OWL’s issues are

everyone’s issues

 
 
Health Care Reform: Age Rating Urban Institute - Brief on Age Rating Provisions American Economic Review - Brief on NY Community Rating Coalition Letters sent to Congress Economic Security: Facts about Women and Social Security Gender and the Social Security System Gender Bias in the Social Security System Individual Accounts Older Women Poverty Women and Retirement Income Equal Pay for Women Homelessness The Employee Free Choice Act www.socialsecuritymatters.org Elder Abuse and Neglect: Elder Justice Act Health Care: Women and Heart Disease: A Neglected Epidemic Older Women and Cervical Cancer Women and Long-Term Care Women and Medicare Osteoporosis and Women Mental Health: Older Americans Mental Health Week 2008 (visit www.mentalhealthweek.org for more information)  New OWL Benefits Outreach Project OWL is proud to announce the OWL Benefits Outreach Project, in collaboration with the AARP Foundation, designed to help older women conduct public benefits screenings and apply for benefits they may be eligible to receive. After completing a short survey, users receive fact sheets, applications, websites, and local agency information for programs they may be eligible to receive. Benefits QuickLINK is powered by BenefitsCheckUp, a service of the National Council on Aging. So far, the project involves screening centers in Arizona, California, and Texas. These free screenings will be conducted by local OWL volunteers. We look forward to the success of the OWL Benefits Outreach Project and growth to other areas! No matter where you live, to screen yourself for public benefits you may be eligible to receive, please visit http://www.aarp.org/quicklink please select that you heard about this service through OWL. If you want to call our office to be screened, please dial 1-800-825-3695 About OWL: Founding OWL was founded in 1980 (as the Older Women’s League) after a White House mini-conference on aging in Des Moines, Iowa. Mission As the only national grassroots membership organization to focus solely on issues unique to women as they age, the Older Women’s League (OWL) strives to improve the status and quality of life for midlife and older women. OWL is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that accomplishes its work through research, education, and advocacy activities conducted through a chapter network. Now in its 29th year, OWL provides a strong and effective voice for the more than 65 million women age 40 and over in America. Education and Advocacy OWL has created powerful and effective grassroots network of over 60 chapters nationwide composed of women and men of all ages dedicated to winning economic, health and social equity for midlife and older women. OWL leaders and members undertake national public education and advocacy campaigns, and work through forums, campaigns and coalitions to put those issues in the public spotlight and on the legislative agenda. OWL’s Mother’s Day Reports, which spotlight issues of critical importance to midlife and older women, have focused on such issues as the health care coverage needs of midlife and older women, Social Security, pension reform, retirement security for women, caregiving, long term care, housing and domestic violence. National campaigns on key health issues like prescription drugs, Medicare as a women’s health plan, and managed care’s effect on midlife and older women, as well as materials on mental health, osteoporosis, nutrition, and medication interaction, provide women with tools to negotiate the health care system effectively. Funding Membership dues and donations, and grants from foundations and corporations are OWL’s prime funding sources. Make a donation to OWL! 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