Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing $955 million in grants from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to help meet the needs of older adults and people with disabilities as communities implement measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The grants will fund home-delivered meals; care services in the home; respite care and other support to families and caregivers; information about and referral to supports; and more.

  April 23, 2020 12:00-3:00 PM ET  ACL is pleased to announce the second meeting of the Advisory Council to Support Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (SGRG). Online Attendance:

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In 2019 the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requested that the National Quality Forum (NQF) convene a committee of experts with lived and professional experience in long-term services and supports (LTSS), and with the acute/primary/chronic care systems. This Committee aims to provide ACL, CMS, federal and state entities, and the general public with a consensus-based, multistakeholder view of multiple areas of person-centered planning.

First teleconference: Tomorrow, April 16, 2020, 3:00pm - 4:00pm ET Teleconference information: 1-888-270-9936, Access Code: 2977830 (500 lines available.) Live Captioning LInk

The recently released Annual Report on Centers for Independent Living is available by clicking here. The report reflects the more than 236,000 individuals who, in Program Year 2018, benefited from community-based services to live inde

Do you or your organization provide respite care or other supports for family caregivers? The University of Wisconsin-Madison wants to hear how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted your work. 

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The Center for Dignity in Healthcare for People with Disabilities published a new fact sheet for health care professionals that describes best practices and legal requirements for health care when serving people with disabilities. The fact sheet is designed as a quick reference guide suitable for posting on bulletin boards in medical facilities. It is based on guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.

FEMA and HHS recently created a Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force to address the limited supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators, and other critical supplies requested by states, tribes, and territories in order to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The task force is one of eight COVID-19 focused task forces under the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC). The task force will be using a four-pronged approach to address the sourcing of critical protective and life-saving equipment: