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2013Now Accepting Applications for the 2020 Medicare Advantage Learning Collaborative**November 4, 2019**Applications are due Friday, December 13, at 5:00 p.m. ET.
    Input Needed on Person-Centered Planning Draft Report**November 4, 2019**In 2019 the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requested that the National Quality Forum (NQF) convene a committee of experts with lived and professional experience in long-term services and supports (LTSS), and with the acute/primary/chronic care systems. This committee aims to provide ACL, CMS, federal and state entities, and the general public with a consensus-based, multistakeholder view of multiple areas of person-centered planning.
    National Council on Aging (NCOA) Webinar: The Invisible Health Care Provider: Family Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia**November 1, 2019**Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 12:00-1:00 PM ET
    ACL Seeks Business Partners to Increase Hiring of Workers with Disabilities**November 1, 2019**Ideas from American Employers Seen as Best Way to Revolutionize Inclusive Hiring Practices
    New Research Grants Awarded for Supporting People with Psychiatric Disabilities and Autism**October 30, 2019**The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at ACL has awarded several new grants to support people with psychiatric disabilities and Autism. 
Below are highlights of some of the various projects set to begin:
    New Research Grants Awarded for Supporting Transitions of Youth with Disabilities to Adulthood**October 29, 2019**The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) at ACL has awarded several new grants to support successful transitions of youth with disabilities to adulthood. 
Below are highlights of some of the various projects set to begin:
    AGID has a new name!**October 29, 2019**
    New National Center to Support Timely, Coordinated Services for Brain Injury**October 28, 2019**ACL is announcing the launch of the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Technical Assistance and Resource Center. The aim of the center is to help states promote access to integrated, coordinated services and supports for people who have sustained a TBI, their families, and caregivers. These services and supports will encourage both community inclusion and the personal independence of people with TBI.
    National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Oct 26**October 25, 2019**
    New Research Grant Awarded for Advancing Family Support for People with Disabilities**October 25, 2019**The
  
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