Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Administration for Community Living (ACL), released the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.

ACL is pleased to announce 10 new awards for the 2022 Alzheimer's Disease Programs Initiative (ADPI) – Grants to States and Communities program.

ACL announces three new discretionary grant awards in response to the Assistive Technology (AT) Alternative Financing Program (AFP) Funding Opportunity Announcement, HHS-2022-ACL-CIP-ATTF-0055. The grant awards total $1,981,653.

ACL is pleased to announce a new grant award to the Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs (ATAP) for the AT3 Center, Accessibility Training, Technical Assistance, AT Programs - AT3 Center.

In response to the growing elder rights and legal assistance needs of older Americans, ACL has awarded a total of $819,455 in three-year Legal Assistance Enhancement Program (LAEP) grants to Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc., Iowa Legal Aid, Montana Legal Services Association, and Prairie State Legal Services, Inc.

Survey on Accessible Transportation for Older Adults and People with Disabilities The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center (NADTC) – a program of the Federal Transit Administration administered by Easterseals and USAging with guidance from ACL – wants to hear about challenges and promising practices in providing accessible transportation to older adults and people with disabilities. Survey responses will help influence the work NADTC does next year.

ACL is working with our partners and stakeholders to help stop the spread of the monkeypox virus and support people affected by the outbreak. We created acl.gov/monkeypox to compile information and resources on the virus, how it affects older adults and people with disabilities, and what you can do to protect yourself. We will update the page as new resources become available.

Grandparent scams play on the love grandparents share with their grandchildren. Scam perpetrators falsely state that a grandchild is in trouble with the law, sick, or injured and in need of an immediate transfer of a large sum of money to prevent dire harm to the grandchild.

Editor's Note: This program is no longer available, please contact DIAL at 888-677-1199 DIAL@usaginganddisability.org for information on testing options. Original Announcement: Order online or by phone while supplies last; Sept. 2 deadline does not apply to these tests. 

The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) just released the final component of the State Policy Roadmap for Family Caregivers. The goal of this publication is to provide a guide for state officials to better understand the state policy landscape for supporting family caregivers, and to identify opportunities for innovation in their states.