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Elder Economic Security Initiative™:
Resources

Fact Sheets

  • National Elder Economic Security Initiative (April 2011)
  • Strengthening Social Security (Winter 2011)

 

Other Resources


  • Doing Without Series (Spring 2012)
  • Elder Action Guide (March 2011)
  • Comparison of the WOW Elder Economic Security Standard Index (Elder Index), the Official Federal Poverty Thresholds/Level and the New Federal Supplemental Poverty Measure (November 2011)
  • Older Americans Act Recommendations (March 2011)
  • A Blueprint for Increasing the Economic Security of Older Adults: Recommendations for the Older Americans Act (National Council on Aging, March 2011)
  • WOW Testimony before the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (June 2010)
  • Testimony to the US Administration on Aging on the Older Americans Act Reauthorization (February 2010)
  • Bringing the National Elder Economic Security Initiative to Scale: Preliminary Implementation Lessons Report - Executive Summary and Summary of Lessons Learned (April 2009)
  • Economic Security Across Generations: Background, Analysis, and Policy Recommendations - A White Paper (2008)

 

Press

  • Threats to Social Security, WBAI Radio in New York (mp3) (August 2011)
  • Social Security: Endangered on Its 76th Birthday, Kansas City infoZine (August 2011)
  • Social Security: Endangered on its 76th Birthday, Institute for Public Accuracy (August 2011)
  • Social security "chained CPI" proposal threatens economic security, The Hill's Congress Blog (July 2011)
  • WOW and Leadership Council of Aging Organizations Call on Executive and Congressional Leadership to Address Deficit (July 2011)
  • Living on the Edge, AARP Magazine (March/April 2010)
  • WOW Press Releases

 

 

Elder RecoverE-news

  • Elder RecoverE-news Wrap Up (October 2011)
  • Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) / Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) (December 2010)
  • $250 One-time Payment for Social Security Beneficiaries (November 2010)
  • Recovery Act Tax Credits (August 2010)
  • Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) (July 2010)
  • Unemployment Insurance (UI) Benefits (July 2010)
  • Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) (June 2010)

 

National Elder Economic Security Initiative

Matt Unrath
Director of National Programs
munrath@wowonline.org



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