To kick off this year’s celebration of Older Americans Month, yesterday ACL issued grants totaling $1.4B to help older adults recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

ACL’s 2021 update of its Brain Health Resource provides examples of how area agencies on aging and other community-based organizations are boosting awareness, providing education, and offering services and support on the topic of brain health. Updates to the ACL’s Brain Health Resource include:

The purpose of this program is to provide funding to states to enhance their APS systems statewide, as well as to improve the quality and quantity of data submitted to ACL's National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS).

ACL's Administration on Disabilities is seeking reviewers for the fiscal year 2021 Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Program grant review. Anyone with an interest in traumatic brain injury, federal grants, strengthening services and supports for people with disabilities, or state government services are encouraged to apply. Selected reviewers can expect to spend approximately 25 hours during a two-week period reviewing approximately six applications each.

As part of their Get Out the Vaccine campaign, the National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities (NACDD) is partnering with the National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals to present this webinar on COVID-19 vaccination for direct support professionals (DSPs).

ACL is announcing two new elder justice funding opportunities which make available:

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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), June 15th, serves as a call-to-action for individuals, organizations, and communities to bring attention to the issue of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. ACL and the National Center on Elder Abuse are excited to share new & updated tools designed to help you generate awareness about elder abuse, at any distance.

ACL's National Paralysis Resource Center (managed by the