The ARRT grants are intended to increase the number of high-quality disability and rehabilitation researchers. Grants are made to institutions of higher education to provide research training to individuals with doctorates or similar advanced degrees. The disability and rehabilitation researchers trained by these grants will improve community living and participation, employment, and health and function outcomes among people with disabilities.

ACL has awarded a nearly $1.2 million Elder Justice Innovation Grant (EJIG) to the RISE Collaborative, Inc. for the first year of a three-year project. The EJIG program supports the continued development of evidence-based practices on elder abuse intervention and response. The project seeks to further validate the RISE model as an evidenced-based intervention embedded in Adult Protective Services (APS) programs.

This webinar will highlight key lessons learned and promising practices from the Living Well grants and a new resource, the Developmental Disabilities Systems Change Toolkit: Lessons from the Living Well Grants Evaluation. Presenters from three Living Well grants in Idaho, Virginia, and Wisconsin will also highlight examples from their systems change efforts, with strategies relevant for stakeholders across the developmental disabilities network.

The conference will provide opportunities to create the space, inspiration, and momentum needed to prepare respite organizations to take flight in the mission to support the nation’s family caregivers.

The purpose of the RERC program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act by conducting advanced engineering research on and development of innovative technologies that are designed to solve particular rehabilitation problems or to remove environmental barriers.

This webinar will feature a 40-minute presentation from Dr. Jenna Gorlewicz on improving accessibility for the blind or visually impaired in STEM. Following the presentation, there will be a 15-minute question-and-answer session with the audience. The audience will include a wide range of ICDR stakeholders, federal interagency partners, researchers, practitioners, disability organizations, and ICDR Committee members.

Join the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities for a webinar as they unveil the Wisconsin Living Well Blueprint and its website. The Blueprint was designed to provide comprehensive insights, resources, and tools for individuals, providers, and states to improve safety and the quality of life for individuals using home and community-based services across the country.

A new three-part webinar series highlights state innovations and cross-sector collaborations to improve the coordination of housing assistance and wrap-around services and supports as a cost-effective approach to assisting people with disabilities and older adults to transition from homelessness, exit or avoid institutional settings, and live stably in the community.

This morning, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shared the news that Alison Barkoff will leave ACL in early October. Alison will join George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health as the Harold and Jane Hirsh Associate Professor of Health Law and Policy and director of the Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program.

This week, HUD released new guidance for the Mainstream Vouchers program. Among other new flexibilities, the guidance creates new opportunities for ACL’s networks to partner with public housing agencies to better support people with disabilities in transitioning from institutional settings to homes in the community and to help people avoid moving to institutions in the first place.