SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

Tuesday, April 11th

New Director’s Training: Title VI Basics

(This training fulfills Title VI Grant requirement.)

Are you a new Title VI director? Do you have questions about reporting, spending your Title VI funds and what you need to do for this program? This is the training for YOU. Directors attending this session will come away with the basic information and tools needed to successfully run a Title VI program. This session is targeted towards directors who are new to the Aging Network.

Topics will include:

  • A history and orientation to the Older Americans Act (OAA) Title VI requirements for
  • Parts A, B, and C
  • Program policies and procedures
  • Program planning and management
  • Caregiver support program
  • Program evaluation and needs assessments
  • Program reporting
  • Nutrition & NSIP

 

Advanced Director’s Training: Beyond the Basics

(This training fulfills Title VI Grant requirement.)

This session is intended for with some experience in their positions, but who still want to implement some new techniques in program management. The trainers are superb and will facilitate discussion between attendees about the more complicated topics that have arisen during your work. If you are stumped about meal cost, this is the session for you. This is also a perfect opportunity to share your Policies & Procedures and other management forms. There are always programs who are still developing these tools..

Topics will include:

  • Meal Costing and Menu Planning
  • Title III and Title VI Collaboration
  • Person-Centered Decision Making
  • Older American’s Act Title VI Legal Services

 

Home and Community Based Long Term Services & Support

Providing HCBS services is like navigating a complicated maze. There are many services so many funding streams to consider. In this session we will walk through what HCBS service are, define HCBS in Indian Country, and identify the services already provided by your tribe and program.This session is intended for anyone who wants a broad overview of HCBS services and the various ways services can be provided in your community.

Topics will include:

  • Introduction and Overview of HCBS services
  • Title VI Family Caregivers
  • Meeting Access Needs-Transportation Assistance
  • Assisted Living & Adult Day Care
  • Transportation Access

 

Living Well with Dementia

Living well with dementia is possible! This session brings together tribal Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia grantees funded through the Administration for Community Living, Indian Health Service and the Center for Disease Control, and offers an opportunity for sharing tried and successful, and not-so-successful efforts. These grantees have not had opportunity to meet and share their work previously so we expect an exciting session. hintended leave participants feeling empowered to help those with dementia in your community. This session is intended to be uplifting, powerful and most importantly fun.

Topics will include:

  • Welcome/Mission Moment with Film
  • How Did We Get Here & Goals for the Day
  • Facilitated Grantee Discussion
  • Report Out from Groups
  • Sustainability

 

Resources for Individuals with Disabilities

Disabled? What does that even mean? Research says that Native communities experience higher rates of disabilities than any other community in the United States. ButDisabled? Maybe differently-abled?

This session will focus on ACL resources through the Administration on Disabilities. This session is intended for participants to learn about available resources for people with disabilities in Indian Country, and to empower participants to help these individuals meet their fullest potential.

Topics will include:

  • Defining disabilities In Indian Country
  • Limb Loss Resources
  • Traumatic Brain Injury Resources
  • Christopher Reeves Foundation

 

Elder Justice in Indian Country

Do your seniors complain that they’ve received a call about a grandchild lost in Spain and needing $4,000 to get home? Do your seniors complain because the IRS or the SSA keeps calling them? Has a debit card recently been used and it wasn’t used by the owner? Those are exactly the issues we’ll be discussing in this session. Join to learn how we can protect our elders against these scams.

This session with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will serve dual purposes. This is your opportunity to learn about the important work they do around financial abuse, scams and fraud, and how that work affects even the most remote native elder. But wait! This is also your opportunity to help to tailor their work to better meet those unique needs of our elders.

 

Establishing Collaboration & Sustainability Beyond Title VI

Are the needs that were identified in your Title VI needs assessment bigger than your Title VI program? Are they bigger than your Title VI budget? Does meeting the elders needs require assistance from other agencies….like IHS, or HUD, or CMS, or Transportation? What about unique socialization needs or community involvement? Language development? Assistance to apply for other services? You might need to look beyond Title VI and ACL. How do you find those other agencies? Where do you go for help? Let’s talk about it! Presenters in this session will offer potential solutions and get you started beyond ACL. There are other funding resources, let’s find them and expand services to Title VI elders.

