New Age of Aging Team

Jonette N. Arms is the project director of the New Age of Aging program, a newly created position at the Alliance for Children and Families. Ms. Arms directs the activities of the New Age of Aging, an initiative of the Alliance made possible through funding from The Atlantic Philanthropies, to respond to the needs of the rapidly expanding population of older adults by improving the readiness of the nation’s nonprofit human services workforce.

Jonette has a Master of Science in Human Services and 17 years of experience, including implementing health care services for older adults and working with youth, parents, and professionals in life skills, mental health, and unintentional injury and violence prevention. Ms. Arms also has extensive experience in program development and has facilitated hundreds of sessions on various health concerns.

Prior to joining the Alliance, Jonette Arms was the child abuse prevention project manager at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin - Child Protection Center, where she, in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, successfully created and implemented a standardized curriculum and Train-the-Trainer program for child abuse and neglect mandated reporter training. She has also held managerial-level positions with Milwaukee Public Schools and the City of Milwaukee Health Department.

Jessica Bizub is the project coordinator for the New Age of Aging at the Alliance for Children and Families, where she provides informational and technical assistance related to aging and the New Age of Aging initiative for Alliance for Children and Families member agencies.

Prior to joining the Alliance, Jessica served as a research associate at E jj Olson & Associates, the consulting firm that conducted the planning process for the New Age of Aging. She has conducted primary and secondary research and analysis, including needs assessments, market analyses, and program evaluations, for a variety of community-based organizations and governmental agencies. She has experience working with nursing homes, continuing care retirement communities, area agencies on aging, and private family-service nonprofit agencies.

Jessica graduated magna cum laude from Marquