Today, we join the American Bar Association in celebrating the fifth annual Ombuds Day, which was created to recognize the important role ombudsmen play, and the impact they have on people’s lives.

The National Paralysis Resource Center (operated by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation) is hosting a training for leaders of support groups for people living with paralysis and their family members and caregivers.

ACL has awarded grants that are expected to total nearly $16.5 million over five years to establish and maintain four national resource centers to support the work of advancing equity and inclusion for people with disabilities who also face barriers due to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, language spoken and/or other factors. In addition, ACL has awarded $750,000 in grants to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within a key Medicare fraud-prevention program. Together, these grants total nearly $17.3 million.

ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is announcing a new grant award for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) National Network Collaborative Research Project. The planned project period for this grant is September 1, 2022 – August 31, 2027, with an estimated funding amount of $500,000 per year. 

ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is announcing four 2022 Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Program grantees cohort.

Today’s Policy Round-Up includes:

ACL is awarding six Elder Justice Innovation Grants that seek to improve results for adult protective services (APS) clients. The two-year cooperative agreements total $3,111,147.

The State of the States in Developmental Disabilities Project, a longitudinal data project funded under the Projects of National Significance at ACL has moved to the University of Kansas. This project investigates revenue, spending, and programmatic trends in intellectual and developmental disability services in all 50 states, DC, and the nation as a whole. 

This webinar will explore referring practices within the Older Americans Act and other organizations, as well as explain “warm handoff” referral engagement.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) released its first comprehensive report on the accomplishment of Older Americans Act (OAA) Title III, VI, and VII programs.