There are so many ways you can sustain (and grow) your Title VI program! Medicaid and Title III funding, just to name a few! This session is intended to provide a broad overview of Medicaid and its importance for tribal HCBS services. This session will also describe Title III services and ensure you know how to access them.

Topics will include:

  • Medicaid Billing
  • Money Follows the Person
  • Managed Care
  • Title III

 

Nutrition: Menu Planning & Meal Costing

Meals are the bedrock service for the Title VI program, and bring elders together to enable other assistance. But can we do them better? This half day intensive is for directors, cooks and other staff directly involved in the meals program. It will address Title VI nutrition program requirements, food and nutrition needs of elders, menu planning, food safety and sanitation, food inventory and ordering, meal costing, and incorporating traditional foods. Participants will evaluate menus for health and appeal, share tips for service delivery, discuss creative solutions to food service concerns, while still keeping traditional foods and cultural practices. Participants will leave this interactive session with new ideas for culturally appropriate food, healthy menu ideas, and ways to meet the changing nutrition needs of 24

elders.

Topics include:

  • Meal Costing
  • Menu Planning

 

Caregiving: Part C

This pre-intensive session will cover the Title VI Part C – Family Caregiver Services Program, and review definitions, examples, and helpful tips on program management, allowable services and expenditures, and record keeping for caregiver services. This session will give participants an operational understanding of the Part C program to improve and build essential caregiver services throughout Indian Country.

Topics will include:

  • Eligibility for Part C
  • Defining Caregivers
  • Reaching Your Caregivers
  • Allowable Part C Services
  • Planning Your Part C Program

 

Wednesday, April 12th

Older Americans Act Regulations Updates

OAA Regulations guide the implementation of Title III, VI, and VII programs in tribes, states, and local communities. This session will provide an overview of current OAA Regulations, most of which have not been updated since 1988. Additionally, ACL has indicated its intent to update these regulations, including through a listening session at last year’s conference and issuance of a Request for Information in May of 2022.

ACL welcomes tribes, Title VI leaders and staff, and any other stakeholders to provide feedback on additions, changes, or deletions they would like to see as ACL considers updating regulations affecting Title III, VI, and VII programs. Please note that for transparency purposes, ACL requests verbal comments be followed by written comments.

 

Tribal Consultation/Listening Session

(This session will be both in-person and virtual.)

This session is intended to foster collaboration between Tribes, ACL and ACL and our Federal partners. Consultation allows dialogue to occur around issues of aging, disabilities and long term services and supports for tribal members.

 

Fiscal Training

(This training fulfills Title VI Grant requirement.)

This training is intended to familiarize participants to fiscal components of the Title VI programs This training will be hosted by ACL’s Office of Fiscal Operations (OFO), and will cover a broad array of topics around Title VI financial management.

Topics will include:

  • Allowable vs. Unallowable Expenses
  • Coordinating With Your Tribe’s Finance Office
  • Financial Reporting Requirements

 

Person-Centered Decision-Making

As the name suggests, person centered care puts the person at the heart of their care. It’s about catering to the needs of the person, not the service, and encouraging the individual to engage in and take an active role in their care plan. It’s important to respect that people will have their views on what’s best for them along with their values and priorities. Person centered care takes an individual’s specific needs and desires and makes them the driving force behind all decisions and quality measurements. Factors such as their goals and ambitions, family, friends and lifestyle should all be considered to develop a collaborative and flexible plan for the future.

The intent of Older Americans Act programs is to provide assistance to native elders that will support continued living in homes and communities. Elders can decide if they want to use the assistance that we provide. What is our responsibility when an elder refuses assistance? This session will encourage discussion allowing participants to share their concerns about serving challenging elders, and how they have reached workable solutions. Presenters have history with ombudsman programs, bringing a unique perspective to serving elders.

 

Data Boot Camp

Calling all friends of data! Whether you’re writing additional grant applicatrion, planning your programs, presenting to your tribal council, or advocating for additional funding. Title VI data can do so much. Let’s review the data you already have at your fingertips to help, including the LTSS assessment, T. VI needs assessment, PPR reports, and daily conversations with staff and seniors. What does your data say? This session is intended to walk you through all the ways your data can work for you.

