California Receives First Community First Choice Award
On September 4, California announced that it had received Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approval as the first Community First Choice award, to increase options for community based supports for individuals with disabilities. The National Council on Aging (NCOA) Cross Roads HCBS Online Community sharing of the California announcement is here.
CMS Announces Availability of Grants for “Testing Experience and Functional Tools (TEFT)” To Be Used in Community Based Long
Term Services and Supports
The August 24 grants.gov Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announcement is here.
US Access Board Seeks Your Ideas on Using Technology to Improve Health Care for Persons with Disabilities
Inglis, The Children¹s Hospital of Philadelphia, and WGBH¹s Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) are collaborating on a joint project to explore how people with disabilities can use technology to manage their own healthcare.
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Justice Department-Sacramento Public Library Authority Reach ADA Settlement
Department of Justice (DOJ) August 29 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) settlement statement is available here.
HUD Fines West Virginia Landlord for Discrimination Based on Autism
See August 24 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announcement here.
SAMHSA-Federal Agencies Launch Suicide Prevention Strategy
On September 10, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), the U.S. Army, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and others announced the Suicide Prevention Strategy.
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President Signs Executive Order Improving Mental Health Services for Veterans and their Families
September 4 – learn more here.
Closing the Quality Gap and Overcoming Health Disparities
August 24 IOM (Institute of Medicine) report; available here.
Scarlet Road – Australia Disability Rights Documentary
The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) has circulated an announcement of a new documentary.
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Protecting Caregivers From Employment Discrimination – New AARP Report
IOM: Need and Methods for Continuously Learning About the Complexity of the U.S. Health Care System
New Institute of Medicine (IOM) report; learn more here.
Massachusetts and Tennessee Non-Profit Health Insurers Receive CMS Loans
On August 31, CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) announced loans, authorized under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), to non-profit “Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans, CO-Ops,) to operate health insurance plans in Massachusetts and Tennessee.
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