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  • 2024 Programs of Excellence Series - Social and Support Services
    Product not yet rated 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.

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    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. 

  • 2024 Programs of Excellence Series - Nutrition
    Product not yet rated 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.

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    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. 

  • Grand Rounds for Evidence-Based Program Providers
    Contains 64 Product(s)

    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...

  • SNAP Enrollment Tools: Benefits Participation Map and BenefitsCheckUp
    Product not yet rated 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. 


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    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.

    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.

  • Senior Center Peer Networking Group - State Association December
    Product not yet rated 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. 


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    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.

  • MIPPA TA Calls 2024
    Product not yet rated Contains 3 Product(s)

    MIPPA TA Calls 2024

    MIPPA TA Calls 2024

  • Technical Assistance to the MIPPA Network on New SEP Changes
    Product not yet rated 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.

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    Kristi Sugarman-Coats

    CMS/FCHCO

    Gretchen Nye

    CMS/FCHCO

  • Information Session: 2025 ACL Evidence-Based Program Review Process
    Product not yet rated 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.

     


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    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.

     

     

    Ninfa Peña-Purcell, Ph.D.

    Public Health Research Scientist

    Texas A&M Center for Community Health and Aging

    Ninfa Pena-Purcell, PhD is a Public Health Research Scientist at the Texas A&M Center for Community Health and Aging, and is Assistant Director of Texas A&M National Community Health Worker Training Center. Dr. Pena-Purcell earned a Ph.D. in Health Studies in 2005 from Texas Woman's University. In 2021, she was appointed by the Texas Governor to serve a 7-year term as a board member on the Texas Diabetes Council (TDC) and elected Vice Chair January 2024. Dr. Pena-Purcell previously held positions on the boards of the Society of Public Health Education (SOPHE) (2021-2023) and the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC) (2019-2020). She has authored numerous health programs including Live in Control and its Spanish version, Vivir en Control, a diabetes self-management education program. These programs are nationally recognized by the American Diabetes Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her passion is to empower and engage communities to address the health needs of underserved minority populations.

  • Senior Center Peer Networking Group - Construction (December)
    Product not yet rated 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.


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    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.

  • 2024 Programs of Excellence Series - Health and Wellness
    Contains 4 Component(s)

    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.

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    Kathleen Cameron

    Senior Director, Center for Healthy Aging

    National Council on Aging

    Kathleen Cameron, BSPharm, MPH, has more than 25 years of experience in the health care field as a pharmacist, researcher, and program director focusing on falls prevention, geriatric pharmacotherapy, mental health, long-term services and supports, and caregiving. Cameron is Senior Director of the NCOA Center for Healthy Aging, where she provides subject matter expertise on health care programmatic and policy related issues and oversees the Modernizing Senior Center Resource Center.

    Cleo L. Smalls

    Center Director

    Center in the Park

    Cleo L. Smalls is the Center Director at Center in the Park, a nationally accredited senior community center in Northwest Philadelphia. She also helps develop programs supporting individuals with dementia and their caregivers across Philadelphia. With an MBA from Lynn University, Cleo blends expertise in business and social services with a deep commitment to advocacy. As a board member of the Pennsylvania Association for Senior Centers and a strong advocate for diversity, she is dedicated to promoting positive aging, building strong communities, and combating ageism.

    David Griffith

    Director of Development

    Center in the Park

    David Griffith is the Director of Development at Center in the Park, a nationally accredited senior community center in Northwest Philadelphia. In this role, David oversees a development strategy to secure funds from foundations, corporate sponsors, and individual donors. David worked for the previous 10 years doing advocacy and education within LGBTQ+ communities. David has a Master of Social Work and a Master of Social Policy from the University of Pennsylvania.

    Mary Jo McKay

    Nutrition and Wellness Manager

    Aging Services Department, Hillsborough County

    Mary Jo McKay has a master’s in business administration.  She oversees Hillsborough County Aging Services’ seven nationally accredited senior centers, 14 dining centers, home delivered meals program, and volunteer management team. She has worked in the field of Aging for 28 years. She is an American Society on Aging New Ventures in Leadership graduate and RISE mentor, Florida Association of Aging Service Providers District Six Representative, co-founder and board member of the Disciples of Christ Christian Fellowship, Florida Developmental Disabilities Council Aging Caregivers Task Force member, and a Florida Association of Senior Centers regional representative. McKay is a conference organizer and speaker. She was instrumental in building five new senior centers in Hillsborough County and she and her husband co-led in the construction of their new church in Riverview, FL. 

    Michelle Quiroga Diaz

    Vice President, Programs & Services

    ONEgeneration

    Michelle Quiroga-Diaz has been in the senior services, nonprofit sector for over two decades. She has dedicated her career to working with and on behalf of older adults by providing vital support services to them and their families. She has an array of experience across multiple areas such as program administration, case management, advocacy, long term services and support for vulnerable, underserved, older adult populations. Michelle is currently the Vice President of Programs & Services at ONEgeneration, located in the San Fernando Valley.  Prior to taking on this role, Michelle was the Program Director of ONEgeneration’s Intergenerational Adult Day Care/Adult Day Health Care Center.  She holds a bachelor's degree in gerontology, from Mount Saint Mary's University, and a master's in social work degree, from the University of Southern California.  Michelle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of California. 

    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.