Leveraging Philanthropic Investments to Advance Policy Change
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Summary
This article by the Assistant Secretary for Aging, Josefina G. Carbonell, describes how the US Department of Health and Human Services' Administration on Aging leveraged the investments of a number of private foundations and entered into a partnership with them to develop, test, and support the initiatives that were eventually included in the Bush administration's Choices for Independence Reauthorization Proposal.
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Populations
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Keywords
systems transformation; Choices for Independence; Reauthorization Proposal; modern delivery of aging services and long-term care; streamlining access; Government-Community-Philanthropy Partnerships; new policy directions; community partnerships
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Elizabeth
Maguire
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
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elizabeth.maguire.1@bc.edu
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