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    SSA Seeks Input on Representative Payee Determinations for Beneficiaries**March 27, 2018**The Representative Payee Program provides financial management for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries who are incapable of managin
    Funding Opportunity Available for Inclusive Transportation Planning Initiative**March 23, 2018**A request for proposals has been released for Inclusive Transportation Planning grants.
    Webinar: Trauma Informed Care for People Living with Dementia**March 22, 2018**Register for April 10 webinar.
    No Wrong Door Webinar: Supporting Community Living for Veterans Promising Practices**March 22, 2018**April 10, 2018, 1:00pm EDT
This webinar highlights promising practices for the aging and disability networks, Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, and Veterans Benefits Offices to forge partnerships and better support community living for veterans. You will hear first-hand about these promising practices and how they can be replicate from ACL and the AARP Public Policy Institute as well as staff from a VA Medical Center, State Unit on Aging, and Area Agency on Aging.
    Request for Stakeholder Input on Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNP) Provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018**March 20, 2018**The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is requesting public input about Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans.
Section 50311(b) of the recently passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law No. 115-123) creates a new Section 1859(f)(8) of the Social Security Act in order to increase integration of Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs). In particular, the statute directs CMS to:
    Report on the Evaluation of Home and Community-Based Support Services for Older American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiians**March 19, 2018**In 2016, ACL's Administration on Aging contracted ICF International (ICF) to conduct a participatory evaluation of the Title VI Grant Program, which provides home and community-based supportive services for older American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian populations.
The evaluation seeks to answer the following questions:
    New Funding Opportunities To Conduct Research on Exercise Interventions for People with Disabilities, and Health & Function for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities**March 16, 2018**Two new grant opportunities from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at ACL have been announced: the Disability
    Webinar: The Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative**March 12, 2018**Register for March 20 webinar.
    Stories from the Field Contest**March 8, 2018**The HCBS Business Acumen Center is looking for stories and examples of promising business practices from community-based organizations (CBOs) serving people with dis
  
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