Moving Forward Coalition examines the impact of 2025 Reconciliation Act on Nursing Home Quality.

The Moving Forward Coalition publishes resources about how the 2025 Reconciliation Act will affect caregivers, residents, providers, and workers.

The Moving Forward Coalition submits comment on the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed rule: 29 CFR Part 552 RIN 1235–AA51, Application of the Fair Labor Standards Act to Domestic Service.

The Moving Forward Coalition submits a letter to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee expressing our grave concern over proposed Medicaid cuts and the potential impact on Nursing Home Quality.

The Moving Forward Coalition submits a statement for the record in response to the U.S. Senate Aging Committee Hearing “Preparing for Disasters: Unique Challenges Facing Older Americans” to urge the Committee to ensure that the Nation’s 1.2 million nursing home residents and 1.5 million staff are explicitly considered and included in all phases of federal and state emergency preparedness, response, and recovery efforts.

Jennifer Baker joins Moving Forward as new Policy Director from the Administration for Community Living, bringing a strong vision for advocacy and leadership that elevates the voice of nursing home residents, staff, and communities.

Moving Forward Michigan completes its emergency preparedness pilot with 10 nursing homes and 71 participants.

The Moving Forward Coalition released a public statement calling for federal clarity and action on nursing home policy and quality improvement.

Moving Forward receives a generous $5,000 gift from The Mayer-Rothschild Foundation.

Moving Forward Coalition receives a second round of funding from The John A. Hartford Foundation for its next phase of work.

Coalition member Dr. Jasmine Travers spoke at a Senate hearing, “The Long-Term Care Workforce: Addressing Shortages and Improving the Profession,” to discuss important changes that are necessary.

Moving Forward Coalition members conducted a Joint Provider Surveyor training focused on changing culture via person-centered care for Michigan surveyors at the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

Moving Forward Coalition receives funding from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund to support state-based nursing home improvements. Our Michigan leadership team plans to build leadership and quality improvement skills in the state.

We’ve nine action plans that outline specific initiatives aimed at improving quality of life and work of nursing home residents and staff. Special conversations have been scheduled to review each plan’s intended impact.

The Michigan Health Endowment Fund announces an initiative with the Moving Forward Coalition to launch a state team in Michigan to address state nursing home quality.

Members of our HIT committee are guests on the Greenhouse Project Elevate Eldercare podcast to discuss going beyond the popular vision of age technology, like wearables and virtual reality field trips, to a world in which tech supports both better health outcomes and individual elder autonomy.

Grantmakers In Aging hosted a webinar that discusses the Coalition’s work and opportunities for funders and providers to engage in the work to test some of our action plans.

MetaStar, a supporting organization of the Moving Forward Coalition and member of the Superior Health Quality Alliance, makes a generous contribution to help sustain and expand our work to engage diverse nursing home residents from across the country.

The Columbia University School of Nursing generously donated staff time and resources to analyze data describing the goals, preferences, and priorities of people across the United States. This research is driving our work to develop and test an innovative and fully interoperable tool to collect residents’ goals, preferences, and priorities at or before admission.

Authored by several Coalition leaders, this journal supplement highlights ways Moving Forward is turning the NASEM Report into action.

Moving Forward Coalition leaders author a new supplemental issue to the journal Public Policy & Aging Report on how we can move NASEM nursing home report recommendations into action.

Coalition members Jasmine Travers, Michael Wasserman, Alice Bonner and Isaac Longobardi breakdown the NASEM report and opportunities for quality improvement the Moving Forward Coalition is pursuing.

Alice Bonner and Isaac Longobardi speak with Susan Ryan, Co-Chair of the Person-Centered Care Committee and CEO of The Green House Project, about the Coalition’s progress and direction.

Coalition releases priority recommendations to begin transforming nursing home quality during the next two years and beyond.

Moving Forward Coalition Chair, Alice Bonner, testifies before Congress on nursing homes. Bonner’s letter to leaders of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis further outlines recommendations.

Alice Bonner to testify to the Select Subcommittee on Coronavirus Crisis on Wednesday, September 21. Watch the hearing LIVE on the Committee’s YouTube channel or via their website.

Our September 12, 2022 press release announcing Moving Forward’s launch and committee members.

The August 4, 2022 announcement of Moving Forward’s coalition name, structure, committee co-chairs, and steering committee members.

The June 14, 2022 press release from The John A. Hartford Foundation announcing a $1 million grant to spur reforms recommended in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Spring 2022 report.