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Advocates urge $4.35M for Area Agencies on Aging, sustained RAFT funding and SNAP boost for older Virginians
Summary
Speakers representing Virginia’s Area Agencies on Aging, Northern Virginia Aging Network and village groups asked the legislature to fund AAA capacity, preserve the RAFT program, expand villages and supplement the federal SNAP minimum benefit for older adults.
Advocates for older Virginians urged the joint appropriations committees to increase state funding for Area Agencies on Aging, sustain the RAFT older‑adult mental health teams and consider a state supplement to the federal SNAP minimum benefit.
The Nut Graf: Witnesses said demographic shifts mean sharply rising demand for aging services across the Commonwealth and asked for a combined package of investments — $4.35 million for AAAs, ongoing support for RAFT (the Regional Older Adults Facility Mental Health Support Team), expansion funds for community “villages” and a state supplement to raise the SNAP minimum benefit for older adults.
Terry Lynch, speaking for the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging,…
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