Please note this is a tentative agenda and it is subject to change
We’re excited about this year’s information-packed agenda with dynamic speakers that will feature these four tracks:
Best Practices & Innovative Programs
Wednesday, May 1st.
2.45 - 4:00pm Homelessness and Housing: How Lived Experience Informs Programs
Thursday, May 2nd
9:45-11:00am Evidence Based Health Promotion Innovations
11:15-12:30pm USAging Innovation and Achievement Showcase - Four of our Own (Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Bernardino, & San Diego)
2:00-3:15pm Elder Justice: Best Practices for Ombudsman Advocacy and Legal Services
3:30-4:45pm Evolution of Family Caregiver Support Programs: Services and Payment
Friday, May 3rd
8:30-9:30am Nutrition Innovation: CalFresh and Beyond, Brent Wakefield Chair, Meals on Wheels California and Others
9:45-10:45am CalGrows: Lessons Learned and Continuation
Collaborations that Work
Wednesday, May 1st.
2.45 - 4:00pm Living with Disabilities: Advances in Access to Technology Programs
Thursday, May 2nd
9:45-11:00am Behavioral Health and the AAAs: New Programs in California
11:15-12:30pm Beyond Land Acknowledgements: Best Practices for Working with Tribal Governments
2:00-3:15pm LGBTQI+ Related Program and Policy Innovations
3:30-4:45pm Innovative Partnership Model for CNA Training - Improving the Direct Care Workforce from Within
Friday, May 3rd
8:30-9:30 Aging in Place: Initiatives that Work
9:45-10:45 AAA Aging Workforce Panel
Building Organizational Capacity
Wednesday, May 1st.
2.45 - 4:00pm Integrating Social and Health Care Services to Achieve Independence: Promises, Pitfalls and Next Steps
Thursday, May 2nd
9:45-11:00am ADRC Nuts and Bolts: Emerging to Designated to Sustainable
11:15-12:30pm Diversifying Revenue Streams to Enhance AAA and Program Sustainability
2:00-3:15pm Emergency and Disaster Preparedness: Integrating AAAs and CBOs into State and Local Preparedness and Response
3:30-4:45pm Part II: The Role of Community HUBs, Network Lead Entities & MSOs in the Integration of Social Programs into Managed Care Plans
Friday, May 3rd
8:30-9:30am Local Playbook: What’s Working, What’s Not
9:45-10:45am AAA Local Finance: Matching Requirements, CalFresh and More (California Department of Aging (CDA)
Policy, Advocacy, & Action
Wednesday, May 1st.
2.45 - 4:00pm OAA Reauthorizations and Regulation: Being a Good Advocate
Thursday, May 2nd
9:45-11:00am Effective Advocacy and Policy Action
11:15-12:30pm Aging Policy in a Tough Budget Year
2:00-3:15pm CA2030 and the Evolution of the Aging and Disability Network: Where are We Going from Here
3:30-4:45pm ADRCs, No Wrong Door, and the Master Plan: Let’s Talk
Friday, May 3rd
8:30-9:30am DEI: Intervention in Action
9:45-10:45am Village Movement and the Forgotten Middle
DAILY AGENDA
8:30-4:30 Registration, Help Desk, Exhibitor Set-Up
9:00-12:00 Pre-Conference Session: AAA Nuts and Bolts for New Staff
9:00-12:00 Pre-Conference Session: AAA Planners Business Meeting
10:00-12:00 California Commission on Aging Quarterly General Meeting
12:00-5:00 Exhibitor Booths Open
12:40-12:45 Welcome Remarks
12:40-12:45 Gavin Newson, Governor of California (Invited)
12:45-2:30 California Commission on Aging and C4A Joint Forum: The Future of Workforce Development
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:00 TACC Meeting
Homeless and Housing: How Lived Experience Informs Program
Living with Disabilities: Advances in Access to Technology Programs
Integrating Social and Health Care Services to Achieve Independence: Promises, Pitfalls and Next Steps
OAA Reauthoriztions and Regulation: Being a good Advocate
2:45-4:0
4:00-4:15 Break
4:15-5:20 Plenary Session: Conference Kickoff and Welcome
4:15-5:20 Laura Trejo, C4A Board President
4:15-5:20 Introductory Keynote Address (Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil)
4:15-5:20 Remarks from Conference Major Sponsors
5:30-6:30 Exhibitor Reception
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
7:30-3:00 Registration and Help Desk
8:00-5:00 Exhibitor Tables
8:30-8:35 Morning Welcome, C4A Priorities in 2024
8:30-8:35 Michael Costa, Executive Director, California Association of Area Agencies on Aging
8:35-9:30 Keynote Address: Aging Policy and Initiatives in a Tough Budget Year
8:35-9:30 Susan DeMarois, Executive Director of California Department of Aging Kim McCoy Wade, Senior Advisor on Aging to Governor Newsom
8:35-9:30 Amy Gotwals, Chief, Public Policy and External Affairs, USAging
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45-11:00 Evidence Based Health Promotion Innovations
9:45-11:00 Behavioral Health and the AAAs: New Programs in California
9:45-11:00 ADRC Nuts and Bolts: Emerging to Designated to Sustainable
9:45-11:00 Effective Advocacy and Policy Action
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:30 USAging Innovation and Achievement Showcase - Four of our own
11:15-12:Beyond Land Acknowledgements: Best Practices for Working with Tribal Governments
11:15-12:30 Diversifying Revenue Streams to Enhance AAA and Program Sustainability
11:15-12:30 Aging Policy in a Tough Budget Year
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:15 Elder Justice: Best Practices for Ombudsman Advocacy and Legal Services
2:00-3:15 LGBTQI+ Related Program and Policy Innovations
2:00-3:15 Emergency and Disaster Preparedness: Integrating AAAs and CBOs into State and Local Preparedness and Response
2:00-3:15 CA2030 and the Evolution of the Aging and Disability Network: Where are We Going from Here
3:15-3:30 Break
3:30-4:45 Evolution of Family Caregiver Support Programs: Services and Payment
3:30-4:45 Innovative Partnership Model for CNA Training Development
3:30-4:45 Management Services Organizations Support to Increase Efficiency
3:30-4:45 ADRCs, No Wrong Door, and the Master Plan: Let’s Talk
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
7:30-9:00 Registration and Help Desk
8:30-9:30 Nutrition Innovation: CalFresh and Beyond
8:30-9:30 Brent Wakefield Chair, Meals of Wheels California and Others
8:30-9:30 Aging in Place: Initiatives that Work
8:30-9:30 Local Playbook: What’s Working, What’s Not
8:30-9:30 DEI: Intervention in Action
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45-10:45 CalGrows: Lessons Learned and Continuation
9:45-10:45 AAA Aging Workforce
9:45-10:45 AAA Local Finance: Matching Requirements, CalFresh and More
9:45-10:45 California Department of Aging (CDA) staff
9:45-10:45 Village Movement and the Forgotten Middle
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:15 Closing Plenary Session
11:00-12:15 Sandy Markwood, CEO of USAging