Learn more and apply for this grant. ACL’s new Legal Assistance Enhancement Program (LAEP) will support legal assistance enhancements and innovations in four key areas:

New materials to help you celebrate Older Americans Month (OAM) 2019 are now available at

The National Council on Aging (NCOA) and

Led by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, National Nutrition Month® focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits.

On January 10, 2019, the NIDILRR-funded Family Support Research and Training Center (FSRTC) held a special webinar hosted by Easter Seals on the Strategic Plan for Family Support Research, which was released last year in November. Dr. Sandra Magaña of University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Brian Grossman of University of Illinois at Chicago and Randa Abdelrahim, graduate student at University of Illinois at Chicago, presented on the years long process of developing the strategic plan and highlights of the plan.

A new grant opportunity from the Administration for Community Living has been announced for the Alzheimer’s Disease Programs Initiative (ADPI).

A new Capacity-Building Toolkit for Including Aging and Disability Networks in Emergency Planning is now available called the

Do you know what you need to start offering socially engaging, community-based art education programming in your community? In this February 28 webinar, Lifetime Arts, the national leader in promoting the inclusion of professional arts programs in organizations that serve older adults—and the newest partner in the ACL funded engAGED Resource Center—will introduce you to the process from project inception to sustainability. Register for the webinar.

Have you visited the Older Americans Month website this year?