Every March, ACL celebrates its Senior Nutrition Program and the vital services it has provided to millions of older Americans since 1972. The program anniversary is an opportunity to promote the program's purpose and impact, engage with partners, and recognize the achievements of the aging services network.

January 13 & 14, 2026 Shared learning groups are an opportunity to dive into important topics together, sharing resources, information, and ideas to better support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), brain injuries, and other disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions. These meetings will be led by members of our steering committee and project partners. The sessions will explore the eight dimensions of wellness and how each one contributes to a fuller, healthier life. Practical tips and strategies will be shared.

The focus of this joint council meeting is the forthcoming update of the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. The meeting will be open to the public. Registration is not required to attend.

ACL’s Commit to Connect initiative, in collaboration with engAGED: The National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults, is launching a Call for Innovations to identify model interventions, programs, and services addressing social isolation and loneliness.

This office hour will highlight strategies, models, and programs from 50 Forward Mohawk Valley, specifically their Bill Payer Program to protect older adults from financial fraud through friendly visits, building age-friendly communities, and person-centered planning.

ACL’s Projects of National Significance (PNS) Community Collaborations for Employment (CCE) grants, launched in 2021, support stakeholder collaborations to better facilitate transitions of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) between schools to employment and community living. As the seven grants conclude their final year, the CCE teams from Kansas and North Carolina will share highlights from their work, including successful strategies, effective partnerships, outcomes, and lessons learned.

These projects will help enhance innovation, strengthen network capacity, develop new practices, and produce replicable tools and strategies to improve nutrition outcomes for older adults. This year’s awards focus on increasing access to nutrition services for older adults with behavioral health conditions, including those experiencing homelessness.

The five grantees include health care systems, public health departments, and a state-level nonprofit organization. They will receive approximately $6.25 million in combined funding to implement evidence-based falls prevention programs in their respective communities.

ACL aims to increase access to programs for older adults with behavioral health conditions, thereby improving their health outcomes, reducing health care costs, and sharing successful strategies nationwide to enhance access and care.

On November 18, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) hosted The Power of Caregivers for a Healthy America: Building a Better Future Together, a national event recognizing the nation’s more than 63 million family caregivers and over 5 million direct care workers whose dedication helps people live independently and strengthens communities across the country.