How Alaska’s Adult Protective Services and Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic Mon, 06/14/2021 - 12:00 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging Edwin Walker (top left), Alaska Adult Protective Services (APS) Program Manager …
Lifespan Respite Care Program The Purpose of the Program and How it Works The Lifespan Respite Care Program, enacted by Congress in 2006 under Title XXIX of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C 201) and reauthorized in 2020 empowers coordinated state …
Celebrating our Impact During DD Awareness Month Mon, 03/15/2021 - 12:00 Each March, Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month offers us a chance to lift up the many ways people with DD make our communities stronger and showcase the hard work of …
Bringing Olmstead to Life: Celebrating 25th Anniversary of the Landmark Disability Rights Supreme Court Case Sat, 06/22/2024 - 12:00 Today, we mark the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Olmstead v L.C. This historic decision affirmed the …
ACL Celebrates NDEAM’s “Access to Good Jobs for All”: The Spirit of the DD Act Thu, 10/31/2024 - 12:00 David Jones, Director, Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Each October, during National Disability Employment Awareness Month …
Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs Background and Goals Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME) programs provide older adults and adults with disabilities with education and tools to help them better manage chronic conditions …
FEMA Advisory: Biden-Harris Administration Continues Whole-Of-Government Response to Hurricane Helene, Over 3,500 Federal Personnel Across North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama Tue, 10/01/2024 - 12:00 FEMA and federal, …
Policy Round-Up: SSA Disability Evaluations, Labor Funding Opportunity, Long COVID Definition, and More Tue, 07/02/2024 - 12:00 Elliot Kennedy, Deputy Administrator for Policy and Evaluation In this policy round-up: Social Security to simplify disability …
HHS Delivers Strategic Framework for National Plan on Aging Thu, 05/30/2024 - 12:00 Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through its Administration for Community Living, released “ Aging in the United States: A Strategic Framework for a …
HHS 504 Rule: Responses to the Proposed Rule On Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, the HHS Office for Civil Rights published a proposed update to the HHS regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits disability …
