Get involved
Use your voice for older neighbours
Budgets are moral documents. Advocates from South Hampton Roads have moved money for vans, meals and caregivers — repeatedly, and usually by simply turning up.
Our priorities
What we are asking for this year
These are the positions we take publicly, at city hall and in Richmond, on behalf of the eight localities we serve.
An equitable share for Hampton Roads
Virginia's aging funding formula has not kept pace with how quickly this region has aged. We ask for allocations that reflect the number of older adults actually living here.
Transportation that reaches the appointment
Dialysis three times a week is not optional. Sustained 5310 and state transit funding keeps wheelchair-accessible vans on the road across all eight localities.
No waiting list for a hot meal
Home-delivered meals are the cheapest intervention in the entire long-term care system. Every dollar cut here reappears as a hospital admission.
Strong long-term care oversight
A properly resourced ombudsman programme means complaints from nursing home residents get investigated rather than filed.
Support for unpaid family caregivers
Respite funding, caregiver training and adult day services keep families together and keep people out of institutional care.
How to start
Four steps, none of them onerous
Join the email list
One message a month, plus an occasional alert when a committee vote is imminent. We never share your details and every message has an unsubscribe link.
Learn the two-minute version
You do not need statistics. The most persuasive thing you can tell an elected official is one true story about one neighbour, and what it would have cost had nobody helped.
Contact your representatives
City council members and General Assembly delegates read constituent mail. We supply the current asks and the names of the committees deciding them.
Show up
Attend a public hearing, a board meeting or an advocacy day in Richmond. Seats in the room count for more than signatures on a page.
Read the case
Our position on Virginia's aging funding formula, and what a fair share would fund here.
Seniors deserve an equitable shareSpeak at a public meeting
Our own board meetings take public comment, and we will help you prepare for a city council or General Assembly hearing.
See the meeting scheduleNobody in Richmond argues that older people should go hungry. They simply have to be reminded, every single year, that the alternative costs more.
Not sure what you need?
Call and describe an ordinary day. A resource specialist will work out the rest — including services that belong to other agencies.