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Advocacy

Master Plan for Aging (ca.gov)

7 on Your Side https://abc7news.com/10866/

AARP SF https://local.aarp.org/san-francisco-ca/

Age & Disability Friendly SF

https://www.sfhsa.org/about/departments/department-disability-and-aging-services-das/age-disability-friendly-sf

Aging at Home Association https://agingathomeassociation.org/

Alliance for Aging Research https://www.agingresearch.org/advocacy/

American Society on Aging (ASA) https://www.asaging.org/asas-policy-initiatives

At Home With Growing Older (AHWGO) https://athomewithgrowingold.com/

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) http://www.canhr.org/ 

California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) https://californiaalliance.org/

California Council on Gerontology & Geriatrics https://www.ccgg.org/news

California Health Advocates (Medicare) https://cahealthadvocates.org/

California Senior Legislature https://4csl.org/

California Women's Law Center Aging Women's Needs https://www.cwlc.org/downloads/resource-aging-womens-needs/

Caring Across Generations https://caringacross.org/

Center for Health Care Strategies https://www.chcs.org/resources/?fwp_resource_topics=long-term-services-and-supports

Center for Long-Term Care Reform https://www.centerltc.com/

Center for Medicare Advocacy https://medicareadvocacy.org/

Changing the Narrative https://changingthenarrativeco.org/

Coalition of Agencies Serving the Elderly https://case-sf.org/

Coalition on Homelessness https://www.cohsf.org/

Cogenerate (formerly Encore) https://cogenerate.org/

Community Living Campaign (CLC) https://sfcommunityliving.org/change-policies/

Consumer Action https://www.consumer-action.org/ 

Disability Organizing Network (DOnetwork) http://disabilityorganizing.net/

Disability Rights California https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund (DREDF) https://dredf.org/

Diverse Elders Coalition https://diverseelders.org/

Eldercare Advocacy Bay Area https://www.eldercareadvocacybayarea.com/

Eldercare Workforce Alliance https://eldercareworkforce.org/our-members/

Essential Caregivers Coalition https://www.essentialcaregiverscoalition.org/

Foundation Aiding the Elderly https://www.4fate.org/

Gerontological Society of America (GSA) https://www.geron.org/programs-services/policy-center/advocacy

Grandfamilies https://www.grandfamilies.org/Resources

Gray Panthers SF https://sfgraypanthers.org/

(legacy sites: https://sfgraypanthers.wordpress.com/ & https://graypantherssf.igc.org/)

Hand in Hand, The Domestic Workers Network https://domesticemployers.org/chapter/california/

Health Begins https://healthbegins.org/resources/

Health Consumer Alliance https://healthconsumer.org/

Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP) https://www.hicap.org/

Human Rights Campaign Health & Aging https://www.hrc.org/resources/health-aging

Independent Living Resource Center SF (ILRCSF) https://www.ilrcsf.org/ 

Justice in Aging https://justiceinaging.org/

LeadingAge https://leadingage.org/

Let’s Kick ASS (AIDS Survivor Syndrome) https://www.letskickass.org/

Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCC) Senior Care Policy Briefing  https://nursinghome411.org/policybriefing/

Medicare Rights Center https://www.medicarerights.org/ 

Mental Health Association of SF https://www.mentalhealthsf.org/

National Aging in Place Council, SF Bay Area https://ageinplace.org/chapter-san-francisco/

National Alliance for Caregiving https://www.caregiving.org/advocacy/

National Alliance to End Homelessness https://endhomelessness.org/

National Asian Pacific Center on Aging (NAPCA) https://napca.org/

National Association of Healthcare Advocacy https://nahac.com/

National Association of Senior Advocates (NAOSA) https://naosa.org/

National Caucus & Center on Black Aging https://ncba-aging.org/

National Committee for Quality Assurance https://www.ncqa.org/

National Committee to Preserve Social Security & Medicare https://www.ncpssm.org/

National Consumer Voice for Quality LTC https://theconsumervoice.org

National Council on Aging (NCOA) https://www.ncoa.org/advocates

National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative https://iasquared.org/naeji/

National Patient Advocates Foundation (NPAF) https://www.npaf.org/

Older Women’s League (OWL) https://www.owlsf.org/

Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI) https://www.phinational.org/advocacy/

Pension Rights Center https://www.pensionrights.org/ 

Race & Equity in all Planning Coalition (REP-SF) https://www.repsf.org/

Raging Grannies/Action League of SF Bay Area Peninsula https://raginggrannies.org/

Senior & Disability Action (SDA) https://sdaction.org/

Social Security Works https://socialsecurityworks.org/

SF Dignity Fund Coalition https://www.sfdignityfund.org/

SF Mental Health Clients' Rights Advocates https://sfmhcra.org/ 

SF Neighborhood Centers Together Senior Advisory Councils 

https://sfnct.org/news/senior-advisory-councils

SF Senior Roundtable https://www.eventbrite.com/o/san-francisco-senior-round-table-18773760806

The SCAN Foundation https://www.thescanfoundation.org/resources-tools/

U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging https://www.aging.senate.gov/

Walk SF https://walksf.org/

Western Center on Law & Poverty https://wclp.org/

World Institute on Disability https://wid.org/

1000 Grandmothers https://www.1000grandmothers.com/

https://iona.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Aging-Solo-Handbook-Final.pdf

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