[Nfbk] FW: A Statement from Secretary Sebelius on the Administration for Community Living

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Subject: FW: A Statement from Secretary Sebelius on the Administration for
Community Living







  News Release

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  April 16, 2012  Contact: HHS Press Office
  (202) 690-6343
  A Statement from Secretary Sebelius on the Administration for Community
Living

  All Americans - including people with disabilities and seniors - should be
able to live at home with the supports they need, participating in
communities that value their contributions - rather than in nursing homes or
other institutions.

  The Obama administration and my department have long been committed to
promoting community living and finding new mechanisms to help ensure that
the supports people with disabilities and seniors need to live in the
community are accessible.

  Today, with the creation of the new Administration for Community Living
(ACL), we are reinforcing this commitment by bringing together key HHS
organizations and offices dedicated to improving the lives of those with
functional needs into one coordinated, focused and stronger entity.

  The Administration for Community Living will bring together the
Administration on Aging, the Office on Disability and the Administration on
Developmental Disabilities into a single agency that supports both
cross-cutting initiatives and efforts focused on the unique needs of
individual groups, such as children with developmental disabilities or
seniors with dementia. This new agency will work on increasing access to
community supports and achieving full community participation for people
with disabilities and seniors.

  The Administration on Community Living will seek to enhance and improve
the broad range of supports that individuals may need to live with respect
and dignity as full members of their communities. These support needs go
well beyond health care and include the availability of appropriate housing,
employment, education, meaningful relationships and social participation.

  Building on President Obama's Year of Community Living, the ACL will
pursue improved opportunities for older Americans and people with
disabilities to enjoy the fullest inclusion in the life of our nation.

  For more information, please visit http://hhs.gov/acl
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