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PBS has several documentaries related to aging that may be of interest to Marillac Mission Fund grantees. Aging in America: Survive or Thrive, narrated by Martin Sheen, is a one-hour documentary that celebrates the promise of increased longevity while addressing crucial and unprecedented public policy challenges.  Going Your Way, is a Nine PBS documentary that focuses on the personal, medical, and spiritual issues surrounding end-of-life care, the options available, and steps that can be taken to put those wishes to practical use. Marillac Mission Fund grantee, Oasis, was an expert consultant for the film, and MMF partner, Harvey A. Friedman Center for Aging at Washington University in St. Louis, is featured as well. More…

Justice in Aging has put together a Fact Sheet and Issue Brief about federal programs that help older adults meet their basic needs: health care, income, housing, and food. These programs make it possible for older adults to live healthy and independently. More…

With Medicaid in the news so much today, we wanted to share some resources related to this program which covers 1 in 5 people in the US. More…

The Upward Mobility Dashboard helps people understand key conditions affecting upward mobility from poverty and racial equity in communities. More…

Inspired by our FY 2022/2023 Strategic Direction, MMF staff conducted an analysis to better understand where and how to best invest future MMF funds and organizational capacity in order to continue providing support where there is a proven need. This County Comparison Analysis used existing primary and secondary data to learn more about the 12 counties within our service region with the least MMF funding presence. More…