NEWSLETTERS & EMAILS
LSA Together
How We’re Strengthening our Shared Future
Our newly released 2023 annual report includes highlights of how we continue to strengthen our shared future by growing leadership, catalyzing innovation and amplifying our united, faith-based voice.
Leading Together — Children, Youth and Families
This year’s Results Network is the largest cohort ever, the “Together We Can” video series debuts, and two new tools that draw on insights from our Family Stabilization Initiative are available.
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The Catalyst: Senior Services Roundup
The Impact of Generative AI & Staff Recruitment Strategies
Plus, Lutheran Services in America urges the administration to reconsider its new requirements without further changes to address workforce shortages and reimbursement rates.
Updates & Next Steps on Medicaid Access Rule & Skilled Nursing Minimum Staffing Update
Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two long anticipated final rules. It is clear that these rules will make it harder to provide quality access to care for vulnerable older adults across the country. We will strenuously pursue all financial and programmatic remedies to alleviate the burden associated with these rules.
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Disability Dispatch
Register TODAY for the LSA-DN Spring Meeting!
Join us to connect with peers and collaborate on key issues this Spring in Washington, D.C., May 9-10, 2024!
Our national network thrives on collaboration!
The Cedar Lake, Inc team gathered Lutheran Services in America Disability Network leaders at Cedar Lake Lodge in Louisville, Kentucky, for a round of meaningful discussions.
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GrantStation Insider
Vol. XXIII | Issue 18
The Barbara McDowell and Gerald S. Hartman Foundation makes grants to nonprofit organizations in the U.S. that undertake systemic social justice litigation.
Vol. XXIII | Issue 17
The Mutual of America Community Partnership Award recognizes the important contributions that nonprofit organizations, in partnership with public, private, and other social sector organizations, make to society in the United States.
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NEWSLETTERS & EMAILS
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Advocacy Alerts
Advocacy Alerts
CMS Finalizes Key Rules: One-Size Fits All Skilled Nursing Minimum Staffing Mandate and Medicaid HCBS 80-20 Requirement
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued two long anticipated final rules: the skilled nursing facility minimum staffing mandate and a new requirement for home- and community-based service providers that directs 80% of Medicaid payments be spent on wages for aides and nurses. We will continue to pursue all available remedies to further address these issues.
CMS Publishes SNF Minimum Staffing Standard Rule for Public Comment
Today, the Biden Administration officially published for public comment a proposed rule which would mandate minimum staffing levels at skilled nursing facilities. Lutheran Services in America will be submitting comments sharing our concerns about the proposed new requirement and helping you do the same.
