Senator Sanders Unveils OAA Reauthorization Legislation
On Thursday, May 23, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chairman of the Senate HELP Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, introduced legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act (OAA), the Older Americans Act Amendments of 2013 (S. 1028). During…
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Final FY13 Funding Levels Released for OAA Programs
Earlier this week, ACL released final FY13 funding levels for all of its programs, including those administered by AoA and AIDD. These numbers reflect final year funding amounts after several cuts and transfers, including: a 0.2 percent across-the-…
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President Obama Releases FY14 Budget Request
On April 10, President Obama submitted his $3.77 trillion fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget request to Congress. His plan outlines the Administration's overall fiscal policy and federal program priorities for the FY that will begin on October 1, 2013.…
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AoA Releases Estimates of Sequester Impact for State Formula Grant Programs
On March 7, AoA released estimates of how the sequester will impact state formula grant programs under the Older Americans Act (OAA), as well as an explanation as to how the projections were calculated. As anticipated,…
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Update on Sequestration
As anticipated, President Obama sent out an official notice to begin the sequester on March 1. This triggered the release of OMB's report detailing the reductions that each federal agency must make. In its analysis, OMB calculated that all non-defense…