Ensure a budget that works for older Pennsylvanians

Ensure a final budget for older Pennsylvanians

According to AARP’s latest “Home and Community Preferences Survey,” older adults overwhelmingly want to stay in their homes (75 percent) and communities (73 percent).

Pennsylvania's state budget should reflect these needs and increase funding for PENNCARE.

Please send a message to Pennsylvania’s State Lawmakers urging them to stand up for older Pennsylvanians and their family caregivers in this year's state budget.

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I urge Governor Shapiro and state legislators to adopt a state budget that better supports older Pennsylvanians and their family caregivers.

While I applaud Governor Shapiro’s commitment in his proposed state budget to help older Pennsylvanians by announcing a $20 million increase in funding for services provided through the Pennsylvania Department to Aging (PDA) and its network of local area agencies on aging, more is needed.

I need you to join the Governor in his commitment to help more older adults age safely and with dignity in their own homes and communities, where they prefer to be, by allocating $30 million to the PENNCARE line item in the PDA 2025/2026 budget.

Pennsylvania is home to 3.4 million older adults, the fifth highest total in the country. Today, one in four Pennsylvanians is over the age of 60. By 2030, it will be one in three. This demographic trend is more than numbers on paper; they are a call to action for Pennsylvania to be a leader in providing services and supports to individuals as they age at home, which is where they want to be rather than in a costly nursing home.

I urge you to work with all of your fellow legislators in the General Assembly to ensure a final budget that finally invests in its network of local area agencies on aging and the in-home care services and supports they deliver every day to older Pennsylvanians.

I urge you to support an allocation of $30 million to the PENNCARE line item in the PDA 2025/2026 budget.

Sincerely,

[First Name] [Last Name]
[Your Address]

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