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Families with low incomes face considerable challenges with enrolling their children in early care and education (ECE) due to factors such as limited funding for subsidized care and geographic disparities in the availability of ECE programs. Finding solutions to these challenges is critical to ensure families with low incomes can access the care and education they need to be able to work and achieve financial security.

The internet is an important tool in our lives—and an important way to connect with others, which makes knowing how to safely use the internet essential. engAGED worked with Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP to develop a series of three fact sheets to provide older adults with tips, best practices and action steps they can use to browse the internet with confidence while protecting their personal information and socializing safely with others.

The Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (KTDRR Center) is seeking original artwork to enhance our Virtual Knowledge Translation Conference to take place on the afternoons of November 6, 8, and 9, 2023. The theme for 2023 is "Tailoring Your Knowledge Translation Strategy for Your Intended Users."

For the first time, thanks to President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act – the historic law lowering health care costs – Medicare is able to negotiate the prices of prescription drugs. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), announced the first 10 drugs covered under Medicare Part D selected for negotiation. The negotiations with participating drug companies will occur in 2023 and 2024, and any negotiated prices will become effective beginning in 2026.