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The federal government should require state CSBG and SSBG officials to consult with state and local agencies and organizations representing older people and other groups served by the programs.
Policymakers should streamline and coordinate application procedures among different public-benefit programs.
Social Security should cover all workers, including all newly hired state and local government workers.
Policymakers and the private sector should ensure that reintegration programs for people released from the criminal-justice system address the employment, housing and health needs of older adults.&
Companies should disclose age data on their workforce and for new hires.
Occupational regulation should provide meaningful consumer health, safety, or financial well-being benefits. Policymakers should streamline licensing requirements where possible.
Policymakers should support efforts to improve the quality of foods purchased and consumed by SNAP recipients, such as through nutrition education and healthy food incentives.
States should make it as simple as possible for grandparents and other caregiver relatives to enroll children in their care in school or obtain medical treatment for them.