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Among health systems, healthcare providers, and health insurers, the importance of addressing SDOH — particularly for those with complex care needs — has come into sharp focus. The Partnership to Align Social Care is a cross-sector effort to co-design a multi-faceted strategy to enable successful partnerships between healthcare organizations and networks of CBOs, or Community Care Hubs. Join the Partnership and health and social care sector leaders for a deep dive into the important role of Community Care Hubs in promoting an equitable health and social care ecosystem. Attendees will gain: A brief overview of the Partnership to Align Social Care and the effort to achieve an aligned health and social care system that reflects and incorporates the vital voice of the community; Background on the evolution of the Community Care Hub concept and its value proposition; Perspective from CBO and healthcare leaders detailing their experience in building and contracting with CBO networks and hubs.

In this webinar hosted by USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute, Sharon Williams of Williams Jaxon Consulting will discuss which metrics are important for health plans, how the services that AAAs and CBOs provide can impact these measures, and how they can use this information to make pitches to health care organizations.

There is a common misconception that people older than age 65 are all alike. This stereotype couldn’t be further from the truth. A recent Gallup poll found that 7% of American adults identify as LGBTQ, the highest number of LGBTQ residents in the United States since Gallup began polling. Other studies show that 22% of people ages 65 and older reported having a disability, and yet another study found that by 2030, the population of older racial/ethnic minority populations will increase by 89%, compared to a 39% increase in White older adults. This webinar will review in-depth intersecting minority identities among older adults (focusing primarily on race, disability, social class, and LGTBQ+ identities) and will encourage participants to explore their own biases and assumptions, as well as strategies for reducing cultural bias in clinical interactions. A model will be shared for deepening interpersonal cultural humility and vignettes will be used to apply knowledge. Participants in this webinar will: Define cultural humility. Illustrate intersecting minority identities among people older than age 65 (focusing primarily on age, race, disability, social class, and LGTBQ+ identities). Describe the important role of resilience factors among minoritized people older than age 65. Presenter: Dr. Regina Koepp is a board-certified clinical psychologist and founder and director of the Center for Mental Health & Aging. She is the lead medical psychologist at University of Vermont Medical Center and creator and host of the Psychology of Aging Podcast. She is a sought-after speaker on the topics of mental health and aging, caregiving, ageism, cultural humility, sexual health and aging, intimacy in the context of life-altering Illness and dementia and sexual expression. She is creator of the only dementia and sexual health certification program in the United States. Dr. Koepp a contributing writer at Psychology Today and Psychotherapy Networker, where she discusses mental health and sexual health in the context of aging and illness. She has been featured in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Insider and other national periodicals. This is the second webinar in the Leading Change in Aging Through DEI Accountability series co-hosted by the Aging and Disability Business Institute and the American Society on Aging.

Through community health needs assessments, hospitals work with the community to identify unmet needs and then implement a plan to prioritize and address them. Nonprofit hospitals often fund some or most of this work using community benefit dollars. Join USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute for an overview of this process, why it is important and how community-based organizations can partner with hospitals to drive more equitable health outcomes. Speakers Julie Trocchio, Senior Director, Community Benefit and Continuing Care, Catholic Health Association of the United States Nancy Myers, Vice President, Leadership and System Innovation American Hospital Association Marisa Scala-Foley, Director, Aging and Disability Business Institute, USAging

In this webinar hosted by the Aging and Disability Business Institute, speakers will share the findings of a new report, Lifting the Veil: How Networks Form, Operate, Struggle and Succeed. This webinar will describe the experiences of Community Care Hubs and CBO network members on data management, payment and member relation and the diverse ways that networks of community-based organizations (CBOs) are operated and managed and identifies best practices for networks to consider. The report is based on interviews with 23 representatives of eight CBO networks—both Community Care Hubs/Network Lead Entities and CBO network members.

Each year, The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award recognizes community-based organizations and networks that are improving health outcomes and quality of life for older adults and/or persons with disabilities through health care contracting. During this webinar, the 2023 recipients of The John A. Hartford Business Innovation Award, Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative, and the runners-up, Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging and Region IV Area Agency on Aging in Michigan, will share information about their award-winning innovative programs. Attendees will learn their strategies for developing their contracts and partnerships, their challenges and the outcomes they achieved.

Contracting to Align Health and Social Care Ecosystems: A Webinar Series Sharing Leading Practices Join the Partnership to Align Social Care, the Aging and Disability Business Institute, and Camden Coalition for a webinar series offering a deep dive into leading contracting practices to effectively and efficiently address HRSNs. Each webinar in the series will focus on the essential elements of contracting between health care and community partners and feature leading practices from the field. Each event will also highlight key findings from a four-part toolkit, Healthcare Guide to Contracting with CBOs, developed with extensive input from CBOs, health plans, and health systems. While these resources were developed for a healthcare audience, CBOs, CCHs, and other health and social care ecosystem stakeholders will benefit from understanding how healthcare organizations approach the contracting process. Webinars in this series include: Designing the Payment Structure: A Health Plan’s Guide to Paying CBOs & CCHs for Social Care - October 10, 2023 @ 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET Defining Core Activities: Developing an Effective Scope of Work For Contracted Partners - November 14, 2023 @ Noon-1:00 p.m. ET Operationalizing Contracts: Improving Contracting Implementation and Collaboration - December 12, 2023 @ 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET Registrants will receive access to all three webinars. All registrants will receive the recordings and follow-up resources.

Join USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute for a new webinar series: Data, Billing and Coding: What CBOs Need to Know. Data, Billing and Coding: What CBOs Need to Know Part One: New CMS Rules on Health-Related Social Needs Screening November 13, 2023 3:00-4:00 PM ET The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) new health related social needs (HRSN) screening—at the hospital inpatient level and with physicians—as well as social determinants of health (SDOH) data and technology standards are providing Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), and community-based organizations (CBOs) with opportunities to expand partnerships with health clinicians to better serve clients and caregivers. The first webinar in this series will focus on new CMS reporting measures related to screening for health-related social needs that will impact (and likely increase) referrals for assessments and services from hospitals and health systems to social care organizations. Speakers will discuss what the rules mean for AAAs, CBOs and networks, how they create new opportunities for contracting with health care providers and payers, and what CBOs need to know to work with hospitals and health systems. This webinar series will provide information about the new opportunities to partner with health clinicians, and the related data, information exchange and related billing/payment models being advanced by CMS. Look out for other webinars in our series that will cover topics such as: An in-depth look at the hospital inpatient health-related social needs screening rule Physician referral for CBO assessment and workflows Data standards and information exchange Who your CBO needs to work with on data and interoperability

Contracting to Align Health and Social Care Ecosystems: A Webinar Series Sharing Leading Practices Join the Partnership to Align Social Care, the Aging and Disability Business Institute, and Camden Coalition for a webinar series offering a deep dive into leading contracting practices to effectively and efficiently address HRSNs. Each webinar in the series will focus on the essential elements of contracting between health care and community partners and feature leading practices from the field. Each event will also highlight key findings from a four-part toolkit, Healthcare Guide to Contracting with CBOs, developed with extensive input from CBOs, health plans, and health systems. While these resources were developed for a healthcare audience, CBOs, CCHs, and other health and social care ecosystem stakeholders will benefit from understanding how healthcare organizations approach the contracting process. Webinars in this series include: Designing the Payment Structure: A Health Plan’s Guide to Paying CBOs & CCHs for Social Care - October 10, 2023 @ 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET Defining Core Activities: Developing an Effective Scope of Work For Contracted Partners - November 14, 2023 @ Noon-1:00 p.m. ET Operationalizing Contracts: Improving Contracting Implementation and Collaboration - December 12, 2023 @ 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET Registrants will receive access to all three webinars. All registrants will receive the recordings and follow-up resources.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL), in collaboration with the Center of Excellence to Align Health and Social Care (powered by USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute), invites community-based organizations serving as community care hubs (CCHs) or interested in learning more about the community care hub model to participate in an upcoming four-part Community Care Hub 101 Learning Series. The series will take place on four Thursdays in mid-November through December 2023. A community care hub (CCH) is a community-focused entity that organizes and supports a network of community-based organizations providing services to address health-related social needs. It centralizes administrative functions and operational infrastructure, including but not limited to, contracting with health care organizations, payment operations, management of referrals, service delivery fidelity and compliance, technology, information security, data collection, and reporting. Each webinar will focus on the foundational elements of serving as a community care hub. The webinars will showcase examples from leading community care hubs as well as resources available to support community-based organizations in forming, operationalizing, and launching a hub in their community. Register today for the Community Care Hub 101 Learning Series. The series will take place on four Thursdays in mid-November through December 2023. Introduction to Community Care Hubs: November 16, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Community Care Hubs Core Functions: November 30, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Contracting Opportunities to Address Health-Related Social Needs: December 7, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Building the Community Care Hub Business Case: December 14, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Registrants will receive access to all four webinars. All registrants will receive a copy of the webinar slides and follow-up resources. The webinars will be auto-captioned on Zoom.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL), in collaboration with the Center of Excellence to Align Health and Social Care (powered by USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute), invites community-based organizations serving as community care hubs (CCHs) or interested in learning more about the community care hub model to participate in an upcoming four-part Community Care Hub 101 Learning Series. The series will take place on four Thursdays in mid-November through December 2023. A community care hub (CCH) is a community-focused entity that organizes and supports a network of community-based organizations providing services to address health-related social needs. It centralizes administrative functions and operational infrastructure, including but not limited to, contracting with health care organizations, payment operations, management of referrals, service delivery fidelity and compliance, technology, information security, data collection, and reporting. Each webinar will focus on the foundational elements of serving as a community care hub. The webinars will showcase examples from leading community care hubs as well as resources available to support community-based organizations in forming, operationalizing, and launching a hub in their community. Register today for the Community Care Hub 101 Learning Series. The series will take place on four Thursdays in mid-November through December 2023. Introduction to Community Care Hubs: November 16, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Community Care Hubs Core Functions: November 30, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Contracting Opportunities to Address Health-Related Social Needs: December 7, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Building the Community Care Hub Business Case: December 14, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Registrants will receive access to all four webinars. All registrants will receive a copy of the webinar slides and follow-up resources. The webinars will be auto-captioned on Zoom.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL), in collaboration with the Center of Excellence to Align Health and Social Care (powered by USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute), invites community-based organizations serving as community care hubs (CCHs) or interested in learning more about the community care hub model to participate in an upcoming four-part Community Care Hub 101 Learning Series. The series will take place on four Thursdays in mid-November through December 2023. A community care hub (CCH) is a community-focused entity that organizes and supports a network of community-based organizations providing services to address health-related social needs. It centralizes administrative functions and operational infrastructure, including but not limited to, contracting with health care organizations, payment operations, management of referrals, service delivery fidelity and compliance, technology, information security, data collection, and reporting. Each webinar will focus on the foundational elements of serving as a community care hub. The webinars will showcase examples from leading community care hubs as well as resources available to support community-based organizations in forming, operationalizing, and launching a hub in their community. Register today for the Community Care Hub 101 Learning Series. The series will take place on four Thursdays in mid-November through December 2023. Introduction to Community Care Hubs: November 16, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Community Care Hubs Core Functions: November 30, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Contracting Opportunities to Address Health-Related Social Needs: December 7, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Building the Community Care Hub Business Case: December 14, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Registrants will receive access to all four webinars. All registrants will receive a copy of the webinar slides and follow-up resources. The webinars will be auto-captioned on Zoom.

Contracting to Align Health and Social Care Ecosystems: A Webinar Series Sharing Leading Practices Join the Partnership to Align Social Care, the Aging and Disability Business Institute, and Camden Coalition for a webinar series offering a deep dive into leading contracting practices to effectively and efficiently address HRSNs. Each webinar in the series will focus on the essential elements of contracting between health care and community partners and feature leading practices from the field. Each event will also highlight key findings from a four-part toolkit, Healthcare Guide to Contracting with CBOs, developed with extensive input from CBOs, health plans, and health systems. While these resources were developed for a healthcare audience, CBOs, CCHs, and other health and social care ecosystem stakeholders will benefit from understanding how healthcare organizations approach the contracting process.

The Administration for Community Living (ACL), in collaboration with the Center of Excellence to Align Health and Social Care (powered by USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute), invites community-based organizations serving as community care hubs (CCHs) or interested in learning more about the community care hub model to participate in an upcoming four-part Community Care Hub 101 Learning Series. The series will take place on four Thursdays in mid-November through December 2023. A community care hub (CCH) is a community-focused entity that organizes and supports a network of community-based organizations providing services to address health-related social needs. It centralizes administrative functions and operational infrastructure, including but not limited to, contracting with health care organizations, payment operations, management of referrals, service delivery fidelity and compliance, technology, information security, data collection, and reporting. Each webinar will focus on the foundational elements of serving as a community care hub. The webinars will showcase examples from leading community care hubs as well as resources available to support community-based organizations in forming, operationalizing, and launching a hub in their community. Register today for the Community Care Hub 101 Learning Series. The series will take place on four Thursdays in mid-November through December 2023. Introduction to Community Care Hubs: November 16, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Community Care Hubs Core Functions: November 30, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Contracting Opportunities to Address Health-Related Social Needs: December 7, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Building the Community Care Hub Business Case: December 14, 2023, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET Registrants will receive access to all four webinars. All registrants will receive a copy of the webinar slides and follow-up resources. The webinars will be auto-captioned on Zoom.

In this webinar, the Administration for Community Living and the Aging and Disability Business Institute will discuss opportunities for our network to engage in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center's new dementia care initiative, known as the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) model. GUIDE focuses on dementia care management with the intent to support people living with dementia and their caregivers in their homes and communities for as long as possible. This webinar will explore the roles of aging network organizations and rationale for developing and delivering sustainable contracted services. Members of the aging network are well-positioned to participate in and/or partner with this program as providers of the range of home and community services required by CMS Innovation Center. This webinar will provide important details on how to become meaningfully involved in this initiative. The webinar will conclude with a question-and-answer period. Presenters:  Greg Link, Administration on Aging, ACL Erin Long, Administration on Aging, ACL Marisa Scala-Foley, USAging

Participant direction (self-direction) allows people with disabilities to be in control of the services they receive by managing and hiring personal care providers of their choice. Centers for Independent Living (CILs) are uniquely positioned to provide self-directed services with their long history as disability-led organizations applying independent living practices and supporting people with disabilities. Health care payers are adopting self -direction to allow people with disabilities to direct services that address unmet service needs, creating contracting opportunities for CILs. Join this technical assistance webinar for CILs designed to foster CIL operation of participant-directed service programs funded through Medicaid managed care, accountable care organizations (ACOs), and other health payers. In this webinar, CIL leaders and staff will learn how they can work with managed care organizations (MCOs) and other health care entities to provide self-directed care, as well as learn how to approach and negotiate with health payers to form these partnerships. Presenters Molly Morris, Vice President, Applied Self-Direction Suzanne Crisp, Senior Advisor, Public Partnerships Group, LLC Amber O’Haver, Chief Revolutionary Officer / Owner, Disability Revolution Moderator Richard Petty, Director, IL NET Training and Technical Assistance Center for CILs and SILCs 

Data, Billing and Coding: What AAAs, CBOs and Networks Need to Know The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new health related social needs (HRSN) screening— at the hospital inpatient level and with physicians — are providing Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), and community-based organizations (CBOs) with opportunities to expand partnerships with health clinicians to better serve clients and caregivers. The opportunities also require agencies to manage social determinant of health data and technology standards and workflow realities that exist when sharing care between health, post acute and social care eco-systems. This webinar series will provide information about the new opportunities to partner with health clinicians, and the related data, information exchange and related billing/payment models being advanced by CMS. Billing Codes and Data Exchange 101 Join this webinar to learn about the basics of billing codes, data sets and information exchange critical to working in the integrated care landscape, including key terms and actors in the coding and data exchange space. Experts in the data and standards world will explain why these issues are critical for AAAs, CBOs and networks addressing health-related social needs through contracts with health care entities.

The Center of Excellence to Align Health and Social Care (COE), part of the Aging and Disability Business Institute at USAging, is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through a cooperative agreement totaling approximately $12 million over a three-year period with 100 percent funding by ACL/HHS. The purpose of the COE is to develop, expand, connect and support sustainable, high functioning aging and disability CCHs – and the networks of downstream providers that they lead – throughout the country through infrastructure funding and technical assistance. This informational call will provide key applicant details regarding this new funding opportunity’s request for proposal (RFP).

Data, Billing and Coding: What AAAs, CBOs and Networks Need to Know The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new health related social needs (HRSN) screening— at the hospital inpatient level and with physicians — are providing Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), and community-based organizations (CBOs) with opportunities to expand partnerships with health clinicians to better serve clients and caregivers. The opportunities also require agencies to manage social determinant of health data and technology standards and workflow realities that exist when sharing care between health, post acute and social care eco-systems. This webinar series will provide information about the new opportunities to partner with health clinicians, and the related data, information exchange and related billing/payment models being advanced by CMS. The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Opportunities for AAAs, CBOs and Networks Join this webinar for a deeper dive into the 2024 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. This rule creates new codes to address health-related social needs and encourages CBO collaboration with health care partners. Speakers will discuss what this means for AAAs, CBOs and networks; their systems, workflows and professional teams; and how the changes create opportunities for contracting.

Join the Aging and Disability Business Institute in partnership with ILRU for a discussion with colleagues from the U.S. Administration on Community Living (ACL) and Centers for Independent Living (CIL) on the value of the community care hub (CCH) model in supporting the advancement of independent living and bringing social care expertise to health care organizations. With increased attention on the impact of health-related social needs (HRSNs), CILs are positioning themselves to partner and contract with health care organizations in providing social care services that are core to independent living. A growing number of CILs and other community-based organizations (CBOs) are entering into contracts as part of a CBO network led by a CCH. CCHs provide administrative and operational infrastructure for a network of CBOs and enable efficient contracting and sustainable financing to better serve populations in need. This webinar will define and introduce the CCH model, illustrate the various roles for CILs in engaging in a CCH-led network, and feature CIL leaders and their experiences in partnering with a CCH and operationalizing health care contracts through the CCH model.

The USAging Consulting Services program works with health and social care experts from across the country to offer tailored approaches to address consulting interests and needs for AAAs, community-based organizations (CBOs), states, associations, and community care hubs (CCHs). Join this six-part monthly webinar series to learn about our diverse group of consultants and the deep knowledge and expertise they bring to supporting organizations in preparing and responding to business needs and opportunities at the intersection of health and social care. May 20 at 3:00 PM ET June 24 at 1:00 PM ET July 22 at 3:00 PM ET August 28 at 1:00 PM ET September 23 at 1:00 PM ET October 23 at 1:00 PM ET

The USAging Consulting Services program works with health and social care experts from across the country to offer tailored approaches to address consulting interests and needs for AAAs, community-based organizations (CBOs), states, associations, and community care hubs (CCHs). Join this six-part monthly webinar series to learn about our diverse group of consultants and the deep knowledge and expertise they bring to supporting organizations in preparing and responding to business needs and opportunities at the intersection of health and social care. May 20 at 3:00 PM ET June 24 at 1:00 PM ET July 22 at 3:00 PM ET August 28 at 1:00 PM ET September 23 at 1:00 PM ET October 23 at 1:00 PM ET

The USAging Consulting Services program works with health and social care experts from across the country to offer tailored approaches to address consulting interests and needs for AAAs, community-based organizations (CBOs), states, associations, and community care hubs (CCHs). Join this six-part monthly webinar series to learn about our diverse group of consultants and the deep knowledge and expertise they bring to supporting organizations in preparing and responding to business needs and opportunities at the intersection of health and social care. May 20 at 3:00 PM ET June 24 at 1:00 PM ET July 22 at 3:00 PM ET August 28 at 1:00 PM ET September 23 at 1:00 PM ET October 23 at 1:00 PM ET

The USAging Consulting Services program works with health and social care experts from across the country to offer tailored approaches to address consulting interests and needs for AAAs, community-based organizations (CBOs), states, associations, and community care hubs (CCHs). Join this six-part monthly webinar series to learn about our diverse group of consultants and the deep knowledge and expertise they bring to supporting organizations in preparing and responding to business needs and opportunities at the intersection of health and social care. May 20 at 3:00 PM ET June 24 at 1:00 PM ET July 22 at 3:00 PM ET August 28 at 1:00 PM ET September 23 at 1:00 PM ET October 23 at 1:00 PM ET

The USAging Consulting Services program works with health and social care experts from across the country to offer tailored approaches to address consulting interests and needs for AAAs, community-based organizations (CBOs), states, associations, and community care hubs (CCHs). Join this six-part monthly webinar series to learn about our diverse group of consultants and the deep knowledge and expertise they bring to supporting organizations in preparing and responding to business needs and opportunities at the intersection of health and social care. May 20 at 3:00 PM ET June 24 at 1:00 PM ET July 22 at 3:00 PM ET August 28 at 1:00 PM ET September 23 at 1:00 PM ET October 23 at 1:00 PM ET

The USAging Consulting Services program works with health and social care experts from across the country to offer tailored approaches to address consulting interests and needs for AAAs, community-based organizations (CBOs), states, associations, and community care hubs (CCHs). Join this six-part monthly webinar series to learn about our diverse group of consultants and the deep knowledge and expertise they bring to supporting organizations in preparing and responding to business needs and opportunities at the intersection of health and social care. May 20 at 3:00 PM ET June 24 at 1:00 PM ET July 22 at 3:00 PM ET August 28 at 1:00 PM ET September 23 at 1:00 PM ET October 23 at 1:00 PM ET

This webinar is for Community Care Hub (CCH) leaders interested in participating in the 2025 National Learning Community (NLC). Participants in the webinar will have an opportunity to learn about the NLC and topics that will be covered as well as to have questions answered about the application process. We expect the content for this call to last no more than 30 minutes. However, presenters will remain on the call until all questions are addressed.

