Webinar

Dual eligibles are disproportionately harmed by COVID-19. Health plans serving dually eligible beneficiaries can play a key role in improving access to and educating enrollees on the importance of the COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations this winter, including boosters. In this webinar, presenters will discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on advancing health equity, cultural awareness, and eliminating health disparities for dually eligible beneficiaries.

Grandparent scam perpetrators falsely state that a grandchild is in trouble with the law, sick, or injured and in need of an immediate transfer of a large sum of money to prevent dire harm to the grandchild. In this webinar, aging services professionals will learn:

• how to identify this fraud and empower grandparents to resist this scam,
• how to partner with law enforcement to go after scammers, and
• how to support and enable those who have experienced this scam to recover from their losses and regain their agency.

The Biden-Harris Administration is hosting the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. For the first time in over 50 years, the White House will convene public and private sectors to accelerate progress and drive change to end hunger, improve nutrition and physical activity, and reduce disparities.

CHCS has developed the Patient-Centered Complex Care Research Agenda through support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The agenda provides a guide for collaboratively improving complex care with a priority on the experiences of people with complex needs. It was co-created by more than 100 stakeholders, including a Patient and Family Advisory Board. This webinar will highlight the Research Agenda’s recommendations and opportunities for adopting a person-centered approach to complex care research. 

CMS is looking to gather information from health care providers and suppliers on their experiences providing support during public health emergencies (PHE) outside of the COVID-19 PHE. The input and lessons-learned from this session will be used to evaluate CMS regulations regarding emergency preparedness for certain health care providers. CMS is especially interested in hearing input on the following questions:

The Jewish Federations of North America Center on Holocaust Survivor Care and Institute on Aging and Trauma is hosting a webinar, Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Program Evaluation: Principles, Practices, and Strategies. The webinar will discuss the principles of PCTI program evaluation and examine a PCTI evaluation planning tool. Speakers will share examples of how two local agencies, Edith and Carl Marks Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst and Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Philadelphia, have implemented PCTI evaluation in their work. 

On September 8, 2022 CFPB Director Rohit Chopra will host a virtual discussion with advocates, service providers, community leaders, and members of the public on nursing home debt collection. This hearing is a chance for the CFPB to hear from consumers, their advocates and others as they explore challenges around nursing home debt collection practices and the impact they can have on the financial wellbeing of caregivers, their families, and friends. It is also an opportunity for consumers to learn more about their rights.

In 2021, ACL awarded seven grants to support the Community Collaborations for Employment (CCE) Program to help enhance collaborations across systems to maximize experiences for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities as they transition between school and work in the community. Join the DETAC as three CCE Grantees (Arizona, Kansas, and Massachusetts) share insights about the strategic framework they established to help optimize opportunities for youth with I/DD to achieve competitive integrated employment within tribal reservations, rural, urban, and suburban communities

In this webinar, experts from the field will share their experiences in creating opportunities for people with disabilities to work as DSPs using customized employment and accommodations. Attendees will learn about an innovative DSP Academy that trains people with disabilities to work as DSPs. RCM of Washington Chief Executive Officer Amy Brooks and Chief Innovation Officer Susan Brooks will describe RCM’s approach to training and employment placement.