A new three-part webinar series highlights state innovations and cross-sector collaborations to improve the coordination of housing assistance and wrap-around services and supports as a cost-effective approach to assisting people with disabilities and older adults to transition from homelessness, exit or avoid institutional settings, and live stably in the community.

This webinar will highlight the findings from Commit to Connect's recent Community of Practice (COP), which focused on strengthening programs’ abilities to evaluate the impact of their social connection work. Dr. Matthew Smith, a subject matter expert in evaluation, and the organizations who participated in the COP will share best practices on measurement and evaluation for other partners in the aging and disability networks.

This morning, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shared the news that Alison Barkoff will leave ACL in early October. Alison will join George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health as the Harold and Jane Hirsh Associate Professor of Health Law and Policy and director of the Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program.

This week, HUD released new guidance for the Mainstream Vouchers program. Among other new flexibilities, the guidance creates new opportunities for ACL’s networks to partner with public housing agencies to better support people with disabilities in transitioning from institutional settings to homes in the community and to help people avoid moving to institutions in the first place.

This 45-minute webinar is designed to equip disability and aging agencies and workforce development professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively understand and apply for the Digital Equity Act Competitive Grant Program.

ACL has awarded $5 million to the Oasis Institute for a new grant that will further the development, expansion, and refinement of the Community Care Corps model. This project is designed to increase the number of community-based volunteer programs, thus decreasing the number of older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers who need assistance but cannot obtain help.

The President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID) will be hosting its next meeting on Thursday, September 26, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET and Friday, September 27, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.

ACL has awarded a new cooperative agreement to the University of Southern California (USC) to operate ACL’s National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA). USC will receive $1 million for the first year of this three-year project. With this funding, the NCEA will continue to serve as a national resource center dedicated to the prevention of elder maltreatment as captured in its mission statement: "National, state, and local partners in the field will be fully prepared to ensure that older Americans will live with dignity, integrity, independence, and without abuse, neglect, and exploitation."

ACL is pleased to announce the award of the 2024 Enhancing Statewide Falls Prevention Awareness, Strategy, and Collaboration funding opportunity to the National Council on Aging (NCOA). The intent of this initiative is to facilitate the development and enhancement of collaborative efforts of state falls prevention coalitions to reduce falls or the risk of falls, or both, among older adults and adults with disabilities, as well as their families and caregivers.

ACL and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Office of Disability Integration and Coordination (ODIC) invite you to the third event of this year’s webinar series to support individuals with disabilities and older adults — and the organizations that serve them — before, during, and after disasters. This webinar will address preparedness, response, and recovery related to hurricanes.