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Contains 3 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 02/26/2026 at 3:00 PM (EST)
Join us for our Programs of Excellence webinar series where we highlight each category with a presentation by a subject matter expert and the winning programs.
Every year NCOA’s National Institute of Senior Centers honors outstanding efforts made by senior centers across the nation to offer innovative, creative, and impactful programs for older adults. Each program is proof of the important work that happens at senior centers. And these programs serve as models for senior center staff across the country to implement in their communities. Join us for our Programs of Excellence webinar series where we highlight each category with a presentation by a subject matter expert and the winning programs.
Dianne Stone
Associate Director of Network Development and Engagement, Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center and NISC
National Council on Aging
Dianne Stone has more than 20 years of experience with senior centers and aging issues, primarily as the Director of the Newington Senior and Disabled Center in Newington, Connecticut. Stone has also worked, volunteered, and held leadership positions with a variety of organizations in Connecticut, including Connecticut AgeWell Collaborative, the ADA Coalition of Connecticut, Connecticut Medicaid Oversight Council, and the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity. She joined NCOA in January 2022, as a member of the Center for Healthy Aging, where she is primarily focused on supporting senior centers throughout the country through the ACL-funded Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center and NISC.
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Contains 3 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 01/22/2025 at 3:00 PM (EST)
Join us for our Programs of Excellence webinar series where we highlight each category with a presentation by a subject matter expert and the winning programs.
Every year NCOA’s National Institute of Senior Centers honors outstanding efforts made by senior centers across the nation to offer innovative, creative, and impactful programs for older adults. Each program is proof of the important work that happens at senior centers. And these programs serve as models for senior center staff across the country to implement in their communities. Join us for our Programs of Excellence webinar series where we highlight each category with a presentation by a subject matter expert and the winning programs.
Dianne Stone
Associate Director of Network Development and Engagement, Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center and NISC
National Council on Aging
Dianne Stone has more than 20 years of experience with senior centers and aging issues, primarily as the Director of the Newington Senior and Disabled Center in Newington, Connecticut. Stone has also worked, volunteered, and held leadership positions with a variety of organizations in Connecticut, including Connecticut AgeWell Collaborative, the ADA Coalition of Connecticut, Connecticut Medicaid Oversight Council, and the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity. She joined NCOA in January 2022, as a member of the Center for Healthy Aging, where she is primarily focused on supporting senior centers throughout the country through the ACL-funded Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center and NISC.
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Contains 3 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 12/17/2024 at 2:00 PM (EST)
December 2024 webinar for SNAP Enrollment Centers (SECs).
This is the December call for the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Enrollment Centers (SECs). In this webinar, grantees will:
1. Gain an understanding of the BenefitsCheckUp tool.
2. Learn key features of the white label (SEC specific) BenefitsCheckUp sites.
3. Explore the Benefits Participation Map tool and identify ways that this tool can assist SEC work.
Nicole Knowles
Senior Director, Product Management
National Council on Aging
Nicole leads NCOA’s digital economic security team – responsible for the product development, content management, customer service, and partner engagement for BenefitsCheckUp, Age Well Planner and My Medicare Matters. These digital tools are built around NCOA’s multi-faceted consumer engagement model – providing (1) unbiased education from a trusted source, (2) personalized insights via assessments and tools, and (3) the opportunity to take action by engaging with an expert. Primarily targeting older adults and their caregivers to improve their health and financial security, the tools support NCOA’s social impact goal to impact the health and economic security of 40 million older adults by 2030, especially women, people of color, LGBTQ+, low-income, and rural individual.