Topics will include:

  • Title VI Needs Assessment
  • Historic PPR Data
  • Tracking Your Services
  • FY23 PPR

 

Thursday, April 13th

Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19 “The Big Cough”

The COVID pandemic was unexpected and frightening to many of us. COVID brought about lifestyle changes, fear of the unknown and forced adapting to a new reality. Elders tell us that our culture is our medicine and our strength. Join these thoughtful presentations about COVID and historical trauma.

Dr. Jill Jim led the Navajo Nation’s COVID response, and will share the many obstacles that were faced during that effort. Dr. Jim will deliver a captivating presentation on the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact in traditional and cultural tribal communities. Dr. Aaron Payment will present information on historical trauma and its effects on native communities.

 

Alzheimer’s Interventions: Music Programs

Music is powerful. How many of us use music to calm us, to put us in particular mood, or to stay awake? Studies have shown that music is equally important as we age, or as we age with Dementia. Music is used to calm patients who are agitated, and even seems to prompt memory to carry the beat of the music or to continue the words. It’s really quite remarkable that music seems to enable communication when verbal communication no longer possible. During this session participants will learn how music can be used to help those with dementia in your community.

Topics will include:

  • Alzheimer’s Interventions
  • Using Music
  • Developing a Music Intervention

 

National Family Caregivers Strategy

What is the National Family Caregivers Strategy, and does a national strategy also work in native communities? Generations United is on the ground and making sure that it does! This is a great opportunity to learn what this national strategy is, what it involves and to provide input on behalf of your caregivers.

Topics Will Include:

  • What is the National Family Caregiver Strategy?
  • How Can Tribes Get Involved?

 

Title III & Title VI Coordination

Are you aware that every single tribal elder lives in a community, within a county, within a tribal service area (or reservation) that is within a state(s)? Did you know states are granted Title III funding, based on state populations, to provide many of the same services tribes are given Title VI funds to provide? Did you know Title III population includes tribal elders thus tribal elders should receive Title III services? Did you know that tribes can receive both Titles III and VI concurrently? Title III funds could provide additional services for elders. Did you know coordinating these services is required in both Titles III and VI of the Older American’s Act?

This session will help participants understand this coordination requirement and facilitate a discussion about how to reach Title III funding and best practices for coordinating with the state.

Topics will include:

  • Title III/Title VI Coordination Requirements
  • Services Title III Provides
  • Working With your State or Area Agency on Aging

 

Program Management/Policies & Procedures

There are two things to know about Title VI Policies and Procedures. They are required, and they will make your life easier. Policies are what your program can do, and procedures are how your program does it. Having policies and procedures that are approved by the Tribal Council means that you will provide consistent services in a consistent manner to all eligible persons. It also means that you will not provide services to ineligible people. This session will provide examples of current tribal policies and procedures for discussion. Make this session interactive and bring your program Policies and Procedures for additional discussion!!!

 

Developing and Monitoring a Simple Budget

So, if ACL doesn’t require a budget for Title VI why are we worried about helping you developing one? Because you can’t manage a program without knowing how much funding you have, what those funds can be used for, and what the funding deadlines are! Many tribal programs receive money from several different sources and it’s important to track how those funds can be used within your entire program. Tracking expenditures and keeping aware of balances is a critical part of maintaining your budget. If you want a professional budget development specialist, come to Fong’s session!

Topics will include:

  • Developing a Budget
  • Managing your Program
  • Tracking Expenditures
  • Maintaining your Budget

 

Nutrition: Traditional Foods

Traditional foods are more than healthy foods, they are a part of the history, land, culture, and spiritual practice of a people as well as part of the economic fabric of a tribe. Traditional foods are part of the generational heritage passed on from the elders. The Administration for Community Living encourages the incorporation of traditional foods into Title VI program meals, but traditional foods are so much more than that.

Learn from Stacy Hammer of the Lower Sioux about revitalizing traditional Dakota foods throughout the community’s gatherings and tribal run events, the Lower Sioux Health and Human Services Advisory Committee (LSHHSAC) which has worked with Tribal leaders and community health staff to make positive policy, systems and environmental changes to increase community engagement, establish a sustainable LSIC food system, improve access to healthy food, and connect the community to indigenous foods, including the incorporation of traditional foods into Title VI menus.

