Founded in 1964, the National Association of State Units on Aging (NASUA) is a non-profit association representing the nation's 56 officially designated state and territorial agencies on aging. The mission of the Association is to advance social, health, and economic policies responsive to the needs of a diverse aging population and to enhance the capacity of its membership to promote the rights, dignity and independence of, and expand opportunities and resources for, current and future generations of older persons, adults with disabilities and their families.

NASUA is the articulating force at the national level through which the state agencies on aging join together to promote social policy in the public and private sectors responsive to the challenges and opportunities of an aging America.

NASUA works to:
Inform policy makers on current and future needs and preferences of older persons, adults with disabilities, and their families and caregivers - and on the status and operations of federal and state programs that serve them.

Serve as the vehicle for membership to collectively develop and promote policy recommendations with the public and private sectors.

Maintain mutually beneficial relationships with other national organizations, as well as with the private sector.

Analyze federal legislative, regulatory, and administrative actions affecting state policies and programs.

Facilitate exchange of information, ideas, and experience on effective and efficient state and local policy options, program models, service delivery strategies, and management practices.

Provide general and specialized information, consultation, training, technical assistance, and professional development support on the full range of policy, program and management issues of concern to the states.

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