ACL is proud to award more than $2.6 million in Elder Justice Innovation Grants to enhance protections for the rights of older adults and adults with disabilities who are in, or at risk of, guardianship or conservatorship and to improve adult protective services approaches to cases involving opioids and substance use disorders.

ACL, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), invites community-based organizations (CBOs) from across the country to apply for the Community Care Hub National Learning Community.

On September 28, the Biden-Harris Administration will host the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. This event will focus on hunger, diet-related diseases, and health disparities – and how we can make progress to help people live healthier lives.

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

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.