Throughout summer and fall 2024, we have been meeting with Indiana state legislators on their home turf, in the offices of the local Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) that serve their districts. We want legislators to know that Indiana AAAs remain vital resources that ensure their constituents can live vibrant, healthy and engaged lives in their own homes and communities.

We have also been sharing the impact of changes the state of Indiana is making in how it uses Medicaid to support older adults and people with disabilities. Indiana’s AAAs have been actively engaged in these efforts to advocate for, assure continuity of services and assist the Medicaid members they have known and supported for many years in managing these transitions.

Finally, we have been previewing our 2025 Public Policy Agenda for legislators and requesting their support to:

  • Keep Hoosier older adults and people with disabilities at home longer, and prevent their decline to Medicaid eligibility, by increasing appropriations and creating efficiencies in the CHOICE program services that local AAAs manage;
  • Support ongoing appropriations for the Dementia Care Specialist Program;
  • Maintain AAAs’ preeminent local leadership in providing high-quality home and community-based services for older adults and people with disabilities;
  • Support initiatives emboldening all aging Hoosiers to live, work, learn and thrive in their communities through Indiana’s Age Forward Together multisector plan on aging; and 
  • Monitor legislation involving Indiana’s PathWays for Aging and the transition to Medicaid managed long-term services and supports.

IAAAA advocates and provides input on legislation affecting older adults, people with disabilities and social determinants of health. We prioritize issues that significantly affect older adults and people with disabilities of any age such as:

  • CHOICE budget and its use
  • Social determinants of health
  • Family caregiver supports and concerns
  • Dementia-related initiatives
  • In-home care workforce
  • Elder justice
  • Guardianship and less restrictive alternatives
  • Affordable housing
  • Reliable transportation
  • Social engagement
  • Broadband connectivity and digital inclusion

Read more about our 2025 policy priorities and contact your legislators to share your views.

IAAAA advocates year-round at the Indiana Statehouse including in interim study committees that meet annually in late summer and early fall.