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June 5, 2023

Loneliness Awareness Week Campaign and Commit to Connect Webinar

Social isolation and loneliness can have devastating impacts on our well-being. During Loneliness Awareness Week (June 12-18) and beyond, join ACL and its aging and disability networks in promoting…
June 5, 2023

Medicare Fraud Prevention Week

Every June, ACL and its Senior Medicare Patrol Resource Center lead the nation's Medicare Fraud Prevention Week (MFPW) observance. Established in 2022, this week focuses on raising awareness of…
June 2, 2023

Comment Opportunity: Human Trafficking Prevention Framework

Submissions due: June 9, 2023, 5:00 PM ET The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) invites you to…

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May 30, 2023

Policy Round-Up: RSV Vaccine, HUD 504 ANPRM, Food is Medicine RFI, and More

Vicki Gottlich, Director - Center for Policy and Evaluation
May 23, 2023

Aging Unbound: Rethinking Aging During Older Americans Month

Edwin Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging
May 15, 2023

Policy Round-Up: PHE Unwinding

Vicki Gottlich, Director - Center for Policy and Evaluation
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