Here is today’s Monday Mailer for you (on a Tuesday!):

Caregiver Corner 

• Join ACL for a webinar on Thursday, January 30th from 2:30-4:00 pm ET to learn more about the National Caregiver Support Collaborative (NCSC), an innovative new initiative offering resources and technical assistance to aging, tribal, and kinship caregiver support networks. Network participants and partners will have the opportunity to connect with and hear from featured presenters, including six ACL awardees of grants aligned with the goals and cross-cutting principles of the 2022 National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers. Participants will also learn about available resources and actionable tools to support service providers’ operational and programmatic needs. Register for the webinar here.

Other Items 

• Join ACL for a webinar where national and state leaders and leading subject matter experts will share successes, lessons learned, and strategies for initiating, scaling, and sustaining change amid shifting policies and budgets. The webinar, “Innovation in the Direct Care Workforce: Unlocking Success Through Peer Learning,” will take place on Wednesday, January 29th from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. Discover how 14 states are transforming their direct care workforces to support the provision of home and community-based services (HCBS) through the Direct Care Workforce (DCW) Strategies Center’s Peer Learning Collaboratives (PLCs). During this webinar, participants will hear about how state teams, made up of representatives from across agencies, have come together through the PLCs to share best practices, brainstorm strategies for tackling common barriers and challenges, and achieve meaningful milestones toward building a more robust HCBS direct care workforce. Register for the webinar here.

• The AARP Community Challenge is accepting applications across three different grant opportunities. Applications are due by March 5, 2025, 5:00 pm ET, and all projects must be completed by December 15, 2025. Learn more about the grant opportunities here. There will be an optional "Question & Answer" webinar for potential applicants on January 29th at 2:00 pm ET. Register for the webinar here.

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We hope you find these resources helpful! See you next Monday!