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                          Speeches and Testimony Policy Round Up: MFP extension, Medicaid Continuous Coverage Unwinding, Public Charge Rule, Portable Bed Rail Safety Proposed Rule, HUD seeks inputIn this round up:
    You Can Help Caregivers Spot Illegal Nursing Home Debt Collection Tactics**December 9, 2022 | Edwin Walker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging, and Deborah Royster, Assistant Director, Office for Older Americans, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau**Today, the CFPB is releasing a new resource to help you identify and report illegal nursing home debt collection tactics. Whether you’re a long-term care ombudsman, care coordinator, elder law attorney, or other aging services provider, you can help caregivers.
    Policy Round Up: OTC Hearing Aids, CDC’s Prescribing Guideline for Opioids, Surgeon General’s Framework for Mental Health in the Workplace, and moreLast chance:  Comments due 12/6 on CMS RFI on Nat’l Directory of Health Care Providers and Services; Cheaper Hearing Aids Now in Stores; CDC Releases Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids; U.S. Surgeon General Releases New Framework for Mental Health & Well-Being in the Workplace; CMS Finalizes Policies to Simplify Medicare Enrollment and Expand Access to Coverage for Immunosuppressive Drugs; CMS releases new resource for states on ending Medicaid coverage in the optional COVID-19 group
    Helping Rural and Urban Communities Better Serve People Aging with HIV**December 1, 2022 | Andrea Callow, Office for Policy Analysis and Development**Post-publishing update: The deadline for these opportunities has been changed to February 14, 2023.
    Family Caregiving: A New Strategy to Address an Issue that Touches All of Us**November 29, 2022 | Acting Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging**Are you a family caregiver? Do you know someone who is? Chances are, you’ll either be one – or need one – at some point during your life.
    Building Equity in Employment: A Q&A with ACL Grantee Dr. Corey Moore**October 28, 2022 | Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt, Director, National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research**Each October, National Disability Employment Awareness Month celebrates the contributions of America’s workers with disabilities and showcases supportive, inclusive employment policies and practices. As part of ACL’s celebration this year, Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt, director of ACL’s National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), interviewed Dr.
    Celebrating Ombuds Day and Residents' Rights Month**October 13, 2022 | Beverley Laubert, National Ombudsman Program Coordinator, Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs, ACL**Today, we join the American Bar Association in celebrating the fifth annual Ombuds Day, which was created to recognize the important role ombudsmen play, and the impact they have on people’s lives.
    Policy Round-Up: Applications Due for HUD Home-Modifications Grants, New IDEA Guidance, Input Needed on Proposed Medicaid Rule, and RFI From CMSToday’s Policy Round-Up includes:
    Guest Blog: Who’s Calling? Grandparent and Person-In-Need Scams**October 4, 2022 | Jackie Blaesi-Freed, Assistant Director, Department of Justice Consumer Protection Branch**An 87-year-old woman in California—who we’ll call Jane Doe—received a call from someone claiming to be Jane’s granddaughter. The “granddaughter” stated she had been arrested following a car accident and needed $9,000 for bail.
    Supporting Kinship Families & Grandfamilies Affected by Substance Use Disorders**September 30, 2022 | Q&A with Ana Beltran, Director, Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network and Patrick Donavan, APS Supervisor, Muskingum County, Ohio**September is National Recovery Month and
  
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