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Commit to Connect, an ACL initiative, aims to increase the availability of evidence-based programs and services addressing social isolation and loneliness by better understanding the current impact programs and interventions have on social connection. Their new Community of Practice (COP) will allow multiple networks and organizations to partner with Commit to Connect and implement the Upstream Social Interaction Risk Screener (U-SIRS) tool. 

Join the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the first round table in a series that look at innovative approaches to statewide dementia care. This webinar will feature best practices and implementation tips from Rhode Island. The series of roundtables will give attendees an opportunity to learn from other states on their dementia care strategies, caregiver supports, implementation strategies, and offer an opportunity to connect with and learn from colleagues across the country doing similar work. 

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be hosting their inaugural Health Equity Summit on June 7-8, 2023 and is now accepting proposals. Presentations should focus around the core principles for reducing health disparities found in the CMS Framework for Health Equity for 2022-2023.

A webinar on the proposal submission process will be held on Thursday, March 16, 2023 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET. 

Proposals are due on Friday, April 14, 2023. 

Join USAging for their annual policy briefing. The briefing will be an opportunity for stakeholders and aging advocates from across the country to connect, learn about the latest policy developments, and meet with Representatives and Senators in Washington D.C. The briefing will be held at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill. 

The event will take place Tuesday, April 25, 2023 beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET. 

Starting Tuesday, May 9, 2023 join engAGED and Commit to Connect for the Social Engagement virtual summit. The summit will run from Tuesday, May 9 to Wednesday, May 10 bringing together national, state, and local leaders for sessions highlighting innovative programs, new research, and tools and resources for the aging and disability network. Sessions will dive deep into social engagement with rural communities, supporting social connectedness, the needs of unpaid caregivers, and share innovative solutions and spur ideas for your community. 

Join Applied Self Direction for the next webinar in their “Self Direction From Your Desk” series. Frequently those with dual diagnoses, complex behavioral challenges, or significant intellectual disability are told that their cases are too complex to self direct. In this webinar participants will hear from the parents of three clients about the immense benefits and flexibilities that self-direction has in the lives of those choosing to self direct. 

Join Applied Self Direction for the next webinar in their “Self Direction From Your Desk” series. In the session Beyond the Basics: Advancing High Quality Self-Direction in a Managed Care Context attendees will hear from leaders in the managed care world to discuss best practices and new methods of improving self direction in a managed care context. The webinar will dive deep into, financial management systems, enrollment patterns, and effective approaches for partnerships between states, MCOs, and self directing clients. 

As part of Senior Nutrition Month, ACL’s Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP) is hosting a webinar to celebrate the 51st anniversary of the national Senior Nutrition Program, which is funded by the Older Americans Act. This virtual event will recognize the program's impact and discuss how to continue innovating to advance the critical services the program provides to older adults in communities across the country.

Join Sellers Dorsey for a webinar on their recently published report 2022 State of Medicaid Managed Care. The webinar will spotlight the six states and six managed care organizations sharing their unique perspectives on implementing managed care throughout the United States.

The first webinar will take place on Thursday, March 16, 2023 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET 

The National Center to Reframe Aging (National Center) will be hosting a Changing the Conversation webinar series. This four-part webinar series will provide audiences with a “quick start” to framing, hot topics related to implicit bias towards aging, and tools from the National Center.