Advocacy

Texas Utility Help is a program that provides financial assistance to qualified low-income Texas households who need help to pay their utility bills.

AARP Texas News Release about federal food assistance becoming available to many in Texas who lost food as a result of Hurricane Beryl.

AARP Launches National Campaign Urging More Support for Family Caregivers, Passage of Bipartisan Credit for Caring Act.

Texas will receive more than $3.3 billion in federal money – the most of any state – to help expand access to high-speed internet.

Community Challenge grantees will work to make their communities great places to live for people of all ages.

2019 Texas Legislative Review

AARP Texas statement in response to the issuance by Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar of a Texas Broadband Plan.

Texas ranks 35 th when it comes to meeting the long-term care needs of older residents and people with disabilities, and AARP warns more must be done, at an accelerated pace, to meet changing demographic demands. Specific areas of concern in Texas include the percent of high-risk nursing home residents with pressure sores, as well as the percent of nursing home residents who are inappropriately receiving an antipsychotic medication. This, according to a new, comprehensive state-by-state Scorecard from AARP with support of the nation’s leading organizations behind quality long-term care, The Commonwealth Fund and SCAN Foundation.

With nearly half of all deaths in Texas related to COVID-19 occurring among nursing home residents and staff, advocates at AARP Texas are encouraging those with loved ones in long-term care facilities to check regularly on the loved ones’ health and wellbeing.

Inflation and food insecurity are impacting many older Texans, but there are assistance programs, such as SNAP, available to help.