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Written Comments Solicited – ACL National Plan on Aging: ACL recently released its Report to Congress on Aging in the United States: A Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging. The Strategic Frameworks capture opportunities and challenges created by the aging of the American population and define goals and objectives for addressing critical aging issues.
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ACL is soliciting public input on the Strategic Framework to inform the development of a national plan on aging. Comments due: September 15. Link to Share your comments.
CMS Long Term Supports and Services (LTSS) to host a Tribal listening session. Tribal leaders, Tribal technical assistants, Tribal health professionals, and Tribal citizens are invited attend and share recommendations and best practices to improve LTSS in Tribal communities. LTSS are a critical part of the Indian health system for Tribal elders and Tribal citizens with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses.
Date: Thursday, September 26, 2024, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PST.
2023 SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health Results: SAMHSA’s annual report for 2023 has been released and provides statistical information on self-reported substance use and mental health of the U.S. civilian, noninstitutionalized population 12 or older. The 2023 release includes two infographics highlighting overall findings as well as findings by race and ethnicity. A copy of the full report along with detailed tables, methodology information, and important indicators broken out by race and ethnicity is available here.
HHS Tribal Data Access Policy and HHS Tribal Epidemiology Center Data Access Policy. DHSS announced on September 4, two (2) new policies on data access. One policy would be for Tribes, and one for Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs) in response to the input received from Tribal leaders and internal HHS working groups. HHS also announced the creation of the Tribal Data Homepage website that provides a central location for Tribal data resources and the two new revised policies.
HHS will host a consultation on these two policies on October 1, 2024, from 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST.
The Tribal Data Access policy can be found Here.
The TEC Data Access policy can be found Here.
DTLL is available here.
HHS Region X Quarterly Call: Save the date for HHS Region X’s Quarterly Call on October 3, 2024, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PST. As part of our sincere commitment to be accountable to the Tribes in Region 10, HHS Regional leadership convenes quarterly calls to meet with Tribal leaders and Tribal organizations for a more in-depth conversation. We invite you to our first quarterly call after Tribal Consultation 2024. Discussions will center around the Tribal issues tracker. The HHS Region X tracker will be ready to be presented to Tribes. Here is the link to register to receive the Zoom link and meeting information. The tracker will be sent to registrants!
CHEF Regulation Training: IHS will hold the following virtual training sessions to notify Federal and Tribal PRC program staff of the new requirements. The virtual CHEF Training session is on October 10, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PST.
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