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Lutheran Services in America Expands Its Rural Aging Initiative
Lutheran Services in America is expanding its work to address the increasing number of older adults in rural Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota experiencing social isolation and difficulty accessing services and supports to successfully age at home.
Lutheran Services in America Chief Charlotte Haberaecker to Retire After Decade of Leadership
Charlotte Haberaecker has announced her plan to retire after 10 years of leading Lutheran Services in America, one of the nation’s largest health and human services networks that reaches one in 50 people in America each year. Haberaecker’s retirement culminates a more than 40-year career of leading transformational change across the nonprofit, public and private sectors.
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LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA IN THE NEWS
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Lutheran Services in America expands rural aging initiative to 4 states
McKnight's Senior Living Business Daily News: Lutheran Services in America said Thursday that it will expand its rural aging initiative into more states to help older adults experiencing social isolation and difficulty accessing services and supports to successfully age at home.
Nursing Home Provisions Still Intact But Unfunded in Senate’s Build Back Better Legislation
Skilled Nursing News: Nursing home staffing provisions in the Build Back Better Act so far remain unchanged — and unfunded — as the bill works its way through the Senate.
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LSA Together
Unity with Purpose in 2021
After yet another challenging year filled with the unexpected, our national network stands united with purpose. Together with our members, partners and supporters, we responded to new needs and opportunities while advancing innovative approaches that achieve a healthier, more equitable future for people and 1,400 communities across the country.
Charlotte Haberaecker to Retire in 2023
Lutheran Services in America president and CEO Charlotte Haberaecker announces retirement, new Strength & Service Series webinars scheduled in May and June, and Lutheran Services in America to meet with the CMS administrator on skilled nursing facility workforce issues.
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The Catalyst: Senior Services Roundup
Lutheran Services in America Meets with CMS Administrator
We are continuing our work to raise awareness of the impact on access to care as a result of the ongoing workforce shortage crisis in direct care—and drive action in the Biden Administration that will help address the problem.
Family Caregiver Strategies, Models for Rural Communities, & Extension of HHS HCBS Funding
HHS extends the American Rescue Plan spending deadline for states to expand and enhance home- and community-based services for people with Medicaid.
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CYF Update
CYF Update 10/01/21
The CYF Update provides Lutheran Services in America news, advocacy updates, information about virtual meetings and resources, news about child welfare, juvenile justice and education, and federal grant opportunities.
CYF Update 9/3/21
Support Refugees with Lutheran Immigration Refugee Services LIRS is calling for volunteers to support incoming Afghan Allies, Special Immigrant Visa holders, who are being evacuated to the United States.
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Disability Dispatch
Casey legislation to help people with disabilities save
The Senate Finance Committee voted out U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s, D-Pa., ABLE Age Adjustment Act, legislation to help people with disabilities save for the future.
Register Now for the Summer Meeting in Detroit
Registration is now open for the LSA-DN Summer Meeting in Detroit! We will focus on big picture thinking to help change the conversation with decision makers on issues important to the network, as well as strategies to address longstanding challenges facing service providers.
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GrantStation Insider
GrantStation Insider: Vol. XXI | Issue 25
NDN Collective's mission is to build the collective power of Indigenous peoples, communities, and nations to exercise the right to self-determination while fostering a world that is built on a foundation of justice and equity for all people and the planet.
GrantStation Insider
The Alkermes Inspiration Grants program supports nonprofit organizations in the U.S. that address the needs of people living with addiction, serious mental illness, or cancer.
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Advocacy Alerts
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Join Us to Urge CMS to Reconsider SNF Initiative, Including Minimum Staffing Requirements
Join us to send a message to your lawmakers and CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure: we are very concerned that the proposals regarding minimum staffing requirements and punitive enforcement for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) will exacerbate the current workforce crisis nonprofit long-term care providers face and lead to additional nursing home closures and fewer older Americans being able to access the care they need.
Act Now to Help Your Employees Access the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
The federal government recently created two new opportunities for nonprofit employees to request full forgiveness of their direct federal student loans. The time investment for nonprofit employers to support people in these requests is minimal and can be a powerful tool to show support for qualifying employees.