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One Month Left to Apply for Cash Prizes for Expanding Disability Employment!

January 14, 2020
ACL Disability Employment Challenge

New Funding Opportunity for Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERC) Program: RERC on Rehabilitation Strategies, Techniques, and Interventions

January 13, 2020
A new grant opportunity from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at ACL has been announced.

New Funding Opportunity for Switzer Research Fellowships Program

January 8, 2020
A new funding opportunity from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at ACL has been announced for the

ACL's Commissioner for the Administration on Disabilities Authored New Blog from the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)

January 6, 2020

New Funding Opportunities for Field Initiated Projects for Minority-Serving Institutions and Small Business Innovation Research Program

December 20, 2019
New funding opportunities from the National Institute on Disability, Independent

Living Well Grants Evaluation Reports Available

December 11, 2019
During the last two decades, the number of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) living in community settings and receiving home and community based services (HCBS) increased dramatically. While this led to better outcomes, including people with I/DD making more of their own choices and being a part of the community, there are great variations in the accessibility of quality HCBS across the country.

Reflections from the Fall 2019 EJCC Meeting: Addressing Elder Abuse Wherever it Happens

December 6, 2019
On Tuesday, I had the privilege of chairing the fall 2019 meeting of the Elder Justice Coordinating Council.  The meeting featured an impressive panel of experts offering insights from the field, and the release of ACL's National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS) data report for 2018. Leaders from across the federal government also shared updates on their departments' efforts to combat elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

2020 National Nutrition & Aging Services Conference Call for Proposals

December 6, 2019
The National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP) invites you to share your nutrition, senior center, and aging services expertise, research, and promising practices by submitting a presentation proposal for their 2020 Annual Training Conference on June 3-5, 2020 at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin, TX. 

New Field Initiated Projects Program Funding Opportunities

December 5, 2019
Two new funding opportunities from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at ACL have been announced for the

High Impact Innovative Assistive Technology (HIIAT) Grants Awarded

December 2, 2019
ACL's Paralysis Resource Center (managed by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation) has awarded four High Impact Innovative Assistive Technology (HIIAT) Quality of Life Grants, totaling $300,000. The Quality of Life Grants Program supports nonprofit organizations that empower individuals living with paralysis. Funding for this new cycle of grants was made possible through a cooperative agreement with the Administration for Community Living.

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