VIEW THE RFA Pilot Award Information Session: November 3, 2021 1:00-2:00 PM ET LOI (optional) Deadline: January 4, 2022 11:59 PM ET Application Deadline: February 1, 2022 11:59 PM ET

Part 1: An Introduction to Advancing Equity in Legal and Aging Services Thursday, October 28, 2021, 2:00-3:15 PM ET

Supporting Older Adults, Caregivers, and People with Disabilities Through Innovative Volunteer Models November 16, 2021, 1:00-3:30 PM ET November 17, 2021, 1:00-3:45 PM ET Webinar Registration

From U.S. Equal Employment Office Commission Chair Charlotte A. Burrows: Each October, the nation commemorates National Disability Employment Awareness Month to recognize the many contributions of persons with disabilities to our country’s economy and workplaces. In 1988, Congress first declared National Disability Employment Awareness Month, an extension of a week that had been celebrated since 1945, to raise awareness of the employment needs and contributions of individuals with all types of disabilities.  

Tuesday, November 9 3:00 - 4:30 pm Register for the webinar.

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new "one-stop shop" on Medicaid.gov to make it easy to access information about states' plans to enhance, expand, and strengthen home and community-based services using new Medicaid funding made available by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP). 

Webinar: Assistive Technology (AT) and Home and Community-based Services (HCBS) Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 3:00 PM ET Webinar Registration

October 19, 2021 Update:

ACL released a report on the fifth year of data collected by the National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS).

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at ACL has funded 81 new grants and contract awards in fiscal year 2021, ranging from six-months long Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects building new technology to five-year centers conducting research