Kerry Glova
Associate Director, Research and Evaluation
National Council on Aging
Kerry is the Associate Director for Research and Evaluation at the National Council on Aging (NCOA). At NCOA, Kerry supports the execution of NCOA’s research and evaluation agenda, focused on building evidence used to advocate for programs and policies that serve older adults, especially those most in need. Kerry works collaboratively across NCOA to design research methodologies, produce meaningful measures, and analyze the organization’s social impact progress toward impacting 40 million older adults by 2030. Previously, Kerry was the Director of Research and Evaluation at Catholic Charities USA, working to illustrate the size, scope, and impact of the network’s 160+ service provider member agencies. Kerry is passionate about translating community-based programming into impactful data to influence systematic change. Kerry holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree and a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from the University of Pittsburgh; she holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Point Park University.
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Contains 3 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 12/11/2024 at 3:00 PM (EST)
Join senior center colleagues to talk about State Senior Center Associations in this peer networking opportunity . Whether you have a state association already or are interested in starting one, this is a chance to share experiences and best practices, ask and answer questions, and to get to know each other. Hosted by a peer moderator, this is an informal gathering.
Join senior center colleagues to talk about State Senior Center Associations in this peer networking opportunity . Whether you have a state association already or are interested in starting one, this is a chance to share experiences and best practices, ask and answer questions, and to get to know each other. Hosted by a peer moderator, this is an informal gathering.
Heather Marriott
Program Specialist, Center for Healthy Aging
National Council on Aging
Heather Marriott was brought on to NCOA as a Program Specialist managing the Vaccine Uptake Initiative and supporting the NISC Affiliate Network expansion. She is a community engagement professional with a passion for income equality and health equity! She comes to NCOA from a small local nonprofit in Missouri, where she worked as a Community Engagement Director.
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MIPPA TA Calls 2024
MIPPA TA Calls 2024
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Contains 3 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 12/10/2024 at 3:00 PM (EST)
CMS will review the changes to the special enrollment periods (SEP) for the coming year.
CMS will review the changes to the special enrollment periods (SEP) for the coming year.
Kristi Sugarman-Coats
CMS/FCHCO
Gretchen Nye
CMS/FCHCO
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Contains 3 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 12/09/2024 at 3:00 PM (EST)
Join this webinar to learn more about the Administration for Community Living (ACL) Evidence-Based Program Review Process opening in January 2025.
Join this webinar to learn more about the Administration for Community Living (ACL) Evidence-Based Program Review Process opening in January 2025. The purpose of the Review Process is to identify health promotion and disease prevention programs that meet the criteria established by ACL for evidence-based programs funded through the Older Americans Act (OAA) Title III-D, and other discretionary funding. Speakers will discuss the application schedule, the structure of the two-stage review process, and provide a brief overview of the evidence-based program criteria. Attendees will hear lessons learned from a past applicant and have the opportunity to ask questions.
Kathleen Zuke, MPH (she/her)
Director, Center for Healthy Aging
National Council on Aging
Kathleen Zuke was privileged to grow up with eight loving grandparents and developed a passion for supportive services for older adults as a caregiver for her grandfather. She has been a Senior Program Manager with the Center for Healthy Aging since 2015. In this role, she works collaboratively with community-based partners across the country to identify, implement, and sustain evidence-based programs that support older adults in staying well and aging in the community, including chronic disease self-management education, falls prevention, and behavioral health. She has a Master’s degree in Public Health from Hunter College and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Lesley Steinman MSW, MPH (she/her)
Research Scientist
University of Washington School of Public Health
Lesley Steinman, MSW, MPH is a Research Scientist at the Health Promotion Research Center, a CDC-funded Prevention Research Center at the University of Washington School of Public Health, and a Director at the Evidence Based Leadership Collaborative. Ms. Steinman partners with community-designed and delivered evidence-based program (EBP) participants, practitioners, and policymakers to understand, adapt, deliver, and sustain EBP delivery with diverse settings and populations across the country to improve older adult health equity. 
