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October 17, 2024 | Elliot Kennedy, Deputy Administrator for Policy and Evaluation
In this Policy Round-Up:
Input Needed: Proposed Rule on Accessibility of EV Charging Stations (Comments due 11/4)
CMS Informational Bulletin on Medicaid Renewal Requirements
Medicare Updates
Medicare Open Enrollment Begins
CMS Announces Coverage for PrEP
CMS Finalizes Guidance for Second Cycle of…
October 9, 2024 | Kari Benson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging
Today, ACL and our partners in the aging services network join communities across the country in observing Ageism Awareness Day. We honor and celebrate many important observances here at ACL, but this one is especially important to me as assistant secretary for aging. Raising awareness of ageism…
September 30, 2024 | Alison Barkoff, Former Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging
As I start my last week at the Administration for Community Living, I am filled with so many emotions. I am so proud of everything we have accomplished together, and I’m optimistic for ACL’s future. But most of all, I am deeply grateful. As I shared in my first blog post, ACL’s mission is my life’s…
September 19, 2024 | Elliot Kennedy, Deputy Administrator for Policy and Evaluation
In this Policy Round-Up:
Implementing the Access Board’s Public Right-Of-Way Accessibility Guidelines
Input Needed: DOT’s Proposed Rule Adopting Guidelines
GSA Issues Final Rule Adopting Guidelines
Input Needed: Access Board Seeking Feedback on the Risks and Benefits of AI (Comments due 10/31)…
September 18, 2024 |
Today is HIV and Aging Awareness Day, an opportunity to celebrate the resilience and advocacy of long-term HIV survivors, many of whom have been fighting for access to treatment and freedom from discrimination since the emergence of the virus in North America forty years ago. It is also a time to…
September 8, 2024 |
Each year, more than 53 million Americans provide a broad range of assistance to support the health, quality of life, and independence of an older adult or person with a disability. Another 2.1 million grandparents ¬— and an unknown number of other kinship caregivers — open their arms and homes…
September 6, 2024 |
The Elder Justice Coordinating Council (EJCC) was established by the 2010 Elder Justice Act to coordinate federal activities related to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation across the federal government. Earlier this summer, the EJCC brought together 17 federal departments and agencies to look…
August 22, 2024 | Elliot Kennedy, Deputy Administrator for Policy and Evaluation
In this Policy Round-Up:
ICYMI: FEMA Seeking Feedback From Stakeholders About the Definition of “Private Nonprofit Facility" (Comments due Sept. 3)
Input Needed
CMS Medicare Physician Payment Proposed Rule (Comments due Sept. 9)
CMS Medicare Home Health Proposed Rule (Comments due Aug. 26…
July 26, 2024 | Alison Barkoff, Former Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging
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…
July 26, 2024 | 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 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…