ACL has awarded a new cooperative agreement to the University of Southern California (USC) to operate ACL’s National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA). USC will receive $1 million for the first year of this three-year project. With this funding, the NCEA will continue to serve as a national resource center dedicated to the prevention of elder maltreatment as captured in its mission statement: "National, state, and local partners in the field will be fully prepared to ensure that older Americans will live with dignity, integrity, independence, and without abuse, neglect, and exploitation."

ACL is pleased to announce the award of the 2024 Enhancing Statewide Falls Prevention Awareness, Strategy, and Collaboration funding opportunity to the National Council on Aging (NCOA). The intent of this initiative is to facilitate the development and enhancement of collaborative efforts of state falls prevention coalitions to reduce falls or the risk of falls, or both, among older adults and adults with disabilities, as well as their families and caregivers.

In this Policy Round-Up: 

This symposium will connect federal, state, and local public health and aging leaders — as well as other stakeholders — to the latest science, best practices, and innovative interventions to improve the lives of older Americans.

Last week, the White House held a convening on child welfare transformation to announce new policies focused on preventing family separation and supporting and creating opportunities for families and youth.

The ACL-funded ARCH National Respite Network and Resource Center has released a new online curriculum for community-based organizations to train entry-level respite providers.

Thirty-four years ago today, the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law, establishing the right for people with disabilities to live, work, and fully participate in all aspects of community life. The road to the ADA was long and hard-fought, and its passage was a historic victory in the disability rights movement and a crucial milestone in our nation’s civil rights history. But change didn’t happen overnight, and even today, many disabled Americans cannot exercise the rights it guarantees.

The principles of integration and inclusion enumerated in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are at the heart of everything we do at ACL. They are embedded in our culture and reflected in our staff, which includes many people with a wide variety of disabilities — more than a quarter of ACL employees, in fact. Their personal experiences inform their work and help ensure that our programs meet the needs of the people they serve.

On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law; this landmark civil rights law affirmed the inherent dignity of every person, regardless of disability.

The report illustrates the national impact of the SMP program, based on OIG’s analysis of data collected annually from programs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.