Family Wellness Warriors Soldier’s Heart is a peer-led program that addresses service-related post-traumatic stress in combat Veterans and first responders. The program uses storytelling and teaching to deliver tools for resiliency. This webinar will discuss how Soldier’s Heart serves a uniquely difficult-to-serve population.
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During this webinar Dr. Jacque Gray will present cultural information about working with Indigenous People and communities. There will also be a panel discussion with Marcia Hall from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes APS program and Sonja Begay with the Office of American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Programs at ACL, where they will address important issues for culturally sensitive interviews and services with Indigenous populations and share experiences working with Indigenous APS cases.
Join the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and RTI International to learn about the Integrated Dataset on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. This data project aims to learn about the supports and services people with ID/DD use and their outcomes. People with ID/DD, caregivers, ID/DD service providers, those working at a state Medicaid or developmental disability agency, and ID/DD researchers and advocates are encouraged to attend.
There will be three question and answer sessions following the webinar:
AARP is hosting a free online education event for the public about Medicare and Social Security. This event promotes the trusted and unbiased Medicare expertise of the State Health Insurance Assistance Programs (SHIPs). SHIP Medicare experts will offer short one-on-one counseling sessions throughout the event. They will also lead large group sessions about Medicare. Anyone interested can attend.
Medicare topics that SHIPs will address:
In this webinar, panelists will discuss how digital transformation and technology can improve Medicaid and provide better outcomes for beneficiaries. Speakers will explain what is being done to build monitoring and oversight systems, and discuss the tools and practices led by researchers and data scientists at Mathematica. Topics of the webinar will include efforts to improve state data quality and how to use analytic models and interactive data visualization to help policymakers and administrators improve their current programs.
In this webinar, panelists will discuss how digital transformation and technology can improve Medicaid and provide better outcomes for beneficiaries. Speakers will explain what is being done to build monitoring and oversight systems, and discuss the tools and practices led by researchers and data scientists at Mathematica. Topics of the webinar will include efforts to improve state data quality and how to use analytic models and interactive data visualization to help policymakers and administrators improve their current programs.
In support of National Disability Employment Awareness Month DETAC is hosting this webinar to spotlight three states that implemented creative initiatives with funding to increase CIE options for individuals with disabilities. Participants will learn how these states worked with partners to develop initiatives in their respective state plans combined with innovative proposals to sustain the efforts with funding through additional sources of revenue. Speakers will share success stories that address diversity, equity, and inclusion in underserved communities.
This webinar will be led by Erica Andres, a Training Consultant at Applied Self-Direction who has over 20 years of experience working in the Health and Human Services field and personal expertise living a self-directed life. While this session is primarily geared towards support brokers and other professionals working with self-direction programs, the key takeaways will be applicable to anyone who is nondisabled and working with the disabilities community.
This webinar will be held on Thursday, November 10, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
CMS is looking to gather information from individual health care staff on emergency preparedness. The input and lessons-learned from this session will be used to evaluate CMS regulations regarding emergency preparedness for certain health care providers. CMS is especially interested in hearing input on these questions:
Join ACL’s Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP) and NCOA for a webinar about attracting new participants to congregate meal programs. This webinar will help participants understand the behaviors and preferences of older adults and congregate nutrition sites and explain ways to create a welcoming environment.
This webinar will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
