The National Aging Information and Referral Support Center provides information and referral systems design and management, service delivery and professional staff development supports to state and local aging networks. Training, technical assistance, product development and consultation are provided to build capacity and promote continuing development of aging information and referral services nationwide.
The National Association of State Units on Aging administers the National Aging Information and Referral Support Center. Funding is provided by the Administration on Aging, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (AIRS) and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) are key partners in the success of the Center.
Founded in 1964, the National Association of State Units on Aging (NASUA) is a non-profit association representing the nation's 56 officially designated state and territorial agencies on aging. The mission of the Association is to advance social, health, and economic policies responsive to the needs of a diverse aging population and to enhance the capacity of its membership to promote the rights, dignity and independence of, and expand opportunities and resources for, current and future generations of older persons, adults with disabilities and their families.
NASUA is the articulating force at the national level through which the state agencies on aging join together to promote social policy in the public and private sectors responsive to the challenges and opportunities of an aging America.