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Transforming Lives through Supported Employment Grant Program

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is hosting an informational Technical Assistance Webinar for organizations interested in applying for the Transforming Lives through Supported Employment Grant Program (Short Title: Supported Employment) RFA No. SM-14-011. The webinar will be led by SAMHSA, Center for Mental Health Services staff.

First Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture

The Center for Medicare Advocacy is holding its 1st Annual National Voices of Medicare Summit and Senator Jay Rockefeller Lecture on March 21, 2014, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Washington, DC. The summit will connect leading experts and advocates to discuss best practices, challenges and successes in efforts to improve health care, long term services and supports, and quality of life for older people and people with disabilities.

Are you Looking for New Volunteers? Ideas on How to Reach More People

Are you looking for ways to grow your volunteer base? The "Got an Hour?" Campaign is designed to help local agencies attract volunteers to programs that work with seniors. The webinar will review the "Got an Hour?" Campaign's downloadable materials, webinars, and a search tool (powered by VolunteerMatch.org) to help connect prospective volunteers with opportunities and programs in their own neighborhood. The "Got an Hour?" Campaign was developed to help local agencies throughout the country attract volunteers to programs that work with seniors.

Aging Network Leaders - Encourage Agencies to Find New Volunteers

Learn more about how you can help encourage aging network agencies to find new volunteers with the Got an Hour? Give it Back Campaign. The "Got an Hour?" Campaign is designed to help local agencies attract volunteers to programs that work with seniors. The webinar will review the "Got an Hour?" Campaign's downloadable materials, webinars, and a search tool (powered by VolunteerMatch.org) to help connect prospective volunteers with opportunities and programs in their own neighborhood.

Disability Rights Leadership Institute on Bioethics

The Independent Learning Research Utilization (ILRU) is holding a groundbreaking event for disability rights advocates to advance the disability rights perspective on bioethics issues. These issues include: Withholding Medical Treatment, Assisted Suicide Laws, and Reproductive Technologies. Speakers will include: Liz Carr, Not Dead Yet (NDY) activist from the United Kingdom Diane Coleman, President, Not Dead Yet (NDY) Marcy Darnovsky, PhD, Executive Director, Center for Genetics and Society (CGS) Dr. Kevin Fitzpatrick, Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, Europe (EPC Europe)

Volunteers & Risk Management: Senior Medicare Patrol Resources We Can All Use

Learn about Senior Medicare Patrol's Volunteer Risk and Program Management (VRPM) policies and their impact on the larger Aging Network, including data to show how many SHIPs, AAAs and Ombudsman programs have already been effected. Hear from both Rebecca Kinney, SMP Program Manager at ACL, and Ginny Paulson, the SMP Resource Center Director, about how flexibility of the VRPM policies and procedures is an ACL strategic objective to allow for local level customization and implementation.

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