Administration for Community Living

Join the Administration for Community Living’s (ACL) Commit to Connect (CTC) initiative and engAGED: The National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults for an upcoming webinar and Office Hours session focused on promoting social connection among older adults living with HIV/AIDS. This webinar will highlight the latest research on HIV and spotlight a local program providing social connection for older adults living with HIV as a replicable community example.

In observance of Brain Injury Awareness Month, join the Administration for Community Living (ACL) for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Partners Day. Each year, ACL brings partners and interested parties together to discuss important issues around TBI services, supports, and systems and to learn from other partners, brain injury survivors, family members, support networks, and state and federal representatives.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL), AARP, and state leaders will lead a webinar on the 2023 State Scorecard Report on long-term services and supports (LTSS) for older adults, people with physical disabilities, and family caregivers and how states are improving their No Wrong Door systems metrics.

Registration for the National Council on Aging’s (NCOA) 7th Annual Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day Symposium is currently underway.  The May 2nd online event is free of charge and will feature presentations addressing the mental health needs of older adults. The Symposium is open to public health practitioners, aging network professionals, mental health providers, health care professionals, and anyone interested in ensuring the mental health of older adults. The symposium is sponsored by NCOA, the U.S.

Each March, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) recognizes its Senior Nutrition Program and the services it has provided to millions of older Americans since 1972.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL)-funded Link Center invites participation in their quarterly Shared Learning Group virtual gathering series. January’s webinars will be focused on the topic of supports for trauma.

Join the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network: A National Technical Assistance Center for a webinar titled “HUD Funding to Develop Housing for Grandfamilies.” In early 2024, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will release a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly. This program includes funding to support the development of intergenerational housing for caregivers aged 62 and older who are raising children.

The Administration for Community Living’s (ACL) Housing and Services Resource Center (HSRC) will host an upcoming webinar titled “Expanding Access to Service Coordination: Two Models of Braiding Funding.” This event will feature two models for braiding funding streams across sectors to maximize the use of existing resources and broaden access to service coordination in a sustainable way. Braiding funding involves connecting funds from multiple sources to fund different activities. Presenters will discuss program structures, funding and braiding processes, partnerships, and outcomes.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL) has announced an opportunity for the public to comment on the data collection requirements for the ACL Evidence-Based Falls Prevention Program Information Collection. This notice solicits comments on the proposed extension of this data collection.

In an upcoming webinar, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) and USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute will discuss opportunities for aging and disability networks to engage in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's new dementia care initiative, known as the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) model. GUIDE focuses on dementia care management with the intent to support people living with dementia and their caregivers in their homes and communities for as long as possible.