CLPC in the News
Congratulations to Community Living Policy Center director Joe Caldwell!
Joe was awarded the 2023 NARRTC Commendation Award for his many contributions to improving access to home and community-based services (HCBS) for people with disabilities, older adults, and family caregivers. The Commendation Award is "[a]warded for research, teaching, service, or advocacy in the field of disability for specific, focused activities or achievements. Commendations recognize important contributions that strategically or creatively advance the field of disability."
Lurie researchers find that disabled people with unmet needs consistently fared worse in terms of health and community living outcomes.
Henry Claypool, a national policy expert for CLPC, is cited in a news story that has been widely republished for his expertise on the Better Care Better Jobs Act. The Act would provide much-needed investment so that disabled people and the elderly would be better able to receive care in their homes instead of having to move into a nursing facility.
See the new brief by the CLPC, which explains why people with disabilities and older adults need home- and community-based services and how the Better Care Better Jobs Act will help them get in-home care.
A report on the Commonwealth Fund's projects with the Long-Term Quality Alliance on data relating to long-term services and supports notes the work of the CLPC in several Commonwealth Fund projects, including a project on the impact of COVID-19 on Medicaid enrollees receiving home- and community-based services.
The critical research work of the CLPC and its partners to advance community living policies is featured in the summer 2021 issue of the Heller Magazine.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to show why disability communities must be a part of research and policy development.