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Great News: Last night the US Senate passed the  Older Americans Act Reauthorization via unanimous consent. Thank you for your quick action contacting your Senators before Thanksgiving to ensure this happened! We still need your help! This legislation now moves to the House, and you can help by contacting your Congressman to urge quick passage before…

November, 2024 – Millions of people can’t afford their Medicare out-of-pocket costs. Help is available, but many of the ones most in need are not aware of the benefit programs and/or how to enroll. MIPPA (Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers) funds programs like Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and Missouri SHIP to help low income Medicare…

National Senior Center Month – September 2024 Nearly 11,000 senior centers nationwide are the community focal points used by almost one million adults daily. In addition to nutrition programs, senior centers offer information and assistance, lifestyle and wellness classes, transportation, benefits counseling, and so much more. Senior center participants report higher levels of health, social…

Springfield, MO – The 19th annual Show Me Summit on Aging, held in Springfield, Missouri, drew a record-breaking crowd of attendees eager to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the state’s aging population. This three-day event, one of the largest in the summit’s history, focused on the theme “The Age of Opportunity.” Nearly 350 attendees, 65…

August 7, 2024 Senators Hawley and Schmitt and their Senate peers heard your voice! Thanks to your quick advocacy, the Senate did NOT adopt the House’s proposed cuts to senior center and home delivered meals! The Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Subcommittee did not propose any funding cuts to…

Tell Senators Hawley and Schmitt: Reject Cuts to Older Americans Act Funding! July 19, 2024 In their FY25 appropriations bill, the House has proposed dangerous cuts that would cause serious harm to older adults served by the aging network – including a severe cut of $37 million in nutrition. Missourians do not want to see…

The Missouri Association of Area Agencies on Aging (Ma4) earned the top innovation award July 9, 2024 at a national conference hosted by US Aging, the national association representing and supporting the network of over 640 Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs). Ma4 is statewide association for Missouri’s 10 area agencies on aging. The winning initiative…