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 […]
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, […]
Reaching People with Disabilities Through Inclusive Healthy Communities CDC-NCBDDD funded, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors project. The project is currently conducting a series of webinars. When webinar resources are posted on the project website, AAHD will share. Learn more here. Caring for People with Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care Settings […]
COVID-19 and Direct Service Providers for Persons with Disabilities – CDC Guidance May 28 CDC website posting Learn more here. COVID-19 and Group Homes for Persons with Disabilities – CDC Guidance March 28 CDC website posting Learn more here. COVID-19 and ID/DD: Case Fatality Trends May 24 Disability and Health Journal article; there is a […]
AAHD and the Lakeshore Foundation joint comments to CMS were posted on this web page May 19. Available here are the comments to CMS by (1) Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), Task Force on LTSS, co-chairs, (2) National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disability Services(NASDDDS), and (3) National Association of State Mental Health […]
Ensuring Continuity of Home-and-Community-Based Services (HCBS) During the COVID-19 Pandemic May 18 ACL & CMS shared April 23 promising practices webinar materials Learn more here. CMS: COVID-19 Emergency Medicaid Waivers Must Comply with Olmstead (ADA) Obligations May 21 CMS announced document Learn more here. Standardizing Quality Measures for Complex Care May 21 National Center for […]
COVID-19 and Disability Survey Summary Report The American Association on Health & Disability is pleased to release the COVID-19 & Disability Survey Summary Report. The purpose of the survey was to conduct a rapid, real-time online assessment of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on access to healthcare on adults with a range of disabilities & was […]
Novel Coronavirus Pandemic and Access to Health Services Among Adults with Disabilities Project (COVID-19 & Disability Project) AAHD conducted a rapid, real-time online survey of COVID-19 and persons with a range of disabilities. The COVID-19 & Disability Project is funded by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation. The purpose of the COVID-19 & Disability Project is […]
Collecting Disability Data and COVID-19 April 27 Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Task Force on Rights co-chairs letter to HHS-CDC-CMS Learn more here. Beneficiaries Dually Eligible for Medicare and Medicaid: Integration of Care Updates and Policy Options April 15 Bipartisan Policy Center two white papers Learn more here. Roadmap To Recovery: A Public Health […]
AAHD Conducting COVID-19 & Disability Survey Confidential, real-time online assessment of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on healthcare and healthcare access among persons with a range of disabilities. The survey will be open from April 17 through May 1. Please use this link (https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/COVID-19-Disability) in your list serves, newsletters, social media platforms, and other print […]