2026 Virginia Assisted Living Awareness Day at the Virginia General Assembly

Participation Registration

On Wednesday, January 28, 2026, the Virginia Assisted Living Association (VALA) will visit the Virginia General Assembly for the 2026 Virginia Assisted Living Awareness Day. Please join assisted living providers, industry advocates, and residents of local assisted living communities for this great opportunity to educate Virginia's legislators on the benefits and importance of keeping assisted living as a long-term care option in Virginia! Also, please help us to remind Virginia's legislators that SENIORS VOTE TOO! and they want to keep assisted living as a housing option in Virginia.

This is a great opportunity to engage with your elected officials, the Governor's Cabinet, and Legislative Leadership. Register to be a part of the conversation!

VALA will help assisted living advocates schedule visits with legislators and legislative staff members at the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond, VA. The appointments will be scheduled based on the availability of participants and legislative contacts.

All participants are encouraged to participate in an educational conference calls on January 8, 2026 at 2 PM and January 13, 2026 at 2 PM. These conference calls will provide information on what to expect at the Virginia General Assembly and important information on the legislative bills that pertain to the assisted living industry. Conference call-in information will be provided in a separate e-mail following your registration.

Please see below for the tentative schedule of events for the day. (Please note the times may change.) More details will be shared closer to the event.

7:30 AM Registration & Distribution of VALA Legislative Materials
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Legislative Updates & Policy Briefing by Virginia Assisted Living Association Staff & Lobbyists
8:30 AM - 4 PM Scheduled Legislative Visits

Legislative Appointments: VALA can make appointments on your behalf with your respective legislative offices, or you can make your own appointments. (Please let VALA know if you make any appointments.) If you do not know who your legislators are, you can look them up online at http://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/.

Please be sure to complete the section on the registration about your availability for appointments. VALA will provide you with specific talking points to share with legislators.

Logistical Information:
The VALA Legislative Day events will be held at the General Assembly, 201 N. 9th Street, Richmond, VA 23219.

The Virginia General Assembly Building has been recently reconstructed. Directions and parking around the area can be found online by visiting the Virginia General Assembly website.

REGISTRATION SURVEY - This section needs to be completed to allow VALA to make legislative information materials and/or appointments for you.

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* 1. First Name

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* 2. Last Name

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* 3. Employer

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* 4. If you work at an assisted living community, what is the resident capacity of your community?

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* 5. Job Title

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* 6. Home Address (needed to identify who your legislators are)

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* 7. Home City

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* 8. Home State

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* 9. Home Zip

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* 10. Employer Address (if in Virginia)

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* 11. Employer City

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* 12. Employer State

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* 13. Employer Zip

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* 14. Telephone Number

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* 15. Cell Phone Number (to receive texts the day of if appointments change, etc.)

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* 16. Email Address

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* 17. Will you be available to visit with your legislators? Look up your legislators online at http://whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.gov/.

Yes. I want VALA to make my appointments with legislators. My availability for appointments is listed below.

Yes. I plan to make my own appointments to visit my legislators.

No. I will not be visiting my legislators.

Please specify your availability for appointments between 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.

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* 18. Please let us know if you have any special connections with legislators or their staff members that may help us to secure appointments.

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* 19. We encourage local assisted living communities to bring residents who would like to be a part of the legislative process and who could move easily around the hallways of the General Assembly Building. (Please note that the hallways are sometimes crowded, and the elevators are routinely crowded.)

Please let us know how many residents (if any) will be able to join with you for the Virginia Assisted Living Awareness Day.
**Type 0 if no one will be attending with you.

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2026 VALA and Seniors Vote Too!