On this page we will provide information regarding the Silver Key Coalition's advcoacy efforts and offer ways for you to become involved. Please check back frequently for information on upcoming advocacy events.

SAMPLE Legislative Letter:

Below is a sample legislative letter that you can complete and send to your legislator to show your support for increasing in-home services funding for Michigan's seniors.

Date:

The Honorable (Representative or Senator) [Last Name],

  

I am writing to ask for your support of the Silver Key Coalition’s request for $3 million to support in-home services for seniors in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. There are more than 6,000 seniors across the state of Michigan languishing on wait lists for basic services that help to keep them healthy in their own homes. These services, such as home delivered meals, care management, personal care, homemaking, minor chore and home repair, medication management and personal emergency response systems, enable seniors to age in place instead of in more costly institutional alternatives. 

Research suggests that these seniors are five times less likely to have been in a nursing home within two years after being served off of a wait list.  If only 420 seniors avoided spending a year in a Medicaid nursing facility bed as a result of these services, the Medicaid savings would have more than paid for the increases.

Please support a $3 million increase in the FY 2019Health and Human Service Budget for the Aging and Adult Services Agency to support the 6,043 seniors waiting for in-home services in Michigan.

 More information is available on in-home services at www.silverkeycoalition.com.

 Sincerely,

 Full Name and Street Address

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 HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

Updated for 2016: Silver Key Coalition One Page Overview. Click here to access it.

 

 FY 17 Budget Advocacy: Click here to view our Advocacy Strategy

Washtenaw County Commissioners Yousef Rabhi, Felicia Brabec and Andy LaBarre show their support by wearing their Silver Key lapel pins

EMU Social Work Student Nita Meyerink "Pins" Rep. Shirkey showing his support for making Michigan  a No Wait State for Seniors

 Senate Department of Community Health Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing Testimony

 Kent County Nutrition Provider, CEO Brewster Hamm Testifys before the House Community Health Appropriations Subcommittee

 AAA 1-B Director of Research, Policy Development and Advocacy Jim McGuire Testifys before the House Community Health Appropriations Subcommittee