Upcoming Webinars from the Field (Washington Update, August 8, 2018)

NEW HRSA Grants Education & Technical Assistance WEBINAR SERIES for Tribes, Tribal Organizations, Indian Health, Tribal and Urban Indian Health Programs

• Wednesday, August 8, 1:00-2:30 pm ET – Preparing a Budget for Your Grant Proposal
• Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1:00-2:30 pm ET – Effective Grants Management/Administration & Reporting
• Wednesday, Oct. 10, 1:00-2:30 pm ET – Successful HRSA Tribal Grantees: A Discussion on Best Practices, Lessons Learned in Managing HRSA Grants

NEW #ABLEtoSAVE – Basic Overview of ABLE
Wednesday, August 8, 2:00-3:00 pm ET
ABLE National Resource Center and National Disability Institute
[See list of other #ABLEtoSave webinars starting with August 15, below.]

Demonstrating Medicaid’s Value through Storytelling
Wednesday, August 8, 3:00 pm ET
Georgetown Center on Children and Families 

Emerging Best Practices for People with an Intellectual/Developmental Disability Co-Occurring with Serious Mental Illness
Thursday, August 9, 1:30-2:30 pm ET
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 

Body Image Issues across the Lifespan
Thursday, August 9, 3:00-4:00 pm ET
Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health

ACEs: The Role of Life Experiences in Shaping Brain Development
Thursday, August 9, 12:00-1:00 pm ET
HHS Partnership Summer Webinar Series

NEW The Role of Medicaid and CHIP in Responding to Public Health Crises and Disasters
Monday, August 13, 2:00-3:30 pm ET
The Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Learning Collaborative (MACLC) and the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD).

Vital Signs Town Hall – Zika in Babies: Opportunities for Monitoring Health and Development
Tuesday, August 14, 2:00 pm ET
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Conference Line (US only): 1-800-857-0764
Passcode: 795-4413

NEW Health Equity and Young Children: Medicaid Financing for High Performing Medical Homes
Wednesday, August 15, 2:00-3:15 pm ET
Child and Family Policy Center
(During this webinar, presenters will discuss a new resource, A Sourcebook on Medicaid’s Role in Early Childhood: Opportunities for State Policy and Program Improvement.)

“Money Follows the Person” Sustainability Planning: Meeting the Challenges
Wednesday, August 15, 2:30-3:30 pm ET
Mercer
(This webinar is ideal for MFP Project Directors and Staff, Medicaid Policy Staff, and Partner Agencies.)

Prevention in Practice: Building Communities that Strengthen the Resiliency of Future Generations (to prevent drug and alcohol addiction)
Wednesday, August 15, 12:00-1:00 pm ET
HHS Partnership Center

NEW 2018 #ABLEtoSave Campaign webinar series from the ABLE National Resource Center and the National Disability Institute
(See more about the campaign under “Other Resources,” below.)

#ABLEtoSAVE – Eligibility
Wednesday, August 15, 2:00-3:00 pm ET

#ABLEtoSAVE – Qualified Disability Expenses
Wednesday, August 22, 2:00-3:00 pm ET 

#ABLEtoSAVE – Enrollment and Beyond
Wednesday, August 29, 2:0-3:00 pm ET

NEW Approaches to Extending Complex Care Models into the Community: Emerging Evidence
Thursday, August 16, 12:30-2:00 pm ET
Center for Health Strategies, Inc.

NEW Advancing Health Care and Community-Based Organization Partnerships to Address Social Determinants: Lessons from the Field
Friday, August 17, 2:30-3:30 pm ET
Center for Health Strategies, Inc.

REACH Train-the-Trainer Series: Facing the Future: Transition Tools to Help…
Tuesday, August 21, 12:00-1:00 pm ET
SPAN Parent Advocacy Network

Childhood Hearing Loss: Intervention and Parent Choice
Tuesday, August 21, 2:00 pm ET
National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management at Utah State University
(Note that one of the presenters will Rene Averitt-Sanzone, the Executive Director of Parents’ Place of Maryland, the state’s Family-to-Family Health Information Center.)

A Conversation on Supporting Self-Management in Children and Adolescents with Complex Chronic Conditions
Wednesday, August 22, 1:00-2:00 pm ET
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health

NEW Guardianship Termination and Restoration of Rights
Wednesday, August 22, 2:00-3:00 pm ET
National Center on Law & Elder Rights (Will explore strategies for successful termination and restoration of rights and review recent cases.)

NEW Using Data Analytics to Better Understand Medicaid Populations with SMI
Thursday, September 6, 3:00-4:30 pm ET
CMS Medicaid Innovation Accelerator Program