{"id":3317,"date":"2017-05-03T13:12:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T13:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=3317"},"modified":"2024-10-31T11:23:58","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:23:58","slug":"legislation-protecting-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/news\/2017\/05\/03\/legislation-protecting-seniors","title":{"rendered":"Cathleen MacCaul helps secure legislation protecting seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/legislation-protecting-seniors.jpg\" alt=\"legislation protecting seniors\" class=\"wp-image-25189\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cathleen MacCaul, AARP Advocacy Director and a first-year <a href=\"\/policystudies\">Policy Studies<\/a> student, is helping to secure new bipartisan legislation intended to protect seniors from financial exploitation. Thanks to her research and strategic advocacy, House bill 1153 has passed both legislative houses and is currently on the Governor\u2019s desk awaiting his signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MacCaul has worked on passing such legislation for three years, encountering multiple obstacles. This year, she built on lessons from the past, worked closely with the Attorney General\u2019s office, and, through the Policy Studies Program, pursued research that compared Washington state law and mandatory reporting requirements with those of other states\u2019. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 data really showed a gap \u2026which helped to validate the Attorney General\u2019s findings,\u201d she says. \u201cAdditionally, I also learned of the economic impact financial exploitation has on states and their ability to care for people who lose their retirement safety net. This was a key message for legislators because until then people looked at this issue as a personal one, and not as a community\/societal issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MacCaul says that her policy studies research meant that she was viewed \u201cnot just as a lobbyist, but a credible expert on the issue.\u201d In her advocacy role, MacCaul also worked to develop a community engagement and outreach campaign that delivered more than 8000 signed petitions from AARP members from across the state and mobilized about 40 volunteers to hand deliver the petitions to legislators on Lobby Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MacCaul says that \u201cBy far the most compelling part of the day was having volunteers and community partners hear from Amy Lecoq and the financial tragedy that her grandmother experienced when a woman befriended her and then stole more than $200k from her.\u201d Sharing Lecoq\u2019s compelling family story with local legislators in one-on-one meetings as well as various media outlets comprised another crucial strategy for advancing this legislation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的 bill itself has received coverage from regional and national outlets, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/04\/14\/business\/retirement\/retirement-preventing-elder-abuse.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Times<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rentonreporter.com\/news\/legislature-passes-bill-to-combat-vulnerable-adult-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renton Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin: 0px\">\n\tCathleen MacCaul, AARP Advocacy Director and a first-year <a href=\"\/policystudies\">Policy Studies<\/a> student, is helping to secure new bipartisan legislation intended to protect seniors from financial exploitation.  Thanks to her research and strategic advocacy, House bill 1153 has passed both legislative houses and is currently on the Governor&rsquo;s desk awaiting his signature.<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 16px;font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;margin: 0px\">\n\tMacCaul has worked on passing such legislation for three years &#8230;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_is_archived":false,"_archived_contact_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"school":[],"class_list":["post-3317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy-studies","category-students"],"acf":{"related_links":{"toggle_visibility":false,"link_1":"","link_2":"","link_3":"","link_4":"","link_5":""},"highlight_box":{"toggle_visibility":false,"title":"","content":"","button":"","button_style":"angled-purple-button","button_screen_reader_text":""},"contact_type_1":{"toggle_visibility":true,"contact_title":"Contact Type","email":"sample@uwb.edu","phone":"(206) 999-9999","box":"Box 358500","address_line_1":"18115 Campus Way NE","address_line_2":"Bothell, WA 98011-8246","location":""},"contact_type_2":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"social_media":{"toggle_visibility":false,"facebook_url":"","instagram_url":"","linkedin_url":"","twitter_url":"","youtube_url":""},"blog_archive_sidebar_visibility":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cathleen MacCaul helps secure legislation protecting seniors - School of Interdisciplinary Arts &amp; Sciences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/ias\/news\/2017\/05\/03\/legislation-protecting-seniors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cathleen MacCaul helps secure legislation protecting seniors - School of Interdisciplinary Arts &amp; Sciences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cathleen MacCaul, AARP Advocacy Director and a first-year Policy Studies student, is helping to secure new bipartisan legislation intended to protect seniors from financial exploitation. 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