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July 7, 2025

Lutheran Services in America Announces Partnership with NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis to Advance Rural Aging Solutions

Lutheran Services in America announces a new partnership with the NORC Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis to support the evaluation and advance sustainability planning efforts of the Rural Aging Action Networks.

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July 3, 2025

Statement on the Passage of the Budget Reconciliation Bill

Alesia Frerichs, president and CEO of Lutheran Services in America, issued a statement following the passage of the budget bill that will usher in significant cuts to healthcare funding.

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LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA IN THE NEWS

Lutheran Services in America in the News

July 3, 2025

‘Harmful, coldhearted’ bill will ‘wreak havoc’ on nation’s aging services infrastructure, advocates say

McKnight's Senior Living

As Republican lawmakers celebrated passage of the Trump administration’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” today, senior living organizations were forecasting suffering by residents and their caregivers as the safety-net programs they rely on are gutted to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Lutheran Services in America said that lawmakers chose “flawed policy and politics over people.”

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February 4, 2025

2nd restraining order on federal funding freeze issued as senior living organizations work to understand impact

McKnight's Senior Living

Lutheran Services in America president and CEO Alesia Frerichs highlighted the harm caused by the federal funding freeze, emphasizing its disruption to critical services provided by Lutheran social ministries.

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