The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a May 12 launch date for the new Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program, which offers two types of discounts to help low-income households connect to the internet.
On April 22, HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge announced that HUD is withdrawing the previous administration’s proposed rule that would have allowed shelter programs and operator to deny transgender individuals accommodations.
In honor of April’s Fair Housing Month, LeadingAge Maryland and Ohio’s monthly “Housing Happenings” call featured housing practitioners on HUD Fair Housing and LGBT+ housing issues, as well as LGBT-affirming affordable housing models.
During a call for LeadingAge and Argentum members, CDC and HUD staff reviewed COVID-19 guidance, discussed vaccination data, and addressed “reopening” questions from providers of independent living communities serving older adults.
Just a little over a month into the mass vaccination process for older adults and aging services providers, members are already deeply pondering – and fielding questions from families, staff, and older adults on – how and when we can ‘reopen’ and daily life can ‘return to normal.’ While the summer and early fall saw a flurry of “reopening guidelines” from states and federal agencies, as yet there aren’t many such agencies, if any, that have issued guidance for a post-vaccination reopening strategy for aging services providers.
An interactive and informative listening session, hosted by CDC’s Dr. Carolyn Bridges, explored current issues in the COVID vaccination roll-out for older adults in the community and in residential settings. Dr. Bridges began the call with what she called ‘ground level’ facts and known issues related to the organization and distribution of vaccines to those in the 1A category across states.
In summary, these facts and known issues included:
Both the CDC and some states have issued targeted guidance to assist the general public, as well as businesses, to make informed and, ideally, safe decisions regarding holiday travel and gatherings for Thanksgiving. In this article, we summarize and offer ‘essential highlights’ from the voluminous guidance that has been published, with emphasis on those recommendations from CDC or the states that are new or are expanded beyond what has already been offered for travel, holidays and general get-togethers.
“Reopening" to Visitors
CDC Travel Guidelines:
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