March 2023 Grand Rounds - Health and Wellness Programs in Pennsylvania: Healthy IDEAS Implementation

Susan Neff is a supervisor in the Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s Education & Outreach Office which administers and oversees the department’s Health & Wellness, State Health Insurance Assistance, and volunteer programs.

Katrina Kyle is the Health and Wellness Statewide Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Department of Aging. She manages Title IIID with PA’s 52 Area Agencies on Aging and PDA’s endorsement of Healthy IDEAS, Healthy Steps for Older Adults, Healthy Steps in Motion and SMRC’s Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Suite. She has a bachelor’s degree in social work with a minor in psychology from Shippensburg University. She has over 30 years of experience promoting access to access to health and access to behavioral health for those in greatest of need. While at PA’s Department of Health she was the lead of the Community Health Challenge Grant Program to fund doctors and dentists in health professional shortage areas or to establish new Community Health Centers in medically underserved areas. She was the lead Pennsylvania’s state health assessment and state health improvement plan. As a county Drug and Alcohol Director she implemented collaborations with the local mental health systems and criminal justice to established ‘no wrong door’ policies for mental health and drug and alcohol treatment as well as treatment alternatives to incarceration. She enjoys walks with her dog or cuddling with one or more of her four cats.