Patricia Keane
National Nutritionist
Administration for Community Living, Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs
Patty Keane is a registered dietitian nutritionist with a diverse, cross-sector background and a passion for building on community strengths to advance nutrition and health equity. Patty joined ACL in March 2024 as the National Nutritionist, and her role encompasses the Older Americans Act Title III-C Senior Nutrition Program and Title III-D Evidence-Based Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services. She serves as the Project Officer for the National Chronic Disease Self-Management Education (CDSME) Resource Center and for several CDSME and Innovations in Nutrition grantees. Before joining ACL, Patty held consulting roles advising USDA NIFA Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) grantees and supporting the cultural adaptation of diabetes prevention curricula for American Indian and Alaska Native populations. In previous municipal and state government roles, Patty managed senior nutrition and transportation programs for the City of Albuquerque and advised New Mexico Governor Lujan Grisham’s interagency food security initiatives and COVID-19 response. Patty served as an Associate Scientist and Principal Investigator at the University of New Mexico (UNM) Prevention Research Center and as Nutrition Faculty for the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Program at the UNM Center for Development and Disability. At UNM, Patty led chronic disease prevention and health promotion research and programs and provided nutrition, policy, and leadership expertise. Patty has served as a federal grant reviewer for ACL and in volunteer professional leadership roles at the local, state, regional, and national levels.
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Contains 3 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 12/09/2024 at 3:00 PM (EST)
Join your colleagues to talk about construction or major renovations of their senior centers. Whether you are in the building or design phase, in approval or funding process, or dreaming of new spaces, this is and opportunity to share experiences and best practices, ask and answer questions, and to get to know each other. We also welcome colleagues who have completed construction or major renovations to share their experience! Hosted by a peer moderator, this is an informal gathering.
Join your colleagues to talk about construction or major renovations of their senior centers. Whether you are in the building or design phase, in approval or funding process, or dreaming of new spaces, this is and opportunity to share experiences and best practices, ask and answer questions, and to get to know each other. We also welcome colleagues who have completed construction or major renovations to share their experience! Hosted by a peer moderator, this is an informal gathering.
Dianne Stone
Associate Director of Network Development and Engagement, Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center and NISC
National Council on Aging
Dianne Stone has more than 20 years of experience with senior centers and aging issues, primarily as the Director of the Newington Senior and Disabled Center in Newington, Connecticut. Stone has also worked, volunteered, and held leadership positions with a variety of organizations in Connecticut, including Connecticut AgeWell Collaborative, the ADA Coalition of Connecticut, Connecticut Medicaid Oversight Council, and the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity. She joined NCOA in January 2022, as a member of the Center for Healthy Aging, where she is primarily focused on supporting senior centers throughout the country through the ACL-funded Modernizing Senior Centers Resource Center and NISC.
Jill Hall
NISC Chair
State of Colorado
Jill Hall is the Senior Services Manager for the Highlands Ranch MetroDistrict, overseeing the development of a comprehensive array of programs foradults aged 55 and older and assisting with the construction of a new 22,000sq. ft. senior center slated to open this fall. Even without a building, Jillhas built a senior center membership of over 1,280 individuals. Prior to movingto Colorado, Jill spent 15 years as the Division Chief of Senior Centers andCommunity Services in Baltimore County, Maryland. In this position Jill managedthe operation of 21 senior centers with over 20,000 members, 35 nutritionsites, county-wide special events and marketing. Jill also has 10 years ofexperience supervising the Rockville Senior Center, a 36,000 sq. ft. multipurposesenior and community center with 3,000 members. Jill also spent a decade as aSenior Recreation Planner for a private consulting firm. Jill has a master’sdegree in Recreation and Leisure Studies, with a minor in public policy andadministration.
