Upcoming Webinars on APS Funding Opportunities, Voluntary Guidelines

Informational Call Wednesday: State APS Enhancement Grants

Call on Wednesday, April 24 at 1:00pm ET

Conference Line: 202-774-2300; Participant Code: 998 130 286

ACL will host a call April 24 to discuss a funding opportunity for state Adult Protective Services (APS) systems.This grant provides funding for states to:

• enhance their APS systems.
• incorporate innovations and improvements in practice, services, and data collection and reporting.
• improve their technical ability to interface with ACL's National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS).

Letters of Intent for this grant are requested by April 29, 2019 and grant applications must be submitted by June 24, 2019.

View the full Funding Opportunity Announcement for more information on this grant.

Webinars Continue on Updated Voluntary APS Guidelines

Register for one of the three remaining webinars:

• Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET

• Monday, April 29, 2019, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET
• Friday, May 10, 2019, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET;

ACL has been hosting a series of webinars to obtain feedback on draft updates to the National Voluntary Consensus Guidelines for State APS Systems. ACL published the guidelines in 2017 to provide the APS field with guidance about effective practices based on findings from published studies as well as experiences in the field. This year, ACL is updating the guidelines to incorporate new research findings and new areas of interest in APS practices and policies. There are only three webinars left!

The webinars will be hosted by New Editions Consulting, Inc. using Adobe Connect and will address questions including:

• Are the draft updates appropriate?
• Should additional topics should be added?
• Are there particular topic areas for which research on APS practices is lacking, and if so, what are these areas?
• What is the most efficient way for you to provide input about the Guidelines in the future?
• Is a two-year cycle appropriate for updating the Guidelines in the future? If not, how often do you think the Guidelines should be updated?
• What are the most effective ways to let the field know about updated Guidelines? What suggestions do you have for presenting the information most effectively for people in the field?

The draft revised Guidelines are available from the ACL website:

• Guidelines with proposed updates as tracked changes
• Guidelines with proposed updates accepted
• Proposed updates to the Guidelines only
• Literature Review referenced in Proposed Updates to the Guideline, sorted by Guidelines domains

ACL is also accepting written comments on the guidelines through a Request for Information on the ACL Public Input page. Comments on all parts of the original and revised guidelines are welcome. Feedback must be submitted by May 31st, 2019.