Please join LeadingAge in urging every member of the U.S. House of Representatives to cosponsor the Expanding Service Coordinators Act, H.R. 5177.

The bill, introduced by Representatives Adam Smith (D-WA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), and Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), would:

• Authorize an additional $100 million a year for five years for 400 new grant-funded service coordinators in HUD-assisted multifamily housing.
• Authorize $37 million for 150 three-year service coordinator grants via a new program administered by HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration.
• Make service coordinators eligible for federal student loan forgiveness.

Fewer than half of HUD-assisted senior housing communities have a service coordinator. And, there is no national program to fund service coordinators at Housing Credit communities.

Service coordinators fulfill a critical need to connect older adult residents of affordable housing communities to the services and supports they need to successfully age in the community.

Take action today and urge your representative to cosponsor H.R. 5177 to support funding for new service coordinators. 

Thank you.