Webinar

Join Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) for a webinar in celebration of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The webinar will provide an overview of DD councils, their role in systems changes across the country, and give viewers a chance to learn more about the innovative initiatives that DD Councils are taking to advance employment opportunities and outcomes for people with DD. 

Speakers

Join the ADA National Network in Collaboration with the National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research for a  webinar on the role of adaptive sports technologies. The webinar will explore the role adaptive sports play in the lives of youths with disabilities, a conversation with former paralympian, Dr. Anjali Forber-Pitt, and how to address the remaining barriers to adaptive sports. 

The webinar will take place on Monday, March 27, 2023 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET. 

Join CMS for an upcoming webinar "From Data to Action: How CMS and it's Stakeholders Are Addressing Inequities in Healthcare". The discussion will include a deep dive into the new Health Equity Framework and how stakeholders are leveraging it for more equitable care.

The webinar will take place Wednesday, March 8, 2023 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET.

Join Applied Self Direction for the next webinar in their “from your desk” series. This session will discuss Medicare Advantage and new ways to take advantage of what the program has to offer to expand access to self direction. The session will also examine ways that Medicare dollars can be used to expand self directed services for older adults. 

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

Join Applied Self Direction for the next webinar in their “from your desk” series. The next webinar in the series is on veteran directed care, its expansion, and updates to the program at the federal level. Speakers will hear about important partnerships between ACL and the Veteran’s Health Association. 

Speakers 

• Daniel Schoeps Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care; US Department of Veterans Affairs 
• Pat Brady The Lewin Group 

Disaster readiness begins with planning, but for professionals and consumers alike, taking steps to be prepared for an emergency or disaster isn’t always easy. The COVID-19 pandemic, recent natural disasters, and other emergency situations have offered many lessons for disaster preparedness and response. In 2022, ADvancing States’ National I&R Support Center held a contest to identify promising practices in the field, recognizing how vital I&R/A services are to communities experiencing disasters.

This session is also part of the Applied Self Direction virtual conference. The session will feature a panel of speakers discussing emerging workforce practices for self-direction including: a tool that enables connections between disabled people and their families seeking staffing support to professionals and community members, collaborating with universities to create educational opportunities and credits for working as a direct care worker, and an e-learning skills-training platform for self-direction workers. 

This session from Applied Self Direction’s ongoing virtual conference series will discuss how Medicaid can pay for the proportional room and board costs for  a live-in personal care worker. The session will explore how the caregiver’s free housing can in effect act as a rent subsidy for a Medicaid recipient who otherwise cannot afford housing and can offset wages otherwise owed to the caregiver for providing personal care to the Medicaid recipient.

This virtual session will take place on Tuesday, March 7 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.

The National Core Indicators — Aging and Disabilities (NCI-AD™) is a voluntary effort by State Medicaid, aging, and disability agencies to measure and track their own performance. The indicators provide a tool for states to assess the performance of state programs and delivery systems of services to older adults and individuals with physical disabilities. Register for this webinar to see the latest data and gain a better understanding of how publicly-funded services impact the quality of life of your consumers.

Join CMS for a webinar that will provide an overview of the 1915(i) HCBS State Plan Option. The webinar will include discussions of effective approaches to development of 1915(i) programs, information on additional needs-based criteria required for specific services, an overview of maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements, and more. At the conclusion of the presentation there will be a Q+A portion of the webinar. 

The webinar will take place on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.