Introducing the Administration for Community Living
On September 5, 2012, the Obama Administration is hosting an event at the White House to bring together advocates and stakeholders to hear an update on how the Affordable Care Act is enabling more seniors and people with disabilities to transition from institutional settings back into their homes and communities.
Read the full statement by ACL Administrator Kathy Greenlee
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.
The ACL will include the efforts and achievements of the Administration on Aging, the Office on Disability and the Administration on Developmental Disabilities in a single agency, with enhanced policy and program support for both cross-cutting initiatives and efforts focused on the unique needs of individual groups such as children with developmental disabilities, adults with physical disabilities, or seniors, including seniors with Alzheimer's.