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The White House COVID-19 Response Team and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are hosting a virtual forum – Breaking Down Barriers for People Who Have Challenges Accessing COVID-19 Vaccination– on Wednesday, April 21, from 2:30 to 4:30 pm EDT This event is an opportunity to share best practices and lessons learned from public health efforts to improve COVID-19 vaccine access for people with disabilities and people who are unable to leave their home. (Posted April 19)
The HHS Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) released a brief n the potential barriers to accessing the COVID-19 vaccine faced by homebound older adults. (Posted April 19)
New ACL Webinar: Navigating Older American’s Act Title III-D During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Friday, April 23, 2:00-3:00 pm ET. This webinar wil highlight best practices for selecting and delivering evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention programs – including programs delivered in remote and/or in-person, socially-distanced formats. Attendees will hear from three ACL grant recipients about the strategies they are employing to deliver these programs during the pandemic, and the lessons they have learned along the way. (Posted April 16)
The CDC Foundation will award over $6.7 million to community-based organizationto support efforts to increase influenza and COVID-19 vaccine confidence and uptake for adults in racial and/or ethnic populations experiencing disparities in the United States. The CDC Foundation will provide $50,000 - $100,000 awards to an estimated 100 CBOs to: (1) Equip influential messengers by providing trainings and materials; (2) Increase vaccination opportunities and enhance provider partnerships; and (3) Establish partnerships with state and local health departments. Applications are due Monday, April 26 and selected CBOs will be notified of their selection by May 7. 2021. (Posted April 15)
New webinar Wednesday, May 12 at 3:00pm ET, COVID-19 Vaccines for Caregivers and Personal Care Assistants hosted by Georgia Tech. (Posted April 15)
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has an updated vaccine sign-up forfor veterans, spouses, caregivers, and Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) recipients who aren’t enrolled in VA health care. (Posted April 15)
We posted a new ACL FAQ for Centers for Independent Living on expanding the network's access to COVID-19 vaccines funding. (Posted April 14)
Ensuring equitable access to vaccines: As part of our shared commitment to ensuring equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, ACL teamed up with the HHS Office for Civil Rights and the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) to release new legal guidance and resources to help states, vaccination providers, and others leading COVID-19 response activities improve access to vaccines for people with disabilities and older adults. These resources clarify legal requirements, illustrate some of the barriers to vaccine access faced by people with disabilities and older people, and provide strategies – and examples of how the aging and disability network can help employ them – to ensure accessibility. This ACL Update has more information, or you can go directly to:
OCR's guidance utlines legal standards under federal civil rights laws prohibiting disability discrimination and providing concrete examples of their application in the context of COVID-19 vaccine programs. This OCR fact sheet sets out specific steps to promote compliance with disability rights laws and provide access for people with disabilities to vaccination programs.
ASPE's issue briefon the prevalence and characteristics of older adults who are normally unable to leave home unassisted and for whom leaving the house would take considerable and taxing effort.
ACL's Strategies for Helping Older Adults and People with Disabilities Access COVID-19 Vaccines provides creative approaches to outreach and education, vaccine appointment facilitation, ensuring website and vaccination site accessibility, and reaching people who cannot be vaccinated outside of their homes. Also included are examples of how the aging and disability network have collaborated with state agencies at virtually every stage of the vaccination process to ensure access for people with disabilities and older adults. This companion piece is a summary of ACL’s programs, with examples of activities and partnerships that can support vaccine access. (Posted April 13)
The Georgia Tech COVID-19 Accessible Materials for People with Disabilities project has a new microsite ith resourced for people with a variety of disabilities. New resources include a video for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities on wearing a mask the right way and an ASL video on running essential errands The project receives funding from the CDC Foundation. (Posted April 13)
NIDLRR's National Rehabilitation Information Center has an updated pagewith the latest COVID-19 research and information from the NIDILRR grantee community. (Posted April 12)
FEMA will be hosting a call on the Funeral Assistace Program for disability community stakeholderson Wednesday, April 28, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ET. (Posted April 12)
Grantmakers in Aging is hosting a webinar, Engaging Communities in Faith-Based Models of Care on Thursday, April 22, 2021 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET (Posted April 12)
New Webinar: The Federal Response to COVID-19 - Addressing the Needs of the Autism and Disability Communitieson Wednesday, April 28, 2-4 pm ET. The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committeet the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of Autism Research Coordinationat the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host this webinar. (Posted April 12)
- Looking for more information about the process for the grants being awarded through ACL's partnership with CDC to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines? We're working on pulling that together in one place, but in the meantime, the first six notices on ACL's page on the Federal Registersite have more details about what is needed from grantees. (Grants to the State Units on Aging for subsequent allocation to the AAAs are already being processed.)
- The NIDILRR-funded IDEAL Rehabilitation Research Training Center (RRTC) at the University of Michigan is hosting a webinar, Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on Adults with Physical Disabilities from Marginalized Communities on Thursday, April 22, at 2:00pm EDT. This webinar will present the findings from a recent study on the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults with physical disabilities from marginalized communities living in southeast Michigan. Interviews with 16 adults will reveal how these individuals either had to engage in risky behavior in order to have their needs met, or avoid risks and consequently not have their needs met. (Posted April 9)
- The National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services (NASDDDS) created a document titled, "Ensuring Vaccine Access for Individuals with I/DD & Direct Support Professionals." The document describes state successes related to vaccination efforts for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. (Posted April 9)
- We posted a new ACL FAQ document for Older Americas Act Programs on CDC funding to help increase access to vaccines (Posted April 9)
- New Webinar: Forming Strategic Partnerships Between Housing, Medicaid HCBS Payers, and Community-Based Services Thursday, April 22, 3:00 - 4:30 pm ET. This ACL/CMS webinar provides strategies and best practices to form partnerships between housing, Medicaid HCBS payers, and community-based services to successfully address housing challenges. These partnerships can enable stakeholders to leverage the unprecedented influx of COVID-19 related funding (CARES Act, Omnibus, and American Rescue/Recovery Plan) for rental assistance and pre/post housing related services and supports. (Posted April 8)
- U.S. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Pamela S. Karlan issued a statement and resource guideto assist Federal agencies, state and local governments, and recipients of federal financial assistance in addressing ongoing civil rights challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Posted April 6)
- Interested in helping with the COVID-19 vaccination effort? Find out about the opportunity to join the COVID-19 Community Corp This COVID-19 public education campaign will increase vaccine confidence while reinforcing basic prevention measures. Corps members Corps member receive resources to help build vaccine confidence in the community. (Posted April 6)
- CDC has created a central repository of guidelines, tools, and resources for states, tribes, localities, and territories that is designed to help get and keep America pen. Visit the site to learn how to to quickly identify new cases, break chains of transmission, and protect first responders and health care workers from infection. (Posted April 6)
- FEMA recently published a blog titled, "Easing the Vaccination Process for People with Developmental Disabilities" The blog outlines an expedited process and how it was successfully deployed in Pennsylvania. (Posted April 5)
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