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Registration for the 2025 Home and Community-Based Services Conference is Now Open!
Join fellow state, federal, and local policymakers as well as leaders in HCBS and LTSS programs at the 2025 HCBS Conference to share practices and policies that improve state systems delivering long-term services and supports for all ages and abilities.
The 2025 Home and Community-Based Services Conference will be held August 24 - 28, 2025 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, Maryland. The Virtual HCBS Conference will be held online September 17 and 18.ADvancing States Releases Issue Brief on Information and Referral/Assistance Technology
ADvancing States is pleased to publish findings from the Aging and Disability 2023 Information and Referral/Assistance (I&R/A) National Survey. The third issue brief in the series explores the use of technology in several key areas including service delivery modalities, telephony systems, the resource database, information systems/software, taxonomy, and social media.2025 HCBS Conference Call for Sessions is Now Open!
ADvancing States is now seeking original, thought-provoking, educational sessions about creative approaches, innovative models, and emerging trends in the landscape of long-term services and supports programs and home and community-based service delivery, as well as topics that address the pressing issues facing aging and disabilities programs. Submit your proposal now!ADvancing States Releases Issue Brief on Information and Referral/Assistance Quality Assurance and Training
ADvancing States is pleased to publish findings from the Aging and Disability 2023 Information and Referral/Assistance (I&R/A) National Survey.HCBS Conference Honors Leaders in Aging, Caregiving and Disability Advocacy
The 2024 Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Conference is proud to announce the distinguished recipients of this year's awards, celebrating outstanding contributions in the field of caregiving, aging, and disability advocacy. Read more here.State Medicaid Integration Tracker
The State Medicaid Integration Tracker is a periodic report summarizing state actions in Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MLTSS), as well as State Demonstrations to Integrate Care for Dual Eligible Individuals and other Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Initiatives. Click here to view a PDF of this most recent Tracker.
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“Coffee and Contracts: A Social Needs Contracting Community of Practice”
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Request for Information: “Improving Technology to Empower Medicare Beneficiaries”
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Webinar: Understanding and Preventing Elder Financial Fraud
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Webinar – Health Safety Net Programs: Will Older Adults Fall Through?
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Webinar – Advocating for Long-Term Care Facility Residents in 2025: Repelling Attacks and Moving Forward
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2025 Medicare Fraud Prevention Week
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Webinar: State Budget Insider
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Webinar: Vocational Rehabilitation at a Crossroads
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Fall 2025 NAMD Conference
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Age + Action 2025 Conference
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Webinar: PACE Development Best Practices for Policy Makers and Program Sponsors
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NASDDDS Federal Policy Symposium
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Older Americans Month Theme: Flip the Script on Aging
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Request for Session Proposals Open for 2025 Inform USA Conference
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