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                          Speeches and Testimony NCAPPS Video Shorts: Culture and Person-Centered Practices**January 14, 2022**Acknowledging and understanding a person’s racial and cultural identities is essential for providing person-centered supports. However, there are few resources that directly address the intersection of culture, language, and identity with person-centered thinking, planning, and practice. NCAPPS wants to further this conversation—a conversation that is crucial for systems to build cultural humility and cultural competence into person-centered thinking, planning, and practices.
    ACL begins awarding $150M to expand the aging and disability networks’ public health workforce**January 13, 2022**In November, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that ACL would receive $150 million to expand the public health workforce within the aging and disability networks. This week, ACL began distributing that funding to more than a dozen of its grantees and grantee networks.
    Webinar on HCBS Settings Regulation: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going**January 13, 2022**Thursday, January 27, 4:00 - 5:30 PM ET
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    New Grant Opportunities: Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services (INNU)**January 12, 2022**Application Deadline: March 10, 2022
 
ACL has released two INNU Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) for cooperative agreements to establish or replicate innovative approaches to enhance the quality, effectiveness, and outcomes of nutrition programs and services within the aging services network.
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    A Vaccine “Cheat Sheet” and More COVID-19 Resources**January 12, 2022**Current Vaccine and Booster Guidance
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    U.S. Access Board Seeks Additional Information for Advisory Guidelines for Aircraft Onboard Wheelchairs**January 11, 2022**Comment Period Closes January 17, 2022
    Senior Nutrition Program Webinar: 50th Anniversary Plans**January 11, 2022**Join ACL's Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs (ONHPP) for a webinar announcing plans for the 50th Anniversary of the Senior Nutrition Program. During this event, ONHPP will share details around the March observance and preview the toolkit and activities being developed to celebrate the program's golden anniversary.
    Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Launches the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)**January 10, 2022**On December 31, the FCC launched the ACP. This program, created by Congress in the Infrastructure and Jobs Act, is a longer-term replacement for the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program. This investment in broadband affordability will help ensure households can afford the internet connections they need for work, school, health care, and more.
    Ohio Solutions for Affordable Housing and Services for Older Adults and People with Disabilities – Office Hours**January 10, 2022**In Ohio, the housing sector and aging and disability networks partnered to expand options for older adults and people with disabilities to live in their communities with access to supportive services they may need. These models of collaboration can be replicated in other states. How do the partnerships form and how did they help people have housing that is stable, safe, and supports community living?
    Older Americans Month 2022 Theme**January 7, 2022**Older Americans Month 2022
Age My Way
Every May, ACL leads the nation’s observance of Older Americans Month (OAM). In 2022, ACL will be focusing on aging in place – how older adults can plan to stay in their homes and live independently in their communities for as long as possible. The 2022 theme is Age My Way, an opportunity for all of us to explore the many ways older adults can remain in and be involved with their communities.
  
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