State Actions To Sustain Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports During COVID-19 August 26 Kaiser Family Foundation brief Learn more here. Strategies To Meaningfully Engage Medicaid Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) Beneficiaries Sept 3 ACL and CMS webinar slides Learn more here. Living at Home in Rural America: Accessibility for Older Americans and People with a Disability August […]
Category: Disability & Public Health News
Welcome to AAHD’s weekly electronic update, “Disability and Public Health News.” Each Tuesday, AAHD will provide an overview of the prior week’s media coverage on topics related to disability and public health. Our goal is to keep our colleagues and friends informed of disability and public health topics in the media at the local, state and national level. It is our intent that this weekly information will support you in your work. Please send us your comments to contact@aahd.us and feel free to share the weekly updates with your colleagues.
Week of August 18, 2020
National Governors Association-National Conference of State Legislatures-5 Local Govt Associations: “Congress Failure To Reach Agreement on Aid To State and Local Governments Leaves Them in an Untenable Position” August 13 NGA-NCSL-NACo-ICMA-CSG-NLC-US Conference of Mayors statement Learn more here. Person-Centered Planning and Practice: Final NQF report to ACL July 31 National Quality Forum announced final report […]
Week of August 11, 2020
COVID-19 Face Coverings: Balancing the ADA with Public Health August 5 NIDILRR NARIC shared NW ADA Center fact sheet Learn more here. Person-Centered Planning Facilitation: Summary of Research and Findings July 31 Long Term Quality Alliance shared June ACL funded, HSRI paper Learn more here. The Challenges of Behavioral Health-General Health Integration: The Persistence of […]
Week of August 4, 2020
Racial Disparities in the Time of COVID-19: Persons with ID/DD July 27 NASDDDS and HSRI shared National Core Indicators data brief Learn more here. Reducing COVID-19 Disparities & Achieving Health Equity (CDC) July 28 TFAH announced CDC report Learn more here. A Springboard for Equitable Recovery and Resilience in Communities Across America July 28 TFAH […]
Week of July 28, 2020
Addressing Barriers To ADA’s (Americans with Disabilities Act) Right to Community Participation July 23 Brandeis University Community Living Policy Center slides as resource for the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities ADA at 30 briefing Learn more here. The Right To Live in the Community: A Long Journey for People with Disabilities – Video July 22, […]
Week of July 21, 2020
Person-Centered Planning and the Pandemic – Tools and Approaches During and Beyond July 9 ACL funded NCAPPS webinar slides Learn more here. Patient and Family Engaged Care: An Essential Element of Health Equity July 13 National Academy of Medicine discussion paper Learn more here. Advocates Oppose CMS Further Delay of Medicaid HCBS Settings Rule July […]
Week of July 14, 2020
Independent Living – Persons with Disabilities – COVID-19 Experiences July 8 AAHD Discuss shared Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living (CHRIL) survey report Learn more here. COVID-19 Impact on Behavioral Health Crisis Providers July 9 NASMHPD announced TBD Solutions survey report Learn more here. Ongoing Staff Development in Disability Services (Including DSPs) July 1 […]
Week of July 7, 2020
Understanding the Direct Support Workforce in the U.S. for Persons with ID/DD June 2 Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Journal announced article abstract Learn more here. Direct Support Workforce for Persons with ID/DD – COVID-19 Survey Results July 1 University of MN, Institute on Community Integration and NADSP shared survey summary Learn more here. Integrating Services […]
Week of June 30, 2020
Developing and Implementing State Olmstead Plans To Increase Access To Community-Based Services June 22 SAMHSA-NASMHPD-Bazelon Ctr webinar materials Learn more here. Long-Term Services & Supports Coordinator: A Promising (Massachusetts) Practice To Advance Independent Living, Recovery, and Integrated Care June 15 Brandeis Community Living Policy Center webinar materials Learn more here. How COVID-19 Can Spark Transformative […]
Week of June 23, 2020
Housing Disparities for People with Disabilities: Unaffordable, Inadequate, and Dangerous June 17 NIDILRR NARIC shared April Brandeis U Community Living Policy Center brief Learn more here. Homelessness and COVID-19: A Merger of 2 Epidemics June 18 NIHCM webinar materials Learn more here. Future Planning for the Homelessness Response Systems: Lessons from Seattle/King County, Los Angeles, […]