Kick-Off Webinar: Prevention and Public Health Fund 2018 Falls Prevention Grantees • Casey DiCocco, MPH, Program Officer, Administration on Aging/Administration for Community Living • Kathleen Cameron, MPH, Senior Director, Center for Healthy Aging, NCOA • Chelsea Gilchrist, MGS, Senior Program Manager, Center for Healthy Aging, NCOA
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Kick-Off Webinar:
Prevention and Public Health Fund
2018 Falls Prevention Grantees
• Casey DiCocco, MPH, Program Officer, Administration
on Aging/Administration for Community Living
• Kathleen Cameron, MPH, Senior Director, Center for
Healthy Aging, NCOA
• Chelsea Gilchrist, MGS, Senior Program Manager,
Center for Healthy Aging, NCOA
About the Administration for Community Living
(ACL)
• Mission – maximize the independence, well-being, and health of older
adults, people with disabilities across the lifespan, and their families and
caregivers
• Commitment to one fundamental principle – people with disabilities
and older adults should be able to live where they choose, with the
people they choose, and participate fully in their communities
About ACL (cont.)
ACL
Office of the Administrator
Administration on Aging
Administration on Disabilities
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and
Rehabilitation Research
Center for Integrated Programs
Center for Management and Budget
Center for Policy and Evaluation
Falls Prevention Grant History
• 2014: 13 new grantees funded + a new National Falls Prevention Resource Center
• 2015: 7 new grantees
• 2016: 10 new grantees (including 3 tribal grantees)
• 2017: 7 new grantees
• 2018: 7 new “sustainable systems” grantees and 3 new “capacity building” grantees
All grants have been funded through the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which was established by The Affordable Care Act
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Why Falls Prevention from ACL
• Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal
injuries for people 65+
• Every 14 seconds, an older adult is seen in an emergency
department for a fall-related injury
• Falls are the leading cause of TBI
• Falls and their consequences cost the U.S. healthcare
system ~50 Billion annually
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Participants Served to DateSince 2014, ACL grantees have delivered evidenced
based falls prevention programs to more than
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65,000 older adults!
Falls Prevention Grant Goals:
Capacity-Building
• Goal 1: Develop capacity in areas with no or limited evidence-based
program infrastructure to introduce and deliver evidence-based falls
prevention programs within underserved geographic areas and/or
populations.
• Goal 2: Develop sustainability strategies to support the proposed
programs during and beyond the grant period.
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Falls Prevention Grant Goals:
Sustainable Systems
• Goal 1: Significantly increase the number of older adults and older adults with disabilities at risk for falls who participate in evidence-based community programs to reduce falls and falls risks.
• Goal 2: Implement innovative funding arrangements, including contracts and collaborations with one or more sustainability partners, to support evidence-based falls prevention program(s) both during and beyond the grant period. Additionally, embed the program(s) into an integrated, sustainable evidence-based prevention program network via centralized, coordinated processes.
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Meet Your Fellow Grantees!• Capacity-Building
– Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability
– Tule River Indian Health Center (CA)
– Wyoming Department of Health
• Sustainable Systems
– New York State Department of Health/ Health Research, Inc.
– Innovations for Aging, LLC (MN)
– YMCA of the Suncoast Inc (FL)
– Michigan State University
– Washington State Department of Health
– Marymount University (VA)
– The Oasis Institute (MO)
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Falls Prevention Programs to be Delivered
• Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL)
• Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance
• Tai Chi for Arthritis
• Matter of Balance
• EnhanceFitness
• Stepping On
• Otago
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Meet Your ACL Project Officers!
• Casey DiCocco
– Tule River Indian Health Center
– Wyoming Department of Health
– New York State Department of Health
– Washington State Department of Health
• Kristie Kulinski
– Innovations for Aging
– YMCA of the Suncoast Inc
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Meet Your ACL Project Officers! (2)
• Phantane Sprowls
– The Oasis Institute
– Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability
• Shannon Skowronski
– Michigan State University
– Marymount University
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Getting Started
• Monthly or bi-monthly calls with your Project Officer and NCOA Technical
Assistance Liaison
• Familiarize yourself with National Falls Prevention Resource Center website
– www.ncoa.org/cha
– Variety of resources, including FAQs, reporting calendar, best practices,
etc.
• Grantee profile prepared and posted on ACL/NCOA websites