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                          Speeches and Testimony ACL stands proudly with the LGBTQI+ community**June 30, 2023 | Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging**During Pride Month, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and diversity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) community—which includes people of all ages and abilities.
    From Awareness to Action: Commemorating World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
    You Can Help Prevent Medicare Fraud**June 8, 2023 | Rebecca Kinney, Director, Office of Healthcare Information and Counseling**I’ve dedicated my career to helping people understand and navigate Medicare, including what they can do to avoid becoming a victim of fraud.
    Policy Round-Up: RSV Vaccine, HUD 504 ANPRM, Food is Medicine RFI, and MoreIn this Policy Round-Up:
    Aging Unbound: Rethinking Aging During Older Americans MonthAging today isn’t what we thought of 60 years ago, when Older Americans Month (OAM) was celebrated for the first time. Older Americans are living longer and staying active in their communities in more ways than ever before. Their active engagement in work, volunteerism, education, and civics demonstrates that older age is a dynamic and vibrant phase of life.
    Policy Round-Up: PHE UnwindingThe federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) and Major Disaster Declaration (MDD) for COVID-19 ended Thursday, May 11, and federally funded programs are continuing the process of returning to normal operations. This transition will end the temporary, but significant, changes made to Medicaid enrollment and eligibility rules. It will also impact a variety of programs across the federal government.
    Policy Round Up: CDC vaccine guidance, NIH input needed, new CMS data, and moreIn this policy round up:
    Input Needed: CMS Proposes Rule to Improve Access to and Quality of Medicaid Services**April 28, 2023 | Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging**Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule, Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services (Access Rule) to improve access to — and
    Preventing and Addressing Sexual Assault of People with I/DD**April 28, 2023 | Naomi Hess, Office of Disability Services Innovation within ACL’s Administration on Disabilities**April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It was created to raise awareness about sexual violence around the world and to educate communities on how to prevent it. This is a critical issue for the disability community, and particularly for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). This blog post explores why.
    Celebrating the Power of Volunteers to Expand the Reach of Dementia Programs**April 26, 2023 | Erin Long, MSW, Team Lead, Alzheimer’s Disease Programs Initiative, ACL and Melissa Hunter, MSW, National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center**In this blog, Erin Long, who leads ACL’s Alzheimer’s Disease Programs Initiative, and Melissa Hunter, from the ACL-funded National Alzheimer’s and Dementia Resource Center, reflect on ways ACL’s dementia grantees are broadening their reach and serving more people living with dementia and their caregivers by training and engaging volunteers.
  
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