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Submit Your Testimony!

The Older Mainers Act would bring critical early intervention and preventative care to thousands of Mainers statewide, allowing more Mainers to age in place in their communities. Please check out the attached documents for further details/statistics.

The public hearing will be held tomorrow, March 28th at 10:00am in Augusta. We would be grateful for your written testimony about the importance of services provided by Southern Maine Agency on Aging.

If you are able, please go to: https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/

Once on the Website, Choose “Public Hearing”
Committe: Choose “Health & Human Services”
Date: 3/28/25 at 10am
Choose: “LD 814: An Act to Provide Funding to Area Agencies on Aging for Community Based Services and Programs to Support Older Adults.”

There will be a box to submit your written testimony.

Please start with your full name and by indicating if you are in support of LD 814, and then elaborate on why these services are important to you/your family member and/or your community.

Representatives from four of the Area Agencies on Aging across Maine met with AARP volunteers in Augusta to share more about what our agencies do, and how the Older Mainers Act would be impactful for our state. From left to right: Joy Barresi-Saucier, Aroostook Area Agency on Aging; Christopher Hill, Eastern Area Agency on Aging; Lindsay MacDonald, Spectrum Generations; Meredith Anderson, Southern Maine Agency on Aging