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JULY & AUGUST

July 14 , 2020 : LeadingAge New York convenes the first joint meeting of its ACF / Assisted Living ( AL ), CCRC , Housing and Retirement Housing Cabinets . July 23 , 2020 : LeadingAge New York and Andrew Martin , Public Assistance Chief at the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services ( DHSES ), present a webinar on the ins and outs of the application process for FEMA public assistance funding . July 24 , 2020 : DOH issues guidance eliminating the requirement that ACF , home care , hospice and other non-nursing home providers demonstrate a staffing shortage to allow health care personnel who traveled to states with “ significant community-wide spread ” of COVID-19 to return to work . July 28 , 2020 : LeadingAge New York convenes the second joint meeting of its ACF / AL , CCRC , Housing and Retirement Housing Cabinets . July 29 , 2020 : FLTC announces receipt of a second round of emergency support grants from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation to be distributed to qualifying nursing home and ACF members to support services , supplies and training necessitated by the COVID-19 emergency . The funding also provides for a free webinar series on infection control , trauma and grief management and COVID-19 documentation . Aug . 3 , 2020 : The Legislature convenes the first of two virtual public hearings on the impact of COVID-19 on the long term care system and those it serves .
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