(top to bottom) Responsible Future home page
and Intercept article about the campaign’s historic victory
and Intercept article about the campaign’s historic victory
Washington state and the push for compassionate and responsible long-term care
In 2015, I was hired to design a site for a group in Washington named Responsible Future. This coalition of organizations has pushed for legislation called the Long-Term Care Trust Act, intended to provide funding for services to benefit aging Americans. These services include wheelchair ramps, home care workers, nursing homes, and more.
Before the bill, Washington state was spending 6% of its budget on long-term care. That amount was -projected to double to 12% by 2030. The Long-Term Care Trust Act set out to create a small tax to create a budget specifically to pay these costs.
Working from an existing logo, I created a look and feel for the site. I designed and built an easily navigable site, enabling the campaign to get information to voters and to get site visitors involved in the campaign. I designed and developed a custom Google Map that allows the campaign to geographically show the stories of people this legislation might help. My work on this site allows visitors to easily contact their representative or share their own stories of struggling to pay for care. It empowered this campaign to talk to the public about the need to fund long-term care.
In early 2019, that bill was signed into law, making Washington the first state in the nation to provide for long-term care for an aging population. The setting up of this funding was called a “monumental -achievement” trying to answer an “increasingly urgent” question.
Links
Read the AARP article on the bill they say “filled a gap that existed and really helped people age with purpose and dignity.”
Read The Intercept’s article on the legislative accomplishment.
In 2015, I was hired to design a site for a group in Washington named Responsible Future. This coalition of organizations has pushed for legislation called the Long-Term Care Trust Act, intended to provide funding for services to benefit aging Americans. These services include wheelchair ramps, home care workers, nursing homes, and more.
Before the bill, Washington state was spending 6% of its budget on long-term care. That amount was -projected to double to 12% by 2030. The Long-Term Care Trust Act set out to create a small tax to create a budget specifically to pay these costs.
Working from an existing logo, I created a look and feel for the site. I designed and built an easily navigable site, enabling the campaign to get information to voters and to get site visitors involved in the campaign. I designed and developed a custom Google Map that allows the campaign to geographically show the stories of people this legislation might help. My work on this site allows visitors to easily contact their representative or share their own stories of struggling to pay for care. It empowered this campaign to talk to the public about the need to fund long-term care.
In early 2019, that bill was signed into law, making Washington the first state in the nation to provide for long-term care for an aging population. The setting up of this funding was called a “monumental -achievement” trying to answer an “increasingly urgent” question.
Links
Read the AARP article on the bill they say “filled a gap that existed and really helped people age with purpose and dignity.”
Read The Intercept’s article on the legislative accomplishment.
Responsible Future mobile home page, navigation, and custom Google map.
Responsible Future Facts page
Responsible Future Legislation explanation© 2019 Daniel Lievens