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Public Health Emergency "Unwinding"

The Public Health Emergency (PHE) for COVID-19 and the incident period for the COVID-19 major disaster both will conclude on May 11, 2023, and federally funded programs will return to normal operations.

Wed, 03/22/2023 - 09:35
Sat, 04/01/2023 - 10:18

10 Things to Know About the Unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision

The Kaiser Family Foundation 

Tue, 03/21/2023 - 12:16
Fri, 03/31/2023 - 13:18
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A New Community of Practice

Commit to Connect seeks participants for its new 

Tue, 03/21/2023 - 12:16
Fri, 03/31/2023 - 13:18
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Vocational Interest and Disability Study

You are being asked to participate in a research study titled Examining The Influence of Disability on Vocational Interests. This study is being done by Felix Wu and Fred Oswald from Rice University. You were selected to participate in this study because you are a worker with or without a disability over 18.

Tue, 03/21/2023 - 10:44
Fri, 03/31/2023 - 09:18

Joint Statement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Administration for Community Living (ACL): Implementation of the Home and Community-Based Services Settings Regulation

Today marks an important milestone in our national efforts to enable people with disabilities and older adults to live and fully participate in their communities: the end of the transition period for implementation of the Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) settings regulation.
Fri, 03/17/2023 - 07:10
Fri, 03/31/2023 - 12:00
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HUD Fair Housing Proposed Rule

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) seeks comments on a 

Fri, 03/17/2023 - 07:10
Fri, 03/31/2023 - 12:00
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Updates and Options for the FY2024 SPIL

ACL/OILP is in the process of revising the State Plan for Independent Living (SPIL) instrument and instructions, as well as developing a SPIL portal to allow grantees to submit their SPILs
through Q90.
The current timeline anticipates the new SPIL and instructions will begin the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) process. This means the SPIL will be published in the Federal Register and

Fri, 03/17/2023 - 07:10
Thu, 03/30/2023 - 12:00
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Q90 Recruiting for SILC Representatives to Pilot Test SPIL Portal

About the pilot

Calling all SILC staff! Q90 is looking for SILC staff and representatives with experience developing the State Plan to pilot the new SPIL portal in Q90. 

In collaboration with the Office of Independent Living Programs at the ACL, Q90 is in the process of adding the ability for ILS Grantees to enter and submit their SPILs to the ACL through the Q90 Portal.

The Q90 Portal will be ready for state networks to enter and submit their FY2025-2027 SPIL. 

Fri, 03/17/2023 - 07:10
Thu, 03/30/2023 - 12:00
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