The Administration for Community Living (ACL) announces Phase 1 winners of the Social Care Referrals Challenge competition. Launched in March of 2020, the challenge will award prizes for developing and optimizing interoperable and scalable technology solutions that foster connections between community-based organizations and health care systems in support of holistic health and social care for older adults and people with disabilities.

In November 2019, the Administration for Community Living invited American businesses and other entities to compete for $380,000 in cash prizes to help expand their recruiting and retention programs to better include workers with disabilities (particularly people with intellectual and developmental disabilities).

In President Biden’s Inaugural address to the nation, he said that we are living in “a time of testing” that requires boldness to address the cascading crises of our era. One of the leading national challenges before us is employment. This national challenge is real – and it has disproportionately affected people with disabilities seeking competitive integrated employment. A U.S.

Thursday, April 1, 2021 12:30-2:00 PM ET

CDC National COVID-19 Vaccination Survey: Child Care and Early Childhood Education Programs Take the Survey Deadline: March 31, 2021

ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) has opened a new funding opportunity&nbs

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Since March 2020, Long-Term Care Ombudsman programs have heard the voices of residents and their loved ones:  “I thought that you had forgotten about me!” “I think about dying.” “I look through the window at my husband and can see that he has lost weight; I’m not sure if he recognizes me.”