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.

ACL has recently awarded the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (SCDDSN) a four-year Traumatic Brain Injury State Partnership Program (TBI SPP) grant from August 1, 2022, to July 31, 2026, totaling $800,000.  

In recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), this webinar co-hosted by the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) and the State Employment Leadership Network (SELN) will highlight successful person-centered approaches and tools for discussing employment.