Topics will include:

  • The Importance of Traditional Food
  • Incorporating Traditional Foods into Menu Planning
  • How to Bring Traditional Foods into your Community

 

Native American Elder Justice Resource Center

Come and meet your new Native American Elder Justice National Resource Center! ACL is excited to be working on IA2.This session will focus on the basics of elder abuse and neglect. What is elder abuse and neglect? What is self-neglect? It is also an opportunity to help to build the elder justice national resource center to serve as an effective resourcethat can be helpful in your communities. Come and join this opportunity to share about the elder justice needs in your community and let ACL and IA2 know how we can help.

Topics will include:

  • Elder Justice Resource Center’s Current Resources
  • Elder Justice Resource Center Future Plans
  • Elder Justice in Your Communities

 

Powerful Tools for Caregivers

Join this session to learn about the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona’s Power Tools for Caregivers Program Powerful Tools for Caregivers is a national evidence-based program that gives caregivers the skills to take care of themselves while caring for someone else. The concept is simple, by taking care of your own health and well-being you become a better caregiver. Mary will provide information that can be used to replicate the program in other areas. You might decide this would work well in your community, so stop in and learn more!

 

Using Title VI Funds

What can I spend my Title VI funds on? Can I purchase a building? Can I buy a new stove? Can I pay staff? Can I purchase dinners for the Tribal Council so they will support my program?!!! Can I use funds to plant a program garden to bring fresh produce into senior center meals? Join us for a discussion about spending federal funds properly and about allowable and unallowable expenditures under federal grants.

Topics will include:

  • Allowable vs. Unallowable Costs
  • Large Purchase Requests
  • Planning for the Future

 

Transportation

Wait!!! Don’t spend your Title VI funds on a new van until you have applied to the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Authority first! There are other sources for funding those vehicles, we just need to locate them. Coordinate with other state and federal transit programs to purchase your vehicles. This session will provide helpful information to apply for alternate resources, including application tips.

Topics will include:

  • Finding Transportation Grants
  • Other Transportation Resources
  • Transportation Needs in Your Community

 

Native Language-The Power of a Name

I’ve been told that if we lose our language we lose ourselves as Native people. Our language is vital to our existence. Our language describes very different thoughts and feelings than can be expressed in English. This session will offer a thoughtful discussion on native languages, and the importance to our elders. How can Title VI programs support native languages in our work? Do we need to translate more materials into native languages? How can Title VI coordinate with other federal agencies to support language retention in our communities?

Topics will include:

  • Developing Programs to Preserve Native Language
  • Grants Supporting Native Language
  • Resource Centers to Support Native Language

 

Program Performance Report (PPR) & Older Americans Act Performance Systems (OAAPS)

We are in the FY23 reporting season! During this session we will be doing a walk-through of the OAAPS reporting system and answering your questions about completing your yearly Title VI report. This session is intended to answer your questions about Title VI reporting.

Topics will include:

  • Accessing OAAPS
  • Completing the PPR
  • Defining Title VI Services
  • COVID Supplemental Reporting

 

Findings from the Needs Assessments

Title VI programs were required to complete a needs assessment as part of theTitle VI grants application process. Now what? Your elders completed a large survey about their needs, but how can you use this information? What does it tell me and what should I do about it? The National Resource Center on Native American Aging will walk through the needs assessment results. Participants will be empowered to use their survey results to understand your community’s needs, request additional funding for your program and advocate for the needs of your elders.

Topics wills include:

  • Understanding Results of your Needs Assessments
  • Historic Needs Assessment Data
  • Using Your Data for Planning
  • Using Your Data for Advocacy

 

ADPI

During this session we will hear from the Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, presenting about their ADPI grant. Spirit Lake has used the Virtual Dementia Tour to provide education and awareness about Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementias. What is a Virtual Dementia Tour, and where can other tribes go to learn more about it? Can it be replicated in other tribes? Join Spirit Lake as they sharing their success, their best practices and other lessons learned.

Topics will include:

  • Spirit Lake’s ADPI Grant
  • ADPI Grant Successes
  • Lessons Learned

 

Friday, April 14th

Walking On

Walking OnLife is precious and short. Our best hope is that our life will be good, useful, and that we will make a difference. I think everyone hopes that. Life is sometimes described as circular, or a cycle as we progress from one stage to another, and grow into our old age. We all work with seniors, we know growth, we know aging and we know loss. But losing the elders that we serve is hard. Grief is real. Let’s use this opportunity to talk about life. And loss. And grief. And culture.

