ACL’s National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is developing its 2024-2028 Long-Range Plan and wants to hear from you. Mandated by Congress to develop a Long-Range Plan every five years, the agency aims to continue to be responsive to the needs of key stakeholders — especially people living with disabilities. Your input will help inform NIDILRR’s future funding priorities and strategic direction. 

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 | 12-1 PM ETRegister for the webinar. The HHS Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs (IEA) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL) invite you to join a webinar with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and other subject matter experts on how we can work together to accelerate vaccination of people with disabilities, older adults, and others who are at greatest risk of serious illness from COVID-19.

USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute, in partnership with HealthBegins and Williams Jaxon Consulting, LLC, and with funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation, is excited to launch new learning collaboratives for Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and community-based organizations (CBOs).

ACL's NIDILRR is announcing several 2022 Field-Initiated Projects (FIP) Program grantees.

Celebrated every November, National Family Caregivers Month (NFCM) is a time to recognize and honor family caregivers across the country. It offers an opportunity to raise awareness of caregiving issues, educate communities, and increase support for caregivers.

Part Two: Work Learning Activities as a Pathway to Competitive Integrated EmploymentWednesday, November 9, 2022 | 3-4 PM ET

ACL's National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) is announcing a 2022 a Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems (SCIMS) Collaborative Research Projec

The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network is identifying and designating exemplary kinship and grandfamilies policies, practices, and programs, with the goal of sharing replicable strategies with others. The Network encourages applications from government agencies in states, tribes, and territories, as well as kinship navigator programs and other community-based organizations that serve kinship and grandfamilies. 

ACL is proud to announce the final winners of the Social Care Referrals Challenge. Launched in March 2020, the competition sought IT solutions to support health care systems and community-based organizations in partnering to provide holistic health and social care for older adults and people with disabilities. 

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 | 2-3:15 PM ETRegister for the webinar. The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) Center on Holocaust Survivor Care and Institute on Aging and Trauma is hosting a webinar on end-of-life care for older adults with a history of trauma and their family caregivers.