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September 30, 2024 | Alison Barkoff
As I start my last week at the Administration for Community Living, I am filled with so many emotions. I am so proud of everything we have accomplished together, and I’m optimistic for ACL’s future. But most of all, I am deeply grateful. As I shared in my first blog post, ACL’s mission is my life’s…
September 19, 2024 | Elliot Kennedy, Deputy Administrator for Policy and Evaluation
In this Policy Round-Up:
Implementing the Access Board’s Public Right-Of-Way Accessibility Guidelines
Input Needed: DOT’s Proposed Rule Adopting Guidelines
GSA Issues Final Rule Adopting Guidelines
Input Needed: Access Board Seeking Feedback on the Risks and Benefits of AI (Comments due 10/31)…
September 18, 2024 |
Today is HIV and Aging Awareness Day, an opportunity to celebrate the resilience and advocacy of long-term HIV survivors, many of whom have been fighting for access to treatment and freedom from discrimination since the emergence of the virus in North America forty years ago. It is also a time to…
September 8, 2024 |
Each year, more than 53 million Americans provide a broad range of assistance to support the health, quality of life, and independence of an older adult or person with a disability. Another 2.1 million grandparents ¬— and an unknown number of other kinship caregivers — open their arms and homes…
September 6, 2024 |
The Elder Justice Coordinating Council (EJCC) was established by the 2010 Elder Justice Act to coordinate federal activities related to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation across the federal government. Earlier this summer, the EJCC brought together 17 federal departments and agencies to look…
August 22, 2024 | Elliot Kennedy, Deputy Administrator for Policy and Evaluation
In this Policy Round-Up:
ICYMI: FEMA Seeking Feedback From Stakeholders About the Definition of “Private Nonprofit Facility" (Comments due Sept. 3)
Input Needed
CMS Medicare Physician Payment Proposed Rule (Comments due Sept. 9)
CMS Medicare Home Health Proposed Rule (Comments due Aug. 26…
July 26, 2024 | Alison Barkoff
Thirty-four years ago today, the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law, establishing the right for people with disabilities to live, work, and fully participate in all aspects of community life. The road to the ADA was long and hard-fought, and its passage was a…
July 26, 2024 | Ed Ahern, Team Leader, Office of Independent Living Programs
The principles of integration and inclusion enumerated in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are at the heart of everything we do at ACL. They are embedded in our culture and reflected in our staff, which includes many people with a wide variety of disabilities — more than a quarter of ACL…
July 2, 2024 | Elliot Kennedy, Deputy Administrator for Policy and Evaluation
In this policy round-up:
Social Security to simplify disability evaluation process
Input needed: Development of the Federal Evidence Agenda on Disability Equity
DOL funding opportunity to improve job quality in critical industries, including long-term care
NASEM releases report with new Long COVID…
June 28, 2024 | Alison Barkoff
Performing the duties of ACL Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) community includes people of all ages, with and without disabilities. During Pride Month, the Administration for Community Living celebrates that…