ACL plans to award approximately $11.5 million as a single cooperative agreement to a domestic public or private nonprofit entity to serve as a national center of excellence (COE) to support the development and enhancement of aging and disability organizations funded by ACL to become community care hubs (CCHs).

Today marks the start of Older Americans Month (OAM) – a chance to celebrate the contributions older adults make to our lives and our communities.

Grants will support implementation of the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It was created to raise awareness about sexual violence around the world and to educate communities on how to prevent it. This is a critical issue for the disability community, and particularly for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). This blog post explores why.

In this blog, Erin Long, who leads ACL’s Alzheimer’s Disease Programs Initiative, and Melissa Hunter, from the ACL-funded National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center, reflect on ways ACL’s dementia grantees are broadening their reach and serving more people living with dementia and their caregivers by training and engaging volunteers.

Registration is now open for the 3rd annual Walk for WEAAD (World Elder Abuse Awareness Day). Join us and help build a national elder justice movement, through movement!

FEMA is spearheading an effort to create guidance and resources to promote a common understanding of resilience; incorporate the relationship between stressors and shocks; address the critical roles of all stakeholders; and inspire fresh, forward-looking, and people-centered planning approaches to increase community and national resilience. FEMA is also accepting applications for their National Advisory Council.

Many people with disabilities move through their entire educations without ever being taught self-advocacy skills, having conversations about possible careers, or getting information about independent living (IL) opportunities. Most are not exposed to the IL philosophy, which centers the right of people with disabilities to control their own lives, until they leave high school. As a result, many leave school unaware of the options available to them – and unprepared to take advantage of them.

Earlier this month, the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) within the Department of Education announced a new funding opportunity with an exciting provision. The Pathways to Partnerships Innovative Model Demonstration Project, RSA’s largest discretionary grant, focuses on building partnerships between the systems that support disabled youth as they transition from school to adult life to increase their opportunities for competitive integrated employment.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) improve program benefits, clarify enrollment rules, eliminate coverage gaps, and strengthen the program for the estimated 64.5 million Americans who have Medicare health care coverage.