Children and Youth

New Editions provided logistics and management support to assist the Office on Disability (OD) in implementing the Call to Action Strategic Plan. We planned and conducted important events, including a conference with major healthcare provider organizations to identify best practices in disability awareness training for physicians and nurses, as well as a forum with employers to identify best practices in providing access to healthcare services for employees with disabilities.

New Editions supports the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS’s) New Freedom Initiative (NFI) Working Group, which is led by the HHS Office on Disability (OD). The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) is working through the NFI Working Group on a project to analyze and promote the Medical Home Model for children with special health care needs and all individuals with disabilities.

Enacted by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Rebalancing Demonstration is part of a comprehensive, coordinated strategy to assist states (in collaboration with stakeholders) to make widespread changes to their long-term care support systems. This initiative assists states in their efforts to reduce their reliance on institutional care, all while developing community-based long-term care opportunities, and thereby enabling the elderly and people with disabilities to fully participate within their communities.

New Editions coordinates and prepares a series of complex, accessible reports appropriate for Congress that meet the requirements as outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA).

New Editions provides planning, evaluation, research, technical assistance and logistical services to support the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research's (NIDILRR’s) program planning and improvement, as well as to meet accountability requirements.

New Editions provides a wide range of program support to the Interagency Committee on Disability Research (ICDR). ICDR's mission is to promote coordination among federal agencies that conduct research or implement policy around disability issues.

New Editions provides professional and technical advisory support to field Missions and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Washington through the USAID Inclusive Development Hub (ID) within the Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI), which manages eight congressionally directed programs in the areas of Inclusive Development, Children in Adversity, Youth, Disability Rights and Inclusion, Rehabilitation, Assistive Technology, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, Indigenous Peoples Rights and Inclusion, and LGBTQI+ Rights and Inclusion.