ACL is hosting a webinar to introduce the National Caregiver Support Collaborative which is a new initiative offering resources and technical assistance to aging, tribal, and kinship caregiver support networks.
ACL's Commit to Connect is hosting a webinar and sharing resources to address how social isolation and loneliness are risk factors for fraud and exploitation. This webinar will also highlight the annual Eldercare Locator Home for the Holidays campaign which is focusing on avoiding financial scams.
The next "LIVE with ACL" technical assistance webinar will review the definitions sections of both the Adult Protective Services (APS) regulation and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
ACL's Housing and Services Resource Center is hosting a webinar about community living options for people with developmental disabilities. A partnership between the New York State (NYS) Council on Developmental Disabilities (CDD), the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD), the NYS TRAID Assistive Technology Program, and local partners across New York explored this topic and how these community living options could be expanded through increased access to assistive technology (AT).
The Administration for Community Living is hosting a webinar to review the State Plan on Aging Guidance Update and Corrective Action Plan (CAP), which is designed to advance the policy goals of the Older Americans Act (OAA). The new State Plan on Aging guidance is consistent with the OAA as amended in 2020 and reflects changes to the OAA program regulations effective March 15, 2024. The purpose of this webinar is to serve as a guide for states and territories drafting state plans and state plan amendments that take effect on or after October 1, 2025.
ACL published a final rule to establish federal regulations for adult protective services (APS). ACL is aiming to support the national network that delivers adult protective services, with the goal of increasing the quality and consistency of APS. "LIVE with ACL" is a webinar series where technical assistance will be provided on compliance planning. The first webinar will address effective planning strategies, and feature two planning worksheets to assist APS programs and planning for implementation of the 2028 APS final rule.
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) has awarded a $1.2 million Elder Justice Innovation Grant (EJIG) to the RISE Collaborative for the first year of a three-year project. The project seeks to further validate the RISE model as an evidenced-based intervention embedded in Adult Protective Services (APS) programs.
The National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) is discussing the 9 Elements of a Person-Centered System framework.
Tune into this webinar to here from CaringKind and CareLink R.I. about how Cognitive Stimulation Therapy can support people living with dementia. Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) programs are providing direct support to people living with dementia (PLWD) including those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), primary progressive aphasia (PPA), and intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Join the Traumatic Brain Injury Technical Assistance and Resource Center (TBI TARC) webinar on "Cultivating and Sustaining Partnerships to Create Successful Change." This webinar focuses on how collaborative and equitable partnerships play a role in the success of change initiatives. The goal of this session is to demonstrate the practical aspects of cultivating partnerships and sustaining relationships. The webinar will introduce an approach that brain injury programs can use to reflect the types and depth of a prospective collaboration using the collaboration spectrum.
