrollment for the ACA, new people can purchase health care coverage in the Marketplace and...