 

Public Health/Public Workforce

Each Title VI program was given $80,000 in early 2022 to expand public health services in your programs. What can you do with this money? During this session we will discuss the requirements of this grant and using this money to expand public health services in your community. This session will also have an opportunity to discuss the needs in your community and work as a group to address these needs.

Topics will include:

  • Overview of Public Health
  • Identifying Public Health Needs
  • Public Health Resources

 

Spirit Lake Medicine Wheel – Dementia

How can general programs for Alzheimer’s and other Dementia be adapted culturally for use in a traditional North Dakota tribe? The Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe took that very question to their elders and cultural leaders and designed a traditional Medicine Wheel that could be used as their own roadmap for instilling programming at Spirit Lake. What a perfect solution and what an exemplary way to bring the discussion home. Join this session to hear Iris share the journey that Spirit Lake used to identify, own and develop their Alzheimer’s program.

 

Protecting our Protectors: Recognizing the Signs of Labor Trafficking of Elders

Labor trafficking can be difficult to identify and is often hidden in plain sight. It can occur to anyone at any age. Our Elders can become silent victims often unseen and overlooked. As the wisdom keepers and pillars of our communities, it is our responsibility to safeguard them from labor trafficking. Elders may not see themselves as a victim or think of their situation as human trafficking. Regardless of the victim’s age, control and manipulation are evident in all human trafficking situations. Listen to speakers who have worked with labor trafficking survivors discuss risk factors and signs of labor trafficking, share resources for victim identification and response, and explore potential scenarios of how Elders can experience labor trafficking.

Topics will include:

  • Identifying the Risk of Labor Trafficking
  • Supporting Victims of Labor Trafficking

 

Providing Respite Care to Title VI Caregivers

Respite care sounds like a complicated term for a very easy concept. Caregivers need temporary breaks, usually short-term. That’s respite care. Caregiving can be extremely cumbersome. It’s time-consuming. It’s an enormous responsibility to be the primary caregiver for another persons. Allowing caregivers to have a small break for a few hours to re-focus is critical. Chances are the caregiver doesn’t emotionally leave their responsibility, but they might be able to run a few errands or enjoy a quiet cup of tea.

Respite programs and lending closets are 2 of the most utilized programs with Title VI Part C funds? This session will review the requirements of respite support and some tips for establishing policies and procedures to implement a great respite program. This session will all tackle some of the challenges with providing respite care and provide an opportunity for participants to learn from each other about respite care in your community.

Topics will include:

  • Respite Care Requirements
  • Policies and Procedures for Respite
  • Best Practices for Respite

 

SAVVY Caregiver Discussion

What is SAVVVY in Indian Country? How can I do it? Where do I go for training and certification? What can I do after training and certification? This session will feature Dr. Neil Henderson providing an overview of the SAVVY caregiver program and how to bring SAVVY caregiving to your community.

Topics will include:

  • What is SAVVY Caregiving?
  • How to bring SAVVY to your community

 

Title VI Coordinated Legal Services

This session is intended to teach participants how can tribal elders reach legal services. Legal issues for tribal elders can be very confusing, and it can even be challenging to find legal assistance willing to work through the complications of Indian Country. But it can be done! Let’s learn more about legal services for tribal elders.
 

Traditional Farming & Gardens

Earlier this week we learned about the important role traditional foods plays in health. But, traditional farms and gardens can also provide an opportunity for elders to socialize and Title VI programs to gain food sovereignty. Our friend, Randy Feliciano, took traditional farming and gardening to another level at Santa Clara and Hopi. Join Jean, Randy and Bea as they talk gardens….and tractors…and yummy produce…and excited communities.

 

All We Need is a Path

Participants can plan to attend an empowering session from an amazing friend of Title VI, Joseph Ray. Joseph is powerful advocate for disabilities in Native Communities. This session will feature the US Access Board, AARP, Joseph and ACL to discuss how we can support those with disabilities in your communities. Let’s plan to share our stories, share our struggles, and share our resources! Let’s learn how to build that path.

Topics will include:

  • Identifying Disability Resources
  • Advocating for those with Disabilities
  • Identifying Needs in your Community
  • Building your Disability Network

 

MIPPA & Outreach Activities

The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) provides funding to tribal and state aging agencies to help low-income Medicare beneficiaries enroll in benefits that make Medicare affordable. Every state has its own State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP). SHIPS are sometimes called different names in different states, but information can be gathered through most state Departments of Health and Social Services. SHIP is a great focal access point to help you learn about and access other services for your elders.

