Today*s list includes 3 conferences, 1 employment opportunity, 1 report, 1
special event, 1 television program and 1 training opportunity.  The next
message will go out the week of July 2.

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CONFERENCES (other future events can be found at
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/meetings.htm)

AHRQ USER LIAISON PROGRAM
*Beyond Olmstead: Making Community Based Services Work for All Persons with
Disabilities*
July 11-13, 2001
Chicago, Illinois
For more information: AHRQ*s User Liaison Program, 2101 East Jefferson
Street, Rockville, MD 20852, Website: http://www.ahrq.gov, Email:
[log in to unmask], Phone 301-594-6668, Fax 301-594-2035


AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND (AFB)/ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION AND
REHABILITATION OF THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED (AER)
*2001: A Technology Odyssey*
August 3-5, 2001
DoubleTree Hotel
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
For more information: American Foundation for the Blind, 11 Penn Plaza,
Suite 300, New York, NY 10001, Email: [log in to unmask], Phone 212-502-7638,
Fax 212-502-7773

This state-of-the-art, hands-on training conference of the blindness and
low vision services field will be lead by expert trainers who will improve
your skills and introduce you to the latest assistive technology. This
unique conference will feature presentations addressing such issues as
standards of assistive training, instructor qualification and
certification, policy issues, and future access technology.


SMITH COLLEGE SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL WORK
*Advanced Practice Certificate in End-of-Life Care for Post-Masters Social
Workers*
August 4-10, 2001
Northampton, Massachusetts
For more information: Website: www.smith.edu/ssw, Phone 413-585-3722

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

GENERALIST PHYSICIAN FACULTY SCHOLARS PROGRAM (DEADLINE: September 28,
2001).  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation*s Generalist Physician Faculty
Scholars Program offers career development awards to support outstanding
junior faculty in medical school departments/divisions of family practice,
general internal medicine, and general pediatrics. This program is intended
to strengthen generalist physician faculty in the nation*s medical schools
by improving their research capacity while maintaining their clinical and
teaching competencies.  For more information: National Program Office,
Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program, South Texas Veterans Health
Care System, Audie L. Murphy Division, 7400 Merton Minter Drive (11C6), San
Antonio, TX 78229-5700, Website www.gpscholar.uthscsa.edu, Email
[log in to unmask], Phone 210-567-0427, Fax 210-617-5234

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REPORTS (other reports be found at http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/papers.htm)

          Glied, Sherry A.: *Challenges and Options for Increasing the
Number of Americans with Health Insurance* (January 2001). This report
presents an overview of a series of ten papers, each of which explores a
different policy option for expanding health insurance coverage to
uninsured workers, their families, and people between jobs. All approaches
assume the availability of tax credits or premium assistance of $4,000 per
family or $2,000 per individual.  CONTACT: The Commonwealth Fund, One East
75th Street, New York, NY 10021-2692, Website http://www.cmwf.org, Email
[log in to unmask], Phone 1-888-777-2744, Fax 212-606-3500

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SPECIAL EVENTS

DIABETES AND MEDICARE BENEFITS CAMPAIGN.  The Health Care Financing
Administration and the National Diabetes Education Program has recently
launched a campaign in May to remind older adults with diabetes about the
importance of routine blood sugar monitoring to manage their disease and
that Medicare benefits are available to help them do so. The National
Diabetes Education Program is a joint federal program of the National
Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Of the 16 million Americans who have diabetes, an estimated 4.5 million are
Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare covers much of the cost of the equipment
and supplies that patients need to test their blood sugar levels.

Campaign materials include patient education brochures, posters, countertop
displays, print ads (all in English and Spanish) and a community kit to
promote the campaign.  Materials are available through the National
Diabetes Information Clearinghouse at 1-800-438-5383 or by downloading from
the NDEP website at http://ndep.nih.gov.  Contact Mimi Lising at NIH at
[log in to unmask] if you would like more information about the campaign
and how to get involved.

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TELEVISION

THE FIRST MEASURED CENTURY.  Though history is often related in anecdotal
terms, THE FIRST MEASURED CENTURY analyzes history through data and
measurement. This statistical analysis reveals how the lives of everyday
Americans changed over the last century. Discover a century where the
United States went from half the size of the four biggest European nations
to twice the size of all of them combined, and a nation of 50 million
taking in 25 million immigrants in the course of two generations. Also
witness the ever_changing flow of city populations, as America becomes the
first majority suburban nation; a nation with less mobility today than in
1900; the sharp rise and slow fall of violent crime rates and the country's
increasing wealth.  For more information on viewing times, check out the
PBS website at www.pbs.org.

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TRAINING AVAILABLE

16th ANNUAL EARLY INTERVENTION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SUMMER INSTITUTE
*Building Healthy Relationships for a Strong Foundation*
July 30-August 3, 2001
Cascades Conference Center
Williamsburg, Virginia
For more information: CDR Summer Institute, P.O. Box 280, Norge, VA 23127,
Email [log in to unmask], Phone 757-566-2845, Fax 757-566-8977

The 16th Annual Early Intervention and Early Childhood Summer Institute, a
week-long training institute, provides new knowledge and skills to help
enhance programs and the lives of the children and families served.  This
year*s institute addresses building relationships that will strengthen
child development, promote family health, enhance parent-professional
relationships, and encourage community collaboration. The institute will
explore issues of early relationships between parents or caregivers and
children, working with families affected by substance abuse, using positive
behavior support to change child behavior, and developing community
partnerships to meet the needs of families.