This week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the creation of a new agency, the Administration for Community Living (ACL). The ACL will combine the efforts of the Administration on Aging, the Office on Disability and the Administration on Developmental Disabilities into one agency, with enhanced policy and program support for cross-cutting initiatives focused on the unique needs of particular groups such as children or adults with developmental or physical disabilities, or seniors, including seniors with Alzheimer's. Kathy Greenlee, the Assistant Secretary for Aging, who has met with family service agencies and federations on numerous occasions, will lead the newly formed organization and serve as its Administrator.
The Administration for Community Living announced:
"All Americans - including people with disabilities and seniors - should be able to live at home with the supports they need, participating in communities that value their contributions. To help meet these needs, HHS is creating a new organization, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) with the goal of increasing access to community supports and full participation, while focusing attention and resources on the unique needs of older Americans and people with disabilities."
More information can be found at the Administration for Community Living. AJFCA will monitor this development, including the reactions coming from the disabilities and aging communities and Congressional leaders, and keep you apprised of how this will affect local programs. As you may know, AJFCA has excellent working relationships with leaders of these agencies and our voice remains vital as ever. Please contact Shelley Rood if you have questions.
The Administration for Community Living announced:
"All Americans - including people with disabilities and seniors - should be able to live at home with the supports they need, participating in communities that value their contributions. To help meet these needs, HHS is creating a new organization, the Administration for Community Living (ACL) with the goal of increasing access to community supports and full participation, while focusing attention and resources on the unique needs of older Americans and people with disabilities."
More information can be found at the Administration for Community Living. AJFCA will monitor this development, including the reactions coming from the disabilities and aging communities and Congressional leaders, and keep you apprised of how this will affect local programs. As you may know, AJFCA has excellent working relationships with leaders of these agencies and our voice remains vital as ever. Please contact Shelley Rood if you have questions.
The deadline for submitting the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) applications is Wednesday, April 4th. Per the grant guidelines: "Applications must be submitted by the nonprofit organization to the SAA/UAWG (if they are separate entities), no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT, April 4, 2012 to ensure adequate time for a State review of nonprofit applications."
We recommend that you submit the day prior to allow for any foreseen hiccups with filing (i.e., electronic mishaps). We also remind you that applicants should provide complete answers as each question is scored. Full answers are better than partial answers and partial answers are better than no answers. If you have not read through JFNA's online materials, please do so. It takes a minute to register if you have not already done so. Some of the materials placed on the site provide recommendations on how to most fully complete answers to questions.
Thank you, and if you have any questions, please contact Rob Goldberg at JFNA.
We recommend that you submit the day prior to allow for any foreseen hiccups with filing (i.e., electronic mishaps). We also remind you that applicants should provide complete answers as each question is scored. Full answers are better than partial answers and partial answers are better than no answers. If you have not read through JFNA's online materials, please do so. It takes a minute to register if you have not already done so. Some of the materials placed on the site provide recommendations on how to most fully complete answers to questions.
Thank you, and if you have any questions, please contact Rob Goldberg at JFNA.
On March 29th, the House and Senate each passed a three-month extension of the highway bill, avoiding a shutdown of transportation programs that would have expired on March 31st. Congress will have three months to develop and pass transportation legislation.
AJFCA and JFNA, together with partners in aging and transportation services, worked with Congress and the Administration to advocate for this reauthorization. During the next three months, we will continue to work to make sure that priorities for seniors and people with disabilities are maintained. For example, we will push for an overall increased authorization for the Section 5310 services for seniors and people with disabilities, as well as the New Freedom and Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC) programs. We will continue to support the National Center on Senior Transportation, which JFNA helped establish in 2006. In addition, we will fight to maintain provisions that passed the Senate such as allowing grants to be used for operating assistance, improving coordination of programs between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Health and Human Services, and improving data reporting on programs that serve the elderly and people with disabilities. We will insist that seniors and individuals with disabilities be part of the transportation planning process.
Thank you for your advocacy on this issue. We will continue to keep you informed as the transportation bill is debated in Congress. Please email Shelley Rood with any questions.
AJFCA and JFNA, together with partners in aging and transportation services, worked with Congress and the Administration to advocate for this reauthorization. During the next three months, we will continue to work to make sure that priorities for seniors and people with disabilities are maintained. For example, we will push for an overall increased authorization for the Section 5310 services for seniors and people with disabilities, as well as the New Freedom and Job Access Reverse Commute (JARC) programs. We will continue to support the National Center on Senior Transportation, which JFNA helped establish in 2006. In addition, we will fight to maintain provisions that passed the Senate such as allowing grants to be used for operating assistance, improving coordination of programs between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Health and Human Services, and improving data reporting on programs that serve the elderly and people with disabilities. We will insist that seniors and individuals with disabilities be part of the transportation planning process.
Thank you for your advocacy on this issue. We will continue to keep you informed as the transportation bill is debated in Congress. Please email Shelley Rood with any questions.
