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Adult Protective Services Technical Assistance Resource Center (APS TARC)

The mission of the APS TARC is to support federal, state, and local partners’ use of data and analytics, research and evaluation, and innovative practice and innovative strategies to enhance the effectiveness of APS programs.

The APS TARC serves as a focal point for ACL’s overall approach to leading the development of comprehensive APS systems. In coordination with ACL’s Office of Elder Justice and Adult Protective Services, the APS TARC works with state and local APS programs to improve reporting of data through the National Adult Maltreatment Reporting System (NAMRS), conduct evaluation and identify promising practices, support communities of practice among ACL grantees, and provide technical assistance to state APS programs.

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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

BySteve 2021-04-01

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106) was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for signature on 30 March 2007. There were 82 signatories to the Convention, 44 signatories to the Optional Protocol, and 1 ratification of the…

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Disability

BySteve 2021-03-252021-03-26

Definitions for the term disability vary widely, arising from medical or social perspectives. Commonly accepted disabilities include (but are not limited to) impairment of one or more senses, cognitive disabilities, and mobility limitations. Examples of common disabilities: Auditory impairments — such as deafness Cognitive disabilities — a very wide range of impairments that affect the…

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Electric Shock Devices

BySteve 2021-04-27

It has long been legal to use electric shock devices to “control the behavior” of people with disabilities. The disability community has been fighting this as a matter of human rights for years. Finally, on 6 March 2020, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned these devices: FDA has determined that these devices present an…

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Audio browsers

BySteve 2021-03-25

Web browsers that provides a text-to-speech capability for the blind and visually impaired.

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Supporting Students with Mental Health Needs at School

ByDNW Contributors 2021-10-282022-07-22

Students with mental health, emotional, or behavioral needs, like all children, need to be understood, supported, and appreciated in their schools and communities. Specialized services and supports may be required to help these children succeed at school, and problems at school can create or increase mental health needs. As schools have resumed in-person learning for…

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counted ballot

BySteve 2021-04-01

Ballot that has been processed and whose votes are included in the candidates and measures vote totals.

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