Join the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR) virtual stakeholder meeting, which will focus on disability research in the evolving digital landscape. This interactive meeting will include presentations, panel discussions, and breakout groups for participants to engage around the theme of digital accessibility and inclusion.

The successful grantee and their partners will work to build the capacity of OAA-funded Title III-E/VI-C programs and the entities administering them (e.g., state units on aging, area agencies on aging, tribes, local service providers) to provide caregiver navigator services.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through ACL, released “Aging in the United States: A Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging.” Developed by leaders and experts from 16 federal agencies and departments on the Interagency Coordinating Committee (ICC) on Healthy Aging and Age-Friendly Communities, the report reflects input from community partners and leaders in the aging services network. Next week, ACL will host a webinar to provide an overview of the framework.

The webinar will feature a discussion on LGBTQ+ inclusive programs and outreach and is intended for area agencies on aging, aging and disability resource centers, centers for independent living, ombudsman programs, Senior Medicare Patrol programs, State Health Insurance Assistance Programs, Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) programs, and community centers serving older adults.

Guests will hear from people with disabilities, federal leaders, and national experts about the impact of Olmstead, barriers to community living and true inclusion that people with disabilities still face 25 years later, and what is needed to fully realize the promise of this landmark decision.

Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through its Administration for Community Living, released “Aging in the United States: A Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging.” The report lays the groundwork for a coordinated effort – across the private and public sectors and in partnership with older adults, family caregivers, the aging services network, and other stakeholders – to create a national set of recommendations for advancing healthy aging and age-friendly communities that value and truly include older adults.

The Profile of Older Americans is a summary of the available statistics related to the older population in the United States. Principal sources of data are the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In this webinar, leaders from the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will provide an overview of the rule’s critical provisions for the disability and aging networks.

The ACL-funded Center on Youth Voice, Youth Choice (CYVYC) alternatives to guardianship youth resource center at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at UMass Boston is hosting the second session in their four-part speaker series for educators.

The Older Veteran Behavioral Health Resource Inventory, released by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), provides information on resources to help health and social service professionals support older veterans and other older adults who have or are at risk for behavioral health conditions.