Advocacy Fund

This is the Time

One valuable benefit rose out of the most difficult year in senior living: Congress, the administration, and the public are now beginning to realize who we are and what we do—and how well we do it. In our senior living communities, we kept more older adults safe and got them vaccinated fast.
But with that benefit comes the threat of legislative and regulatory overreach. This is the moment to get what we need and fight what we don’t. We need the Argentum Advocacy Fund to stay strong.

The Advocacy Fund Means Action

Volatile and unpredictable, the current political climate demands we be ready for anything at little notice. The Advocacy Fund supplies both a foundation for our industry efforts and the fuel to leap in at the correct moment.

The Advocacy Fund Means Focus

While Argentum’s Silver PAC enables individuals’ personal contributions to supportive lawmakers’ campaigns, the Advocacy Fund deploys corporate contributions to target government affairs, legal challenges, media and public relations. When your company invests in the Advocacy Fund, your donation goes directly to converting power into solid policy, fighting misguided regulations, and elevating the senior living industry.

The Advocacy Fund Means Partnership

Until this year, the Advocacy Fund has received the majority of its funding from the Argentum Board of Directors and their companies. They generously step up, year after year, to ensure we have the resources needed to benefit the entire industry. It’s different this year: more complexity, more competition, and higher stakes. Every dollar is critical to advancing our mission. The Advocacy Fund set a $1.5 million fundraising goal for 2021.

The Advocacy Fund Gets Results

The Advocacy Fund helps support public policy efforts to include securing financial relief, reasonable liability protections, and investing in the long-term needs of senior living providers.

Highlights from 2021:

• Securing multiple allocations from the Provider Relief Fund
• Leading a 50-state initiative to secure reasonable liability protections
• Achieving priority 1A for vaccines for both senior living residents and staff
• Ensuring continued prioritization for additional frontline needs

Please help us continue the critical advocacy work needed to support senior living! If you have questions about the advocacy fund or would like to donate to help our fight, please contact Meredith Bonyun at MBonyun@argentum.org or make checks payable to:

Argentum Advocacy Fund
c/o Meredith Bonyun
1650 King St, Suite 602
Alexandria, VA 22314