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Insights for Aging Services Professionals

What a Difference a Year Makes
We hope you started 2024 healthy, safe, and refreshed! NCOA is starting the year with a look back at what we accomplished in FY23. You'll see yourself, your colleagues, and your community reflected in the new edition of our Impact and Equity Report. Thank you for all you do to support older adults. We are proud to support you.
Read the FY23 Impact and Equity Report
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Register for the Premier Conference for Aging Services Professionals!
This year's conference is a full month earlier than usual. Register today so you can learn, advocate, and network with colleagues from across the country. There's plenty to celebrate, too! Tell us who should receive a Trailblazers in Aging Award for their work over the last year.
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Tools and Best Practices

Hosting an effective town hall event
This toolkit, developed as part of an NCOA/ASA RISE project, outlines best practices for senior centers to host community discussions that empower older adults. Much of this guidance could apply to other organizations, too!
Explore the toolkit
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Talk nutrition with award winners
Past winners of the Programs of Excellence Awards will join us on Jan. 10 for a webinar highlighting their work on senior nutrition. Learn more about the value of senior centers and how their experiences can inform your work.
Tune in Wednesday, Jan. 10
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Best practices for outreach in rural areas
Learn from what's already working! During our upcoming webinar, Benefits Enrollment Centers will share best practices and strategies they learned during outreach to beneficiaries in rural communities.
Sign up for this Feb. 14 event
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Funding and Advocacy Opportunities

Making Medicare work for everyone
No one on Medicare should have to skip a doctor’s visit or medicine due to cost, but millions can’t afford their premiums and copays. Funding for programs that help is at risk. Help protect it.
Send a message to your members of Congress
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Funding opportunity with AmeriCorps
Submit an application for two FY24 funding opportunities that promote intergenerational activities through tutoring and independent living and respite support.
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Parkinson's Foundation offering grants
Does your work further the health, wellness and education of people with Parkinson's disease in the United States? Apply for a community grant from the Parkinson's Foundation.
Learn about the grant requirements
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