ACL’s COVID-19
Resources: What’s New
Understanding program reporting requirements: We’ve
posted guidance to help grantees with reporting requirements associated
with COVID-19 funding, including program-specific guidance for:
- Centers for Independent
Living
- Long-term Care Ombudsmen
programs
- Older Americans Act Title
III grantees
- Older Americans Act Title
VI grantees
Protecting rights and addressing abuse: ACL and
our federal grantees and partners continue to monitor emerging threats to
the rights and dignity of older adults and people with disabilities in the
wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We've added a number of resources,
including:
- A statement from the Civil
Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice on
protecting civil rights during the COVID-19 response.
- A video series from the
National Disability Rights Network on the rights of people with
disabilities. The series covers topics including housing, jails and
prisons, healthcare rights, and domestic violence.
- A letter to faith leaders
on elder abuse and supporting survivors from the Safe Havens
Interfaith Partnership Against Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse and
the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life. The letter has been
endorsed by over 20 national organizations, including several ACL
grantees and partners.
Supporting grandfamilies:
Generations United and the National Association of Area Agencies on
Aging will be hosting a webinar on May 21 at 2:00pm ET to discuss how the
aging network can best support older adults raising grandchildren or other
young relatives during this tumultuous time.
Missed a webinar? We also have added recordings
from five webinars that took place in April:
- "Ensuring Continuity of Home and
Community-Based Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic,"
part of a monthly webinar series hosted by ACL and the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services.
- "The Americans with Disabilities
Act at Work: Considerations for COVID-19" was
hosted by the ODEP-funded Employer Assistance and Resource Network on
Disability Inclusion (EARN) and featured speakers from NIDILRR's ADA
National Network.
- "Supporting Family Caregivers of
Older Adults through Times of Stress and Isolation"
hosted by Resources for Integrated Care.
- "Providing Person-Centered,
Trauma-Informed Services During a Pandemic"
hosted by the ACL-funded Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care
at the Jewish Federations of North America.
- "Living With COVID-19: A Guide
for Volunteer Programs" hosted by the SMP
National Resource Center, the SHIP National Technical Assistance
Center, the Center for Benefits Access, and ACL.
Spanish and ASL videos: We continue to grow our
Spanish and ACL resources. We've added four new Spanish-language videos
developed by the California DD Council and a regularly-updated list of
coronavirus-related ASL videos being compiled by the National Association
of the Deaf.
Info on Economic Impact Payments for Social Security
Beneficiaries: The Social Security Administration has
created a document to help beneficiaries quickly determine whether
they need to take any action to receive economic impact payments under the
CARES Act. SSA has also published answers to common questions about
representative payees and economic impact payments.
Last but not least: Here
are a few more resources we've added:
- Questions and answers from
ACL's April 22 call with State Unit on Aging directors.
- Information on daily
20-minute "huddles" organized by the Institute for
Healthcare Improvement to discuss high-priority COVID-19 challenges
faced by nursing homes.
- Information on the United
States Department of Agriculture's Farmers to Families Food Box
program.
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