INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN AGING:

STATE LEVEL

A DIRECTORY

COMPILED BY THE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE USE OF THE

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING

UNITED STATES SENATE

OCTOBER 1980

This document has been printed for information purposes. It does not offer findings or recommendations by this committee

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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1980

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PREFACE

Decisionmakers at each level of government constantly search for up-to-date information and developments within the expanding field of aging. Project IDEA's special issue of State-level activities provides a ready reference tool for identifying what's new, where it's happening, and who may be contacted for more information. For this reason, the Senate Special Committee on Aging is making this issue available to Members of the Senate, their staffs, Federal, State, and local government officials and others who operate programs for the elderly.

Project IDEA, a 3-year model project funded by the Administration on Aging, creates linkages between specialists in the field of aging by encouraging the sharing of ideas, enthusiasm, and experience. Under the direction of Dr. Carroll L. Estes at the University of California, San Francisco, since 1976, Project IDEA has developed and demonstrated a model for collecting and disseminating information, utilizing both telephone and mail survey methods as a means of linking decisionmakers and service providers on a national scale.

This publication is an updated (1980) version of the State-level section of Project IDEA. It contains profiles of State-level activities reflecting the views of State legislators, State Units on Aging staff, and members of the State Units on Aging advisory bodies. It is a companion to the House Select Committee on Aging's publication of profiles of activities reported from an Area Agency on Aging (local-level) perspective. The profiles in this document provide an overview of national trends in aging services, legislation, and policy. The appendixes provide additional information-sharing resources in the field of aging. In an era when increased attention is being focused on limiting Federal spending and balancing the Federal budget, decisionmakers, administrators, and service-providers alike, are searching for innovative ways to demonstrate what can be accomplished through effective program development, equitable access to existing traditional programs, and efficient program administration. The committee hopes that the experiences shared in Project IDEA will serve as models for planners and providers of services to older Americans.

LAWTON CHILES,

Chairman.

PETE V. DOMENICI,

Ranking Minority Member.