This webinar will provide an update on features and resources on NCOA Connect’s Older Americans Act Title III-D Community. The Administration for Community Living (ACL) will provide an overview of OAA Title III-D program basics (including appropriate use of funds), respond to submitted questions related to Title III-D, and introduce a new resource, the Older Americans Act Title III-D Evidenced-Based Health Promotion Programs Monitoring Tool, for use by State Units on Aging (SUAs) and Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs). We will close out with peer sharing and discussion of best practices and strategies for successful Title III-D and evidence-based program implementation.

Kathryn Zahm, MPA, PMP, Director, Health Promotion Programs

Patricia Keane, National Nutritionist

Katherine Shavo, Nutritionist

State Unit on Aging (SUA) leads are invited to attend this convening to share and learn from each other how the Title IIID programs are prioritized, how SUAs collaborate with Area Agencies on Aging or other entities and partners to implement the selected evidence-based programs and sustain the program delivery infrastructure. We will also explore best practices SUAs use to ensure EBPs reaching underserved populations with the greatest social and greatest economic needs.

Kathleen Cameron, Senior Director, Center for Healthy Aging

Melissa Donegan, LSW, Director, Healthy Living Center of Excellence

Kathleen Cameron, Senior Director, Center for Healthy Aging

Kathryn Braun,

Britteny M. Howell, Ph.D., CPG, CDP®, RYT, Co-Director, National Resource Center for Alaska Native Elders

Cole Ward, M.A., Outreach Coordinator

Kathleen Cameron, Senior Director, Center for Healthy Aging

Lesha Spencer-Brown MPH, CPH, PMP (she/her), Aging Services Program Specialist, Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs

Angelica Herrera-Venson, DrPH, MPH, Associate Director, Data Management & Evaluation

Topic: OAA Title III-D Coordinator Convening: Program Basics and Requirements

This webinar will provide updates from the Administration for Community Living on Older Americans Act Title III-D relating to guidance on reporting requirements, review of III-D allowable costs, ACL-approved Evidence-Based program listing, and review of the III-D online community where states can access best practices, strategies, and resources to implement evidence-based programs. 

Discussion Questions:

1. What types of technical assistance related to use of funds and program reporting would be helpful for you, as SUA TIIID Coordinators, in supporting you and your AAAs? 

Kathleen Cameron, Senior Director, Center for Healthy Aging

Lesha Spencer-Brown MPH, CPH, PMP (she/her), Aging Services Program Specialist, Office of Nutrition and Health Promotion Programs

Shannon Skowronski, Social Science Analyst , Office of Performance and Evaluation

State Unit on Aging leads are invited to attend this convening and participate in a discussion focused on recruiting program leaders to deliver evidence-based programming. You will also hear from an ACL Chronic Disease Self- Management Education grantee about strategies they have successfully implemented to engage new leaders and partner with their State Unit on Aging. Additional resources to support program leader recruitment will be shared and an overview of the OAA TIIID Connect site will be provided. 

Discussion Questions: 

1. What support do you provide your AAAs to increase recruitment efforts and engagement of program leaders?  
2. What strategies have your AAAs implemented that have been successful in recruiting leaders for evidence-based programming? 
3. What continues to be a challenge recruiting and engaging  leaders? What opportunities and solutions could arise from these challenges?  
4. What types of technical assistance from NCOA would be helpful for you, as SUA TIIID Coordinators, in supporting your AAAs?  

Kathleen Cameron, Senior Director, Center for Healthy Aging

State Unit on Aging leads are invited to attend this convening and participate in a discussion focused on engaging rural and homebound older adults in evidence-based programming. You will also hear from several SUAs and an ACL Falls Prevention grantee about how they engage rural and homebound populations. Additional resources to support engagement of rural populations will be shared and an overview of the OAA TIIID Connect site will be provided.

Discussion Questions:

i.   What support do you provide your AAAs to increase engagement with older adults in rural areas, other populations that are unable to join an in-person program?

ii.   What programs have you offered in rural communities that yielded high engagement?  What strategies did your AAAs implement that have been successful in engaging rural and homebound older adults in evidence-based programming?

iii.   How do you engage participants that are unable to join an in-person program?

iv.   What continues to be a challenge engaging this population group? What opportunities and solutions could arise from these challenges? 

Michelle Mai, Senior Program Associate

Karla Crazer,

Abby Gramlick-Mueller,

Kristi Crawford,

Title III-D coordinators are invited to join this convening and participate in a discussion with peers around supporting facilitator and participant capacity in evidence-based programming.  Additional resources around capacity building will be shared and an overview of the OAA Title III-D Community will be provided.

Please be prepared to share your experience with the following discussion questions: 

1. Do any SUAs partner with a CBO that serves as a hub to coordinate the delivery of evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention programs? If so, what are the pros and cons of using this approach? What successes have been achieved?
2. How do AAAs and other CBOs in your state collaborate around program licensing, leader training, program promotion, and other aspects of EBP delivery and sustainability?
3. What are the biggest challenges AAAs in your state are experiencing around facilitator and volunteer capacity?
4. What support has your SUA provided to AAAs to assist with participant recruitment and capacity?

Michelle Mai, Senior Program Associate

Title III-D coordinators are invited to join this convening and participate in a discussion with peers about the current landscape within the state around evidence-based programming, including the State Unit on Aging (SUA) role in the delivery and sustainability of these programs.  An overview of the new webpage for OAA Title III-D will be provided.

Michelle Mai, Senior Program Associate

OAA Title III-D coordinators are invited to join a peer discussion on best practices for selecting evidence-based programs for delivery using Title IIID funds. Two states will share their processes for reviewing and approving programs not in the NCOA Pre-Approved Program Database. In addition, an online one-stop shop for OAA Title IIID resources, FAQs, etc. will be deputed (https://connect.ncoa.org/older-americans-act-title-iii-d).

Kathleen Zuke, MPH (she/her), Director, Center for Healthy Aging

Jordana McLeod,

Dennis J. McGowan, Manager, Area Agencies on Aging Administration

This webinar will provide updates from the Administration for Community Living on Older Americans Act Title III-D, identify best practices, strategies, and resources to help states and their partners administrator and implement these programs, and provide coordinators an opportunity to engage in discussion with your peers about current  successes, challenges, and opportunities.

Watch the webinar and access the key takeaways in the handouts.

Shannon Skowronski (she/her), Team Lead, Administration on Aging

Michelle Mai, Senior Program Associate

Kathleen Zuke, MPH (she/her), Director, Center for Healthy Aging