ACL is pleased to announce the recent award of the 2021 National CDSME Resource Center to the National Council on Aging (NCOA), Inc. The cooperative agreement awards an anticipated $10 million during the five-year project period, from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2026.

ACL has awarded a new cooperative agreement to the University of Southern California (USC) to operate ACL’s National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA). USC is receiving $995,034 for the first year of this three-year project The NCEA seeks to:

ACL is moving to a new service in two weeks to improve your email subscription experience. Please move with us by subscribing at acl.gov/subscribe. 

Webinar date: September 2, 2021, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT Register for this webinar.

Each September, Ready.gov leads the observance of National Preparedness Month, a time to highlight the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies.

ACL recently awarded 28 five-year cooperative agreements under the new funding opportunity for ACL’s Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Partnership Program.

Next month, ACL is moving to a new email subscription service. The new ACL Updates will offer more options for customizing your subscriptions, making it easier for you to subscribe and share the updates you are most interested in. There’s just one catch. In order to keep receiving ACL Updates, you need to re-subscribe. Subscribing is easy – just enter your email address and check the boxes to tell us which subscriptions you want to receive. (Options are limited for now, but will be expanding soon.)

Veterans who served in Afghanistan may be experiencing a range of challenging emotions related to the U.S withdrawal from the country and the events unfolding now. Veterans who served during other conflicts also may be feeling strong emotions, as they may be reminded of their own deployment experiences. This blog post from the Department of Veterans Affairs talks about some of the common reactions and strategies for managing ongoing stress.

This webinar is intended to raise awareness about suicide and highlight strategies to help professionals, consumers, families, and communities understand the role they can play in promoting emotional well-being and preventing suicide.