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This 60-minute monthly workgroup from NCOA's Center for Healthy Aging will offer participants an opportunity to learn how Administration for Community Living (ACL) grantees are offering evidence-based programs since the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us to collaborate with others across the country, and ask questions to help your organization work towards offering and/or improving your evidence-based program virtual delivery. Find all Grand Round sessions here - https://connect.ncoa.org/grand-rounds-sessions
This 60-minute monthly workgroup from NCOA's Center for Healthy Aging will offer participants an opportunity to learn how Administration for Community Living (ACL) grantees are offering evidence-based programs since the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us to collaborate with others across the country, and ask questions to help your organization work towards offering and/or improving your evidence-based program virtual delivery.
Find all Grand Round sessions here - https://connect.ncoa.org/grand...
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Contains 4 Component(s) Recorded On: 11/20/2024
Introductory webinar for the 2024-2026 SNAP Enrollment Center cohort.
In this introductory webinar, 2024-2026 SNAP Enrollment Center (SEC) grantees will:
1. Meet their NCOA points of contact.
2. Learn how to submit monthly data reports for the SEC grant.
3. Get an overview of key activities related to running an SEC.
Andy Stamp
Senior Specialist, CBA (Center for Benefits Access) Projects and Data Management
NCOA
Andy serves as the data specialist for CBA projects and programs, including its work with the national network of Benefit Enrollment Centers (BECs). Andy’s career has centered on using data to inform strategic and operational decision making for mission-driven organizations. Andy comes to NCOA from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where he worked for six years in roles focused on budget formulation, performance measurement and evaluation, data analysis, and project management. Prior to his time in government, his career included analytical roles with nonprofit organizations and experience as a journalist with a regional newspaper. Andy has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, a Master of Public Health (MPH), a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Shaneece Gaines
Senior Manager, Economic & Financial Security
NCOA
Shaneece is a Subject Matter Expert in housing and other areas tied to economic security, such as debt counseling and financial coaching at NCOA. Shaneece brings with her extensive non-profit experience. As a Grants Manager at an international non-profit, she managed grant projects and economic security initiatives from application to approval and utilization, overseeing a $50M portfolio. In progressive positions at a national non-profit housing counseling intermediary, she served as the Housing Counseling Network and Direct Services Director, in which she oversaw over 160 organizations nationwide, a cross- functional team of 10 FTEs, and a budget of over $2.2M. Her portfolio of work included both housing and financial counseling to thousands of consumers annually through direct client services and through their intermediary services that addressed needs, including but not limited to: HECM/reverse mortgage counseling, foreclosure counseling, homebuyer counseling, debt counseling, financial coaching, and assistance accessing federal, state, and local benefits programs (e.g., SNAP, LIHEAP, Medicare and Medicaid, etc.).
Shaneece was a Mortgage Loan Officer for a major Banking institution where she increased their mortgage loan portfolio; worked with individuals and families with all aspects of mortgages/loans, refinancing, housing affordability and related Affordable Lending Products; and ensured consumers’ preparation for homeownership through homebuyer education and community-level and professional events.
She possesses her Masters in Public Administration from Strayer University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Kent State University.
Ebony P. White
Director, Director of Economic Security & Social Safety Net Initiatives
NCOA
Ebony is a seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in the field of helping to improve the lives of vulnerable families and communities rooted in equity. In her most recent role as the Senior Director of Programs with Prosperity Now, Ebony led a team that provided tailored technical assistance and capacity building to nonprofits and other key stakeholders to increase their leadership, ability to access resources, influence policy, expand their partners and networks, and find promising solutions in providing human-centered services grounded in data to advance economic stability and mobility. Prior to her work at Prosperity Now, Ebony spent nine (9) years at W.K. Kellogg Foundation where she worked across many initiatives, programs, and sectors to provide resources and agency to partners nationally. During that time, Ebony supported the design and implementation of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) enterprise. In this initiative, Ebony managed the collaboration and networking with over 130 organizations and thought experts to identify best practices and guiding principles for communities to consider when implementing the TRHT framework of narrative change, racial healing, separation, law, and economy. Ebony earned her MPA in Nonprofit Leadership Management from Western Michigan University and her BSBA from Colorado Technical University.
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