Please join the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia for a Virtual Community Meeting on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, from 1 pm to 4 pm, EST, in which we will discuss how Systems Change fosters enhanced ADA compliance. During this Community Meeting, you will hear from stakeholders who have engaged on Systems Change and how it has resulted in enhanced ADA compliance.

Looking for inspiring content to kick off 2023 on your newsletter or website? Use the article below to inspire program participants to make a New Year's commitment to health promotion activities proven to make a difference in health and well-being.

Join the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network and USAging for “The Important Role of Area Agencies on Aging and Title VI Native American Aging Programs in Serving Kinship/Grandfamilies: Research, Resources, and Strategies for Success.”

Older Americans Month 2023 Aging Unbound acl.gov/oam

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Join the National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center (NADRC) for "Sharing the Care for Families Dealing with Alzheimer’s Disease or Related Dementias: Alabama’s PANDA Project." The PANDA Project (Providing Alzheimer’s N’ Dementia Assistance) was piloted in 2019 with funding provided by ACL.

The video, transcript, and other materials are now available for last month's Elder Justice Coordinating Council meeting. The meeting featured two panels that exploring the reauthorization of the Elder Justice Act and how legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has strengthened adult protective services programs around the country.

ACL recently released a new notice of funding opportunity for the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) state and territorial projects. ACL anticipates awarding approximately $27 million a year through up to 56 new 5-year cooperative agreements to support SMP projects in each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Evidence-based Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Program Evaluation ACL has released the findings of an evaluation of its evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention programs. Since 2012, Older Americans Act Title III-D (Preventative Health Services) and Title IV [Falls Prevention and Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME)] grantees have been required to deliver evidence-based programs (EBPs) — that is, programs proven to improve health and well-being and reduce disease and injury.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released two new Requests for Information:  Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT)