Using STARS Data to Advance Equity in MIPPA Programs and New STARS Enhancements: Using Data to Tell the MIPPA Story

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S3: Deep Dive: Using STARS Data to Advance Equity in MIPPA Programs and New STARS Enhancements: Using Data to Tell the MIPPA Story

Using STARS Data to Advance Equity in MIPPA Programs

Data is an important tool for evaluating equity in social service programs. In this session, MIPPA grantees will learn how to utilize SHIP Tracking and Reporting System (STARS) data to assess how their program is currently reaching beneficiaries from marginalized populations, including nonwhite, non-English speaking, and rural beneficiaries, and brainstorm ways to improve equitable access.

Sarah Fleming, MSW, SHIP TA Center

In this presentation, you will be able to:

Learn how the STARS MIPPA Performance Measures Report quantifies the extent to which your program reaches certain marginalized populations targeted in the MIPPA grant.
Understand how to use other STARS reports to find data about other demographic characteristics of beneficiaries served and MIPPA counselors.
Brainstorm ways to use data collected in STARS to advance equitable access to MIPPA services for all eligible beneficiaries in your region.

New STARS Enhancements: Using Data to Tell the MIPPA Story

People who are passionate about serving the public may find data entry tedious at best or, at worst, as something that takes too much time away from more important work. Learn how to navigate changes to the STARS data system so that the effort of data entry translates into a meaningful and impactful story about the value of MIPPA work.

Ginny Paulson, SHIP TA Center

In this presentation, you will be able to:

Describe 2023 changes and improvements to MIPPA data collection in the STARS data system.
Demonstrate new and revised reports that summarize MIPPA data at the local or state level.
Identify Key Areas of Data Accuracy that Translate to Measurable Outcomes.

Brandy Bauer (Moderator)

Director, Center for Benefits Access

National Council on Aging

Brandy Bauer is Director of the Center for Benefits Access at the National Council on Aging, where she works with community organizations and state agencies across the country to promote benefits for older adults, identify strategies to improve the financial security of vulnerable seniors, and educate consumers about scams targeting older adults. She has worked in the field of aging for 11 years. Prior to that, she spent a decade in the international health and human service sectors, working on improving access to services for vulnerable and marginalized populations, including refugee and war trauma survivors in Europe, and as a humanitarian aid worker in Afghanistan.

Sarah Fleming

Training and Technical Assistance Manager

SHIP TA Center

Sarah Fleming, LMSW is the Training & Technical Assistance Manager at the SHIP Technical Assistance Center. She holds a Master of Social Work degree and graduate certificate in nonprofit management from the University of Minnesota, as well as a legal certificate in elder law from Mitchell Hamline Law School. She has previous work experience with community-based organizations working to increase equity for communities of color. In her role with the SHIP TA Center, she provides training and technical assistance on a variety of topics, including STARS, the national program reporting system used by SHIP and MIPPA grantees. She also bilingual (English/Spanish) and works with translators and interpreters to make SHIP TA Center resources available in a variety of languages.

Ginny Paulson

SHIP Technical Assistance Center Director

State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) Technical Assistance Center

Ginny Paulson directs the State Health Insurance Assistance Program Technical Assistance Center (SHIP TA Center). The SHIP TA Center provides training and technical assistance to the 54 SHIP grantees nationally. In that role, the SHIP TA Center supports the national program reporting system used by SHIP grantees and Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) grantees. Ginny has worked in the aging network since 1997. Prior roles include directing the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) National Resource Center, managing the statewide Iowa Family Caregiver Program, and coordinating local and regional Area Agency on Aging outreach and education programs.