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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), is distributing $15 billion to eligible Medicaid, CHIP, and dental providers.  If you are a provider who is interested in learning about the application process for the PRF, please register and join the webcast on July 27^th.  Please feel free to share the webcast information with other providers that would be interested in participating as well.

NCLER is hosting a webinar focused on how to help older adults prevent COVID-19 related scams and alleviate financial distress. The webinar will present typical scams targeting older adults and discuss how to avoid them. Participants will learn about legal protections, resources for older adults, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's efforts to address fraud and provide information on recovering from financial distress.

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ACL is hosting a webinar to provide more information about their recently launched Social Care Referrals Challenge Competition. This challenge is designed to encourage state and community leaders in the aging and disability network, health care systems, health plans and health IT vendors to integrate medical and social care through optimizing interoperable and scalable technology platforms. This challenge consists of three stages, with prizes totaling $500,000. The webinar will discuss how you can participate in Phase 1.

CMS's Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP) Data Analytics technical assistance team is hosting a webinar to demonstrate states’ efforts to use accessible analytic tools, such as Excel, Tableau®, R, and Python, to:

ACL’s Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance Resource Center is hosting a webinar to present the updates and revisions to the Voluntary Consensus Guidelines for State APS Systems. The purpose of the guidelines is to assist states in developing effective APS systems. The webinar will present ACL’s process of updating the guidelines, updates and revisions made to the guidelines, and findings from research done in conjunction with updating the guidelines.

This webinar will be held on Tuesday, July 21 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm ET.

NCIL is holding their 15th Annual Policy Briefing. The virtual event will include presentation on current national issues and federal policies affecting people with disabilities. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session with national leaders to receive up-to0date information on disability issues. The briefing is free for NCIL members and individuals registered for the 2020 NCIL Annual Conference, there is a $25 registration fee for non-members. Groups may pay for one registration fee, provided the group uses the same conference line.

The NRCNA is hosting a webinar to discuss COVID-19’s impact on nutrition and social isolation for rural residents. The webinar will provide insight on the challenges rural residents have in accessing long-term services and supports, healthcare, transportation, and other services. Speakers will discuss the creative strategies nutrition programs utilized to address the nutritional and social needs of rural residents in their communities. The presentation will also include each program’s successes and lessons learned.

The MHDD-NTC is hosting a webinar to explore the inequities stemmed from the intersection of disability, mental health, and being a person of color. Speaker Morénike Giwa Onaiwu will highlight the challenges people of color with a disability and mental health condition(s) face and discuss strategies and practices on addressing those challenges and how to become a strong ally for people of color.

This webinar will be help on Thursday, July 23, at 2:00pm ET.

Resources for Integrated Care (RIC) is hosting a panel discussion to address audience questions from a previous webinar on supporting caregivers during stressful times in isolation. The panel will discuss strategies for supporting caregivers of older adults with depression; assisting caregivers who live apart from their loved ones who need care, including those in rural areas; addressing caregiver grief; and strategies for engaging caregivers virtually.

NADTC is hosting a discussion of COVID-19’s impact on transportation service for older adults and people with disabilities. Jess Maurer of the Maine Council on Aging and Karen Boice of the Freedom Road Transportation Authority (FRT) will provide insights and findings on how the pandemic has caused volunteer driver programs to adapt their services and how the FRT has seen success in operating its program during the pandemic. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and share their own experiences during the conversation.