New AAHSA Report Helps You Plan for the Future
Watch your mailboxes for your copy of our latest scenario planning exercise, The Long and Winding Road: Histories of Aging and Aging Services 2006-16. AAHSA developed this resource to help you envision what the next ten years may hold for your organization and our field. It also explores the two key uncertainties we face, expanding consumer expectations and the availability of talented people, and offers ways that your organization can confront these challenges head on. Contact: Sarah McVeigh, (202) 508-9459.
Read the scenario plan.
View a PowerPoint presentation for presenting the scenario plan in your organization.

Establishing a Non-Smoking Environment in Your Organization: What You Need to Know — Register by Jan. 26
From restaurants to hotels, more organizations than ever are becoming smoke free. But how can you change your organization's policy? How do you address it with residents, clients and family members who smoked in their homes and community's common areas for years? How do you enforce a non-smoking policy for new residents? What are the consequences for individuals who continue to light up? Find out the answers to these questions and more when join our audio conference on Wed., Jan. 31, from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern time. There are only four days left to register, so reserve a spot today. Contact: meeting@aahsa.org, (888) 508-9441.
Read more information and register online.
Fax or mail your registration.

HUD Releases Information on 2007 Senior Housing Funding Availability
On Jan. 18, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published the general section to the Super Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). The general section includes preliminary information that applicants need to apply for 2007 HUD funding. Once HUD's budget is in place, the agency will publish the Super NOFA's individual program sections as well as a revised Appendix A that includes all 2007 SuperNOFA programs, the funding available for them and due dates for applying. We encourage you to read over the general section before beginning your application process. Contact: Colleen Bloom, (202) 508-9483.
Read the information.

Innovation Meets Action at AAHSA Conference
At our Future of Aging Services Conference, March 19-21 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., you can attend more than 25 sessions designed to help you address current challenges, plan for the future and be a provider of choice in your community. Arrive a day early and attend our Leadership Summit, where best-selling author Jim Kouzes will help you discover how to live your legacy through the practices of exemplary leadership. Contact: AAHSA Registration, (514) 228-3159.
Register for the conference.

Did You Receive Recognition?
Tell AAHSA about it! Our Web site now features an AAHSA Member News section that includes information about member awards, staff changes and program expansions. The page is updated regularly, so send in your news today. Contact: Sarah McVeigh, (202) 508-9459.
Visit the member news section.
Send us your good news.

Congregational Outreach Materials Now Available
Our new congregational outreach toolkit features tools like a care planning questionnaire and sermon notes that you can share with religious congregations in your community or use to lead an information session about this topic. AAHSA's Faith Based Cabinet, which includes representatives from the major religious denominations our members represent, created the toolkit to help you educate people about the importance of planning and saving for the continuum of aging services available to them. Please let us know how you use these materials and what response you receive from these important community institutions and the individuals who support them. Contact: Lauren Shaham, (202) 508-1219.
See the materials.

AAHSA Advocates for Relief on HUD's LEP Guidance
In its soon-to-be published Limited-English-Proficiency (LEP) guidance, HUD still places responsibility on housing owners to translate "core documents" into other languages and provide oral interpretation on demand. To help you meet this requirement, we are urging your legislators to require HUD to specify which documents are subject to the LEP requirement, provide standard translations of those documents as well as oral interpretation services through a central hotline. Contact: Colleen Bloom, (202) 508-9483 or Alayna Waldrum, (202) 508-9476.
Read our letter to Congress.
Read the HUD guidance.

3,200 Covenant signers! Have you signed yet?

Launch a Social Accountability Program in Just 60 Minutes
Planning, measuring and demonstrating your not-for-profit organization's benefits to your community and our country is more important than ever. Set aside an hour and use our guide to start this process efficiently and effectively. Contact: Bruce Rosenthal, (202) 508-9499.
See our 60-Minute Guide to Social Accountability Planning.
See other Quality First Social Accountability Resource Materials.

IAHSA Event at UN to Address Multiculturalism and Your Work
On Feb. 13, the International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing (IAHSA) and AARP Global Aging will host a forum entitled, "Multiculturalism: New Consumers, New Provider Responses," from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. at the United Nations in New York City. The event, held in conjunction with UN Commission on Social Development's Annual Meeting, will feature Dr. Naina Patel, who is director of London's Policy Research Institute on Ageing & Ethnicity. Advance registration is required to enter the United Nations building, so please sign up today. Contact: Alysha Lileqvist, (202) 508-9468.
See more information.

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Home Care Overtime Case
Many of you have added companionship to the services you offer, and increasing numbers of consumers are requesting this service. In late April, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Long Island Care at Home, et al. v. Coke and could reinstate a regulation that exempts "companionship services" from federal overtime payment obligations. We expect that the court will issue its decision in June, and we will inform you of any changes that might impact the services you provide. Contact: Peter Notarstefano, (202) 508-9406.

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Learn more about Matthews Buses.

Opportunities Available on AAHSA's Job Mart

Several career opportunities in aging services are now available and listed on Job Mart. Take a look. Pass along the news. If you have a job to post, consider using AAHSA Job Mart. Contact: Phillip Blackmon, (202) 508-9404.
Post a job.

Jobs posted in the past week (Jan. 12-18):

Administrator
Administrator for Aging Services - Glendive, Mont.
Administrator - Northwest Metro Chicago, Ill.
Executive Director - Midwest Region
Administrator of Health Services - Lake Forest, Ill.
Administrator - South Bend, Ind.

CEO/President/Executive Director
Chief Executive Officer - Dickinson, N.D.
Executive Director - Annapolis, Md.
COO - Wichita, Kan.
Executive Director - Northwest Metro Chicago, Ill.
Executive Director - Midwest Region

Marketing/Sales/Business Office
Division Sales Managers - Northeast and Central U.S.
Marketing Director - Akron, Ohio
Director of Marketing - Lexington, Va.

Nursing/HealthCare
Personal Care Manager - Deerfield, IL.
Director of Nursing - Dayton, Ohio
Director of Nursing - Oakmont, Pa.
Director of Nursing - South Bend, Ind.

Other
Dining Services Director, Williamsburg, Va.
Director of Facility Services - N.C.