BEC & MIPPA Leads TA Call – Peer to Peer Learning - A No Wrong Door Approach to Benefits Enrollment

Kristie Kulinski is Director of the Office of Network Advancement at the Administration for Community Living (ACL), an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She oversees a variety of initiatives to ensure that the interests and needs of older adults and people with disabilities, as well as the state and local organizations that serve these populations, are reflected in the transformations occurring in our nation’s health and long-term services and support systems. This portfolio includes strengthening state No Wrong Door Systems, aligning health and community care through sustainable partnerships between community-based organizations and the health care sector, and collaborating with the Veterans Health Administration to enable Veteran independence through the Veteran Directed Care program. Before joining ACL, Kristie held positions with the National Council on Aging in Washington, DC and Partners in Care Foundation in Los Angeles, California. She has a B.S. in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn State University and a Master of Social Work from California State University, Northridge.

Christina Neill Bowen, MSW, LICSW offers over 25 years of expert consulting in change facilitation, helping organizations navigate complex challenges in aging, disability, and caregiving. With deep subject matter expertise and a proven ability to foster progress, she is dedicated to helping teams get unstuck and advance their strategic goals. She has supported states implementing No Wrong Door systems since the very beginning of the initiative in 2003. Her expertise spans long-term services and supports (LTSS), strategic planning, technical assistance, and program evaluation, with a focus on enhancing community living for older adults and people with disabilities and their caregivers. As a licensed clinical social worker with a background in geriatric care management and caregiver support group facilitation, she brings a unique "on the ground" perspective to policy issues.

Kristen Vangeloff, a Managing Director at the Lewin Group, has over a decade of experience supporting access to services that promote community living for people aging with or into disabilities. She directs the Administration for Community Living (ACL) No Wrong Door Resource Center Technical Assistance contract, with a focus on supporting states and local entities develop their access systems through robust governance, public outreach, person-centered practices, and streamlined eligibility to public programs. She has expertise in developing program logic models that drive outcomes and return on investment calculations for community living initiatives. She currently provides technical assistance to states and territories that are planning and implementing Medicaid Administrative Claiming for No Wrong Door system functions. Prior to Lewin, Ms. Vangeloff spent eight years at a community-based organization serving populations at risk of infectious disease in rural Virginia.