Tuesday, November 9 3:00 - 4:30 pm Register for the webinar.

Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new "one-stop shop" on Medicaid.gov to make it easy to access information about states' plans to enhance, expand, and strengthen home and community-based services using new Medicaid funding made available by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP). 

Webinar: Assistive Technology (AT) and Home and Community-based Services (HCBS) Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 3:00 PM ET Webinar Registration

October 19, 2021 Update:

ACL released a report on the fifth year of data collected by the National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS).

The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at ACL has funded 81 new grants and contract awards in fiscal year 2021, ranging from six-months long Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects building new technology to five-year centers conducting research

Improving Brain Injury Systems: Stories from a NCAPPS Learning Collaborative October 21, 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET Register for the webinar.

ACL is pleased to announce the recently awarded cooperative agreement to the National Council on Aging (NCOA) to operate the new Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center. The first year of this three-year project has an award of $250,000.  

Submit Letter of Intent Letter of Intent Due: October 29, 2021 The National Council on Aging (NCOA) is now accepting Letters of Intent for ACL Title III-D Evidence-Based Program Review. The purpose of the review process is to identify new health and wellness community-based programs that provide older adults and people with disabilities the education and tools they need to remain healthy and independent.

The Blazing New Trails for Community-Based Direct Support Professionals prize challenge was launched by ACL to seek innovative solutions that would strengthen the direct support professional (DSP) workforce and increase the overall stability of home-and community-based services (HCBS) for individuals with intellec