Participants in this session will learn about the MIPPA grant and the MIPPA resources we have developed. We also hope to learn from each other about what MIPPA events have been successful in your community. Let’s get excited about MIPPA and learn from each other!

Topics will include:

  • Planning MIPPA Outreach Activities
  • Planning MIPPA Events
  • Sharing MIPPA Resources
  • Finding MIPPA Partners

 

Supporting Caregivers Across the Continuum of Dementia

This session will feature a discussion with Dr. Neil Henderson and Dr. Jordan Lewis about how caregiver needs change as dementia progresses. As the needs of a person with dementia change, so do the needs of that person’s caregiver. Participants in this session will be empowered to understand the changing needs of dementia caregivers, learn to identify those needs and learn tools to best serve caregivers.

Topics will include:

  • Describing the Dementia Continuum
  • Identifying the Needs of Caregivers
  • Supporting Caregivers as Their Needs Change

 

Title VI National Resource Centers on Aging

Title VI funding provides several resource centers meant to support you as you provide support for your elders. During this session, participants will learn about the work of these resource centers:

The National Resource Center for Alaska Native Elders at the University of Alaska Anchorage focuses on development of Title VI resources to support Alaskan Title VI programs to serve older adults in their communities. Title VI resources are the foundation of successful aging and aging in place, and include developing resources, training, education, webinars, and publications in partnership with faculty, Title VI Directors, tribal leaders, and Elders. This NRC was developed to focus on the unique and special needs in Alaskan villages and communities. The Alaskan NRC will also develop a special focus on incorporating traditional foods through subsistence hunting, fishing and gathering. They will also work with Alzheimer’s Disease/other Dementia, with caregiving and with elder justice on behalf of Alaskan natives.

The mission of Hā Kūpuna National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is to generate knowledge about Native Hawaiian elders and enhance services to support them. Like other indigenous people, Native Hawaiians experienced colonization and loss, but have retained and are revitalizing many aspects of their culture. In this presentation, you will hear about the experience of Native Hawaiian elders today and learn about the activities of Hā Kūpuna, including our needs assessment, our dementia education project, and our “resilience” interviews.

The National Resource Center on Native American Aging (NRCNAA) at the University of North Dakota is committed to identifying Native Elder health and social issues. Through education, training, and technical assistance, we assist in developing community-based solutions to improve the quality of life and delivery of related support services to the Native aging population. The NRCNAA has collected a vast array of data that you can use to help your Title VI programs grow and prosper.

Participants are also encouraged to share the needs of their communities and make suggestions about how Title VI resource centers can best address the needs of their programs.

Topics will include:

  • Accessing the Resource Centers
  • The Work of these Resource Centers
  • What YOU Need from the Resource Centers

 

Finding Other Resources

This session will feature multiple Title VI partners discussing how they can assist your Title VI program. This session will feature AARP, the National Corporation for Community Service the Alzheimer’s Association and IA2 all discussing resources you can bring to your Title VI program. This session will also feature the Title VI Director from the Ho-Chunk Nation (Scott Omernick) discussing how he leverages these partnerships to bring additional resources to the Ho-Chunk Nation.

Topics will include:

  • What Resources Are Available
  • How To Find Other Resources
  • Building your Network

 

Independent Living Facilities and P&A Centers

ACL funds Centers for Independent Living and Protection and Advocacy organizations. This session is intended to teach participants about these programs and how to access these services.

Topics will include:

  • Describing Centers for Independent Living
  • Reaching Centers for Independent Living
  • Describing Protection and Advocacy Organizations
  • Reaching Protection and Advocacy Organizations

 

Pests & Critters

No one likes to see a mouse in their house. No one likes bed bugs! But, we know these can be a pest for our community. During this session, we will have the EPA sharing resources for addressing pest problems in your elder’s homes and in your community. Title VI programs often ask if they can use Title VI money to clean up an elder’s home. Though they can, this session will provide other resources for getting rid of those pesky pests so you can preserve you Title VI funding.

Topics will include:

  • Resources for Managing Pests
  • Contacts for Pest Management