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2013ACL Awards Grants to Support Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services**October 5, 2018**ACL recently awarded five grantees for innovative projects that will enhance the quality, effectiveness, and outcomes of nutrition services programs provided by the national aging services network. The grants total $1,197,205 for this year with a two-year project period. Through this grant program, ACL aims to identify innovative and promising practices that can be scaled across the country and to increase use of evidence-informed practices within nutrition programs. 
The five organizations receiving grants and their projects are:
    Kicking Off National Disability Employment Awareness Month**October 3, 2018**This week kicks off National Disability Employment Awareness Month, an opportunity to celebrate the many contributions of America's workers with disabilities. 2018's NDEAM theme is "America's Workforce: Empowering All."
    ACL Awards UCEDD Grants on Mental Illness, Diversity, and Cultural Competency**October 2, 2018**Recently, ACL’s Administration for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities awarded $1.85 million in funding to University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs). The funding includes a grant to establish a new training center supporting people with developmental disabilities and co-occurring serious mental illness, as well as grants to continue efforts to promote diversity and cultural competence across the developmental disabilities network through diversity fellowships and partnerships with minority-serving institutions.
    New Grants Promote Access to Home Modifications and Caregiver Financial Literacy**October 2, 2018**ACL's Administration on Aging is announcing $1.5 million in funding over three years to help older Americans age in place by promoting access to home modifications as well as financial literacy for caregivers.   
ACL is funding a $250,000 per year cooperative agreement with the University of Southern California's Leonard Davis School of Gerontology to address barriers to home modification access and service delivery.
    Webinar on Oct 24: Medical Professionals with Disabilities**October 1, 2018**Register for the webinar on October 24 at 3 pm ET.
    Julie Hocker joins ACL as Commissioner of the Administration on Disabilities**October 1, 2018**ACL is pleased to welcome Julie Hocker as the Commissioner of the Administration on Disabilities. Hocker brings to the role extensive experience in operational process improvement, risk management, and effectiveness assessment.
    Grants Awarded for Data Collection and Research Pertaining to People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities**September 28, 2018**ACL has awarded three grants to continue and enhance the collection and analysis of national longitudinal trends pertaining to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities around the issues of state spending for developmental disabilities services, residential services, and employment services. Along with its commitment to continue funding high quality longitudinal research, ACL has emphasized the need for this research to be understandable and usable by the public, including people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD).
    ACL Webinars on Innovative Nutrition Projects**September 28, 2018**Join the National Resource Center on Nutrition & Aging for two webinars in October about Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services grants.
    New Living Well Grants Awarded**September 28, 2018**ACL awarded five new grants totaling $1.96 million over five years (or $392,000 for each grantee) to help develop and test model approaches for enhancing the quality, effectiveness, and monitoring of home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with developmental disabilities. The projects funded by the new grants begin on September 30, 2018.
    ACL Awards Grants to 14 State Adult Protective Services Systems**September 26, 2018**ACL recently awarded grants totaling $4,877,699 to Adult Protective Services systems in 14 states. The three-year grants will be used to enhance statewide APS systems, evaluate and improve practices, and improve data collection and reporting to ACL’s National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS).
  
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