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Statement on Disruptions Related to the Federal Funding Freeze on Behalf of Lutheran Social Ministries
Alesia Frerichs issued a statement in response to the ongoing challenges related to the federal funding freeze initiated by the Office of Management and Budget on January 27 on all U.S. federal grants and loans.
Consumer Technology Association Foundation Supports Lutheran Services in America Robotics Program to Combat Social Isolation
Lutheran Services in America and the Consumer Technology Association Foundation are partnering for the fifth straight year to combat social isolation amongst older adults at Lyngblomsten in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA IN THE NEWS
Lutheran Services in America in the News
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.
Innovative rural care framework in four states offers opportunities for home health providers, stakeholder says
McKnight’s Home Care
The Rural Aging Action Network (RAAN), a care framework designed by Lutheran Services in America, learned that through engaging both traditional and nontraditional home- and community-based services, it could help rural seniors age in place.
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LSA Together
Advocacy Priorities under the New Administration
We are three weeks into the new administration, and there is a lot going on. This issue highlights the many ways we are working together in faith and partnership.
LSA Together: Challenges to Medicaid, Strengthening Families and More
As we look ahead to 2025 and a new Congress and administration, we share in this issue insights related to federal policy challenges and opportunities on the horizon, as well as more immediate action. Also, learn more about our recently launched Strengthening Families Initiative, which aims to improve outcomes for children and families enrolled in Medicaid.
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The Catalyst: Senior Services Roundup
Learn What’s at Stake: Medicaid At Risk in the Expiring Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Take action now to help prevent cuts and caps to Medicaid. Based on recent statements and policy agendas from new Congressional Majority leaders who now control both the House and the Senate with the start of the new Congress, it is clear that they are seeking deep cuts to Medicaid and other domestic programs.
New AL Program for Veterans and Congressional Committee Leaders Plus Funder for Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia
Advocates score ‘win-win-win’ with new law setting up test program of assisted living for veterans.
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Disability Dispatch
Register for Summer Meeting Today
Registration is open for the upcoming LSA-DN Summer Meeting from July 23 to 25 in St. Paul, Minnesota. We'll delve into important topics in federal legislation, prepare ourselves for a quality and measurement-led future, and forecast future trends in our service industry.
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!
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GrantStation Insider
Vol. XXIV | Issue 3
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation is a global venture philanthropy firm supporting early-stage social impact organizations solving the world’s biggest social and environmental problems with bold, scalable approaches.
Vol. XXIV | Issue 2
Through the Reimagining Land Use and Zoning for Health Equity call for proposals, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will provide grants to organizations and communities working to reimagine land use and zoning as tools for advancing healthy, thriving, and equitable U.S. communities.
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Congress is Moving Fast: Call Lawmakers to Protect Medicaid from Cuts and Caps in Budget Reconciliation
The House and Senate Budget Committees are moving very quickly to achieve a deal on budget reconciliation to reauthorize a package of expiring tax cuts, and they are poised to make drastic cuts to Medicaid to offset the cost of doing so.
Latest Developments on Delays in Federal Payments, Medicaid and more
Two weeks of swift legal and administrative actions following a January 27 move by the Trump Administration to pause all federal funding culminated in multiple court rulings prohibiting the government to take such an action pending further legal proceedings.