Join NCOA for a webinar on the role of evidence based programs and service delivery in community care hubs. The webinar will focus on the role of community-based organizations (CBOs) and their integral role in program and service delivery.
The webinar will take place on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET.
Join the Housing Services Resource Center for a webinar that examines the role of transportation in improving housing stability. Transportation is integral to community living, with adequate transportation many older adults and people with disabilities are able to grocery shop, get to medical appointments, and stay engaged with their community. This webinar will examine the partnerships between transportation and housing that are so vital to keep older adults and people with disabilities in the community.
The Housing and Services Resource Center is hosting a webinar on the role of partnerships between housing, transportation, aging and disability, and health resources in supporting housing stability and community living for older adults and people with disabilities. The webinar will highlight effective collaborations with public transportation, share technical assistance resources that can be used to strengthen community transportation partnerships, and answer questions from attendees.
This webinar will be held on Monday, February 27 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET.
The Foundation for Social Connection has released Systems Of Cross-sector Integration and Action across the Lifespan (SOCIAL) Framework: The Work, Employment, and Labor (WEL) Sector, the third report in a series of sector-based social connection reports This report offers evidence-based solutions and policies to advance social connectedness and address social isolation and loneliness through the work, employment, and labor (WEL) sector.
The Legal Services Corporation, the Administration for Community Living, and the National Center on Law and Elder Rights are hosting a new webinar series, Closing the Justice Gap for Older Adults. The webinar series is designed for legal aid attorneys, staff, and partners to teach attendees how to better provide person first counsel to older adults. Topics for this series range from nursing facility evictions, decision capabilities, APS aid collaboration, guardianship and more.
Join the National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center for a webinar on the key role that community based organizations play in conducting dementia screenings and keeping people in the community longer. Participants will learn from two Alzheimer’s Disease Program Initiative grantees about programs in their community and their successful implementation.
The webinar will take place on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET.
Join CMS for a webinar that will review the various activities of states as they work to meet the HCBS Final settings rule. The webinar will also include a discussion of implementation tools, Statewide Transition Plans (STPs), Heightened Scrutiny, Corrective Action Plans (CAPs), and an overview of medicaid waiver and state plan provisions to help states reach the final rule requirements.
The webinar will take place Tuesday, February 21, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET.
On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 the Administration for Children and Families announced a proposal that will make it easier to licescene relatives to foster children when their parents are not able to care for them. The rule would allow more grandparents and other relatives to access financial assistance and other resources that are available to licensed foster homes. The rule would also allow child welfare agencies to create separate kinship caregiver licensing standards, making it easier for children to remain with their family members during difficult times.
Join the National Council on Disability for their quarterly meeting. The meeting will include remarks from the chairman and executive director of the council, updates on policy projects, voting on projects for FY2024 and more.
The meeting will take place Thursday, February 16, 2023 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
Applied Self Direction presents their 2023 virtual conference, Self Direction “From Your Desk” webinar series. The webinar series begins Tuesday March 7 and will be a series of webinars on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons covering all things self direction. Topics of the series include but are not limited to, Veteran Directed Care (VDC), Medicare Advantage in Self Direction, stories from caregivers, and more. The first webinar will cover Medicaid to pay for live-in caregiver housing to offset wages for care.
