ACL Announces Awards & Initiatives to Advance the National Strategy To Support Family Caregivers Thu, 10/03/2024 - 12:00 ACL is pleased to announce new awards for multiple initiatives that support the implementation of the 2022 National Strategy to …
National Disability Employment Awareness Month 2023 Fri, 09/29/2023 - 12:00 Every October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) offers us an opportunity to celebrate the many contributions of people with disabilities to America’s …
Resources for Employers Workers with disabilities represent an often overlooked talent pool for employers. The resources below can help employers recruit and retain talented individuals of all abilities and create more inclusive workplaces: Funded by …
Inclusion Today, Community Living for Life Wed, 12/19/2018 - 12:00 ACL Staff Children and the Weinberg Child Development Center, including Danny (far left), sit around a table as staff speak to HHS leaders. When Megan Scully's four month old son, Danny, …
Ticket to Work and Healthcare: Incentivizing Employment with Medicaid and Medicare Fri, 10/28/2016 - 12:00 Annette Shea, Administration for Community Living Program Specialist In 1999 Congress passed groundbreaking legislation which broke down barriers to …
EJCC News: Opioids and Other Elder Justice Challenges Wed, 06/06/2018 - 12:00 Dr. Laura Mosqueda, Director of the National Center on Elder Abuse and Dean of the Keck School of Medicine at USC, describes how the opioid crisis is impacting older adults and …
Issue Briefings and Other Reading ACL Issue Briefings Each issue briefing discusses a particular issue affecting older adults or people with disabilities. Many include information about evidence-based programs that could address the challenge and provide …
Glossary Accelerated Death Benefit A life insurance policy feature that lets you use some of the policy's death benefit prior to death. Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) Basic actions that independently functioning individuals perform on a daily basis: …
Just in time for Older Americans Month: 2020 Profile of Older Americans Thu, 05/27/2021 - 12:00 Each year during Older Americans Month , we celebrate the vital contributions of the older adults whose knowledge, expertise, and talents make our communities …
Medicaid Renewals and Other Policy Changes due to the end of COVID-19 Flexibilities Return to ACL's COVID-19 page The federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) and Major Disaster Declaration (MDD) for COVID-19 ended on May 11, 2023, and federally funded …
