Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Reque

This webinar series will address important topics for public health and health care professionals, aging services organizations, the research community, and other stakeholders in aging.

In response to the ongoing opioid crisis, ACL recently awarded a total of $1.7 million in two-year state APS enhancement grants to Montana and Nevada. The state APS systems will use the demonstration grants to innovate and enhance practices, services, data collection, and reporting in order to better serve and assist clients impacted by the opioid crisis.

A note from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging: 

ACL recently awarded 11 grants for innovative projects that will enhance the quality, effectiveness and outcomes of nutrition services programs provided by the national aging services network. The 2020 grants total $2,649,389 over a three-year project period. ACL aims to identify innovative and promising practices that can be scaled across the country and to increase the use of evidence-informed practices within nutrition programs through this grant program.  The 11 organizations receiving grants and their projects include:

Here's what's new on our COVID-19 resource page:  Upcoming virtual events:

Registration now closed The COVID-19 pandemic created many challenges for people with disabilities and older adults, as well as for the disability and aging networks. But leaders rose to the challenge -- as innovators and inventors, partners and problem-solvers -- and states and ID/DD providers successfully implemented 1915(c) waiver Appendix K strategies and other creative approaches to ensure continuity in HCBS and overall health and safety. Through the pandemic, we discovered opportunities to rethink and redesign home and community-based services. 

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