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IN AGING
I am reaching out to you to ask that you please help us show Sacramento how important it is to create
an alternative to skilled nursing placement for our elders. At Choice in Aging, we've put in more than
eight years creating an Aging in Place Campus that includes independent housing, health and social
programming and services, and intergenerational opportunities—a place where people can age with
dignity in community. This project is supported by our City and County financially and politically, and
Senator Bill Dodd has submitted a district request for$10 million to help us build this replicable model.
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your own and put it on letterhead, sign it, and send it to Marisol Prieto-Valle at Senator Dodd's office at
Marisol.Prieto-Valle@sen.ca.gov. Please also cc Tara Cantu at tcantu@choiceinaging.or
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The Honorable Bill Dodd
10210 Street, Suite 6620
Sacramento, CA 95814
Dear Senator Dodd,
I am writing on behalf of[name of your organization and the population you serve] in support of your
$10 million budget request to help fund Choice in Aging's Aging in Place Campus.
Choice in Aging was first-in-the-nation to offer adult day healthcare services for Alzheimer's patients.
Now, they are poised to create a first-in-the-nation model for how we can age independently with the
support services needed to be healthy and part of our community.
When we think about our senior years, it does not include living in a skilled nursing facility. Yet, there are
not many other options available to aging and frail seniors. That's where Choice in Aging comes in. Their
multitude of adult day healthcare services will now be right where seniors live, keeping low-income
seniors and veterans living independently and in dignity.
Choice in Aging is a trusted and well-run non-profit organization in our community and the CEO, Debbie
Toth, is recognized as a leader on aging issues and advocacy. This organization is primed to receive an
infusion of dollars to make the Aging in Place Campus a reality.
California recently completed their Masterplan for Aging, on which Debbie Toth served on the
Stakeholder Advisory Committee. This Aging in Place Campus is a perfect model for the goals of the
Masterplan for Aging and will serve as a model to other organizations in our state and around the
country.
I encourage your colleagues to support your$10 million budget request for Choice in Aging.
Sincerely,
[Name]
[Title]
[Organization]
CC: Assemblymember Tim Grayson, Senator Steve Glazer