Each year, The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award recognizes community-based organizations and networks that improve health outcomes and quality of life for older adults and persons with disabilities through health care contracting. Join this webinar to hear from the 2024 recipients of The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award, Southern Alabama Regional Council on Aging (SARCOA), ArtWorks and Allegheny County DHS Area Agency on Aging. The recipients will share information about their award-winning innovative programs including their strategies for developing their contracts and partnerships, their challenges and the outcomes they achieved.

The USAging Consulting Services program works with health and social care experts from across the country to offer tailored approaches to address consulting interests and needs for AAAs, community-based organizations (CBOs), states, associations, and community care hubs (CCHs). Join this monthly webinar series to learn from our consultants and the deep knowledge and expertise they bring to supporting organizations in preparing and responding to business needs and opportunities at the intersection of health and social care.

The USAging Consulting Services program works with health and social care experts from across the country to offer tailored approaches to address consulting interests and needs for AAAs, community-based organizations (CBOs), states, associations, and Community Care Hubs (CCHs). Join this monthly webinar series to learn from our consultants and the deep knowledge and expertise they bring to supporting organizations in preparing and responding to business needs and opportunities at the intersection of health and social care.

This session will focus on economic justice challenges and solutions for older adults. They include ways to measure economic security, as well as the impact of income, housing, transportation, health care, long-term services and supports and food on the economic security of older adults. The webinar will include suggestions for engaging in client-level advocacy as well as broader advocacy to promote economic justice for older adults. Participants in this webinar will be able to: Define economic justice Identify the role of housing, health care, LTSS, nutrition and transportation in economic security Identify the role of advocacy in promoting economic justice Presenters: Lynn Kimball, MSW, is the executive director of Aging and Long-Term Care of Eastern Washington, an Area Agency on Aging that serves a mix of urban and rural counties in Washington State.

In this webinar hosted by USAging's Aging and Disability Business Institute, speakers will share the findings of a new report about contracting experiences and the ways that contracting affects organizational operations, staffing and culture. The report is based on interviews with 13 individuals representing 10 Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs), who also shared lessons learned and advice for contracting. Webinar participants will also hear from Lisa Sheppard, CEO of Missoula Aging Services in Montana, on her AAA’s perspectives on the impact of health care contracting.

Join USAging's Aging and Disability Business Institute for an insightful webinar where speakers will dive into a compelling peer-led case study showcasing the unique, powerful partnership between a Center for Independent Living (CIL) and an Area Agency on Aging (AAA) operating collaboratively as an Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC). This case study, developed by Disability Revolution, Inc. for the Aging and Disability Business Institute in partnership with ILRU, and funded by The John A. Hartford Foundation, will highlight the strengths, challenges and replicable aspects of this innovative partnership. The webinar will feature a panel discussion with leaders from case study participating organizations, sharing their real-world experiences, key takeaways and promising practices for other CILs and AAAs looking to build/replicate similar connections and collaborations between entities. The CIL-AAA partnership featured in this case study reflects how the two entities operate successfully, demonstrating meaningful collaboration between disability and aging services are possible. Service delivery and resource accessibility are enhanced by bridging services gaps ultimately improving access for older adults and people with disabilities. As a result of this CIL-AAA innovative partnership, the organizations have unlocked funding opportunities from within the health care sector to facilitate the provision of crucial services such as transition and diversion for aging and disabled individuals.

The USAging Consulting Services program works with health and social care experts from across the country to offer tailored approaches to address consulting interests and needs for AAAs, community-based organizations (CBOs), states, associations, and community care hubs (CCHs). Join this multi-part webinar series to learn about our diverse group of consultants and the deep knowledge and expertise they bring to supporting organizations in preparing and responding to business needs and opportunities at the intersection of health and social care.