State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) About SHIP ACL’s Office of Healthcare Information and Counseling (OHIC) manages SHIP. Working with state offices, local agencies, grantees, and community providers, SHIP establishes community-based networks …
Impact of the ADA: A Guest Blog by Ed Ahern Fri, 07/26/2024 - 12:00 Ed Ahern, Team Leader, Office of Independent Living Programs The principles of integration and inclusion enumerated in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are at the heart of …
Accessible Scales Stepping on a scale to be weighed is a regular part of many doctor or hospital visits. However, most scales are designed for use while standing and cannot be used by many wheelchair users and others with mobility concerns. As a result, …
Heat Advisory: Staying Safe in Extreme Heat Thu, 07/18/2019 - 12:00 A large part of the United States will be experiencing extreme heat conditions (high heat and humidity with the temperatures above 90 degrees for several days) in the coming days and …
What's New Stay on the cutting edge by routinely checking this page for upcoming webinars, trainings, technical assistance, and tools. Newsletter December 2024 - Issue #1 was released in December 2024. This newsletter covered the HSPA Application …
Program Evaluations and Reports ACL strives to evaluate programs in an integrated manner. Consistent with the ACL Evaluation Policy , ACL Evaluation Plan , and the ACL Office of Performance and Evaluation Strategic Vision , ACL supports rigorous, …
Independent Evaluation Information Fact Sheet Developmental Disabilities Program Independent Evaluation Project (DDPIE) September 30, 2009 What is the Developmental Disabilities Program Independent Evaluation (DDPIE) Project? The DDPIE project is an …
Apply for NIDILRR's FIP Program: Minority-Serving Institutions Thu, 12/26/2024 - 12:00 Applications due Monday, March 17, 2025 ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is announcing new funding …
Connection in Every Bite: Celebrating Community, Belonging, and the Senior Nutrition Program Fri, 03/22/2024 - 12:00 Keri Lipperini, Director, ACL’s Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs Good nutrition — balanced meals, enough food, and the …
Let’s Talk about Elder Abuse Prevention Fri, 10/10/2014 - 12:00 Over the course of my service as Assistant Secretary for Aging, one imperative has stood above all others: preventing elder abuse. I talk about it every chance I get, and it is something we …
