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Join the National I&R Support Center for the webinar What in the World is a Long-Term Care Ombudsman? 

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.

On Thursday, March 28, the Center for Research on Disability will host the 2024 Annual Disability Statistics Conference. This one-day event will be available for both in-person attendees in Washington, DC, and remote participants joining via Zoom.

The Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) and the National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems (NCAPPS) are kicking off 2024 with an upcoming webinar focused on strengthening the connection between person-centered planning and advancing competitive, integrated employment. NCAPPS will highlight five competency domains, also known as skill areas, as a guide for human service agency staff tasked with facilitating person-centered planning.

Join the National Center on Law and Elder Rights (NCLER) for an upcoming webinar discussing the legal basics of Social Security overpayments. An overpayment of Social Security (Title II) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI, or Title XVI) benefits occurs whenever an individual receives more money for a month than the amount that should have been paid by the Social Security Administration (SSA). NCLER will review the options individuals have when they receive a notice of an overpayment from SSA during this training.

The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School and the Section of General Internal Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine are sponsoring an upcoming symposium titled “Innovating Elder Justice: New Ways of Using Law, Medicine, and Technology to Address Abuse and Financial Exploitation in an Aging Society.” This symposium will bring together legal and medical experts and thought leaders from across the country to discuss the root of elder abuse, share some of the most promising and innovative responses to date (including interventions that can be employed by medical profess

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.

On December 21, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to implement Medicare appeals processes for hospital patients whose status during their stay changes from inpatient to observation. The proposed rule sets forth new appeals procedures to implement the court order in Alexander v. Azar which directed the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish both standard and expedited appeals for class members in the case. 

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.