June 5-11, 2022  Medicare Fraud Prevention Week began on Sunday, June 5. This new week-long observance focuses on the actions everyone can take to prevent Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse.

ACL’s Administration on Disabilities is seeking paid peer reviewers for a variety of grant competitions, in particular, reviewers with disabilities. ACL believes in the importance of meaningfully including people with disabilities at all stages of our work, including grant review. Reviewers are responsible for: 

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 10:00am - 12:00pm ETRSVP for this virtual meeting

ACL has released a new brief, Leveraging Innovation, Collaboration, and Data with Assistive Technology to Reduce Social Isolation and Loneliness: Success Story from Illinois.

Thursday, June 9 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm ET

This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the reestablishment of the Advisory Committee on Transportation Equity (ACTE), The goal of this committee is to provide independent advice and recommendations to the Secretary about comprehensive, interdisciplinary issues related to civil rights and transportation equity in the planning, design, research, policy, and advocacy contexts.

COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted people with chronic conditions. Given this, it is important for health coaches to provide continued self-management support for both COVID-19 and other health concerns. In fact, health coaches can reduce chronic disease burden and address social determinants of health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tuesday, June 14 | 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET

Over the past decade, the ACL-funded Transit Planning 4 All initiative has promoted the development and dissemination of best practices in transit planning inclusive of people with disabilities and older adults. A major component of these efforts is funding a series of demonstration projects, each seeking to increase inclusion in transportation planning. Transit Planning 4 All is hosting an online roundtable series with representatives from these demonstration projects to discuss the lessons learned.

Wednesday, June 1 | 2:00 pm ET