Webinar: Getting Ready for DD Awareness Month
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March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month!
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Unfair and Unequal: Covid-19 and People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
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Join the Lurie Institute and the Community Living Policy Center for a webinar discussion between disability community members, self-advocates, and policy researchers. This conversation will elevate the policy and lived experience impacts of COVID-19 among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Leaders and experts from the disability community will consider lessons learned, future federal policies, and ways that policies that promote Home and Community-based Services can provide more equitable social justice during this pandemic.
Catalyst 2021: Informational Webinar 2
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CTIA Wireless Foundation launched Catalyst 2021, a $175,000 grant program for emerging companies and nonprofits using wireless technology to improve health and well-being in the United States. Catalyst's ideal candidate has the potential and infrastructure to make a real impact but faces barriers to accessing capital. Organizations whose leadership primarily comprises BIPOC, women, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Catalyst 2021: Informational Webinar 1
Event Description:
CTIA Wireless Foundation launched Catalyst 2021, a $175,000 grant program for emerging companies and nonprofits using wireless technology to improve health and well-being in the United States. Catalyst's ideal candidate has the potential and infrastructure to make a real impact but faces barriers to accessing capital. Organizations whose leadership primarily comprises BIPOC, women, and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Person-Centered Practices Self-Assessment
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In this webinar, the NCAPPS team will share a new tool to help leadership measure progress in developing a more person-centered system, the Person-Centered Practices Self-Assessment. The tool’s creator will provide an overview of the tool, and staff and people with lived experience from one state will share their experiences putting the tool to use.
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Mary Lou Bourne, founder of The Learning Community for Person Centered Practice and developed the organization’s first PCP Mentor Trainer requirements
Policy Solutions to Support Family Caregivers
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The webinar will review the current state of informal or family caregiving in the United States, describe the research on factors that impact caregiver stress, and discuss various policy solutions at the local, state and national level. According to AARP, over 43 million adults currently provide unpaid care to family members or friends in the United States, with an estimated economic value of approximately $470 billion in 2017. Almost 40% of all caregivers find their caregiving situation to be emotionally stressful.
Fraud Watch Webinar
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The AARP Fraud Watch Network is working to empower consumers to spot and avoid scams and to provide support and guidance to victims and their families when fraud happens. Join Kathy Stokes, Director of Fraud Prevention Programs at AARP, for an interactive discussion about how to spot and avoid the latest scams and fraud. Research has shown that if you know about a specific scam, you are 80% less likely to engage with the scammer, and if you do engage, you are 40% less likely to fall victim. By the end of the webinar, participants will:
2021 Call for Quality Measures Webinar
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On Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 3 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar that will provide an overview of the 2021 Call for Quality Measures timeline and measures evaluation process for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) measure development, submission, and expectations that align with CMS priorities. This webinar is intended to assist with the development of measures for future MIPS performance periods.
Shining a Light on State Progress: The Pacesetter Prize
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How can states improve long-term services and supports so older adults, people with disabilities, and family caregivers can live their best lives?
The National I&R Support Center Webinar Series: Behavioral Health Crisis Management for Older Adults
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As the population of older adults grows, increasing numbers of older adults in three distinct categories might require the services of mental health, substance abuse, and aging systems in the future: (1) older adults with mental health conditions; (2) individuals who develop late-life mental health conditions; and (3) persons living with dementia and co-occurring treatable mental health conditions or substance abuse disorders.
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