Bridging communities together
by Jennifer
Last week the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services held a forum at the White House on access to long-term services and supports. The event — featuring speakers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the new Administration on Community Living, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the White House — was designed to highlight new federal initiatives that will benefit both people with disabilities and older adults and was designed to bring these communities closer together.
Kathy Greenlee, Administrator and Assistant Secretary for Aging at the Administration for Community Living, hosted the event and specifically called out Easter Seals as the group leading the way, helping to make sure the long-term services and support needs of all people, no matter their age, are being addressed.
One of my great joys and favorite things about working for Easter Seals is that we are so often able to play a role in bridging different communities together. Just in my own work I get to see how we are able to bring all sorts of different groups — like people with disabilities, older adults, transportation providers and other service providers — together to solve tough issues. I was so proud and honored at the White House event to know that the work we do to bring people together was recognized by experts at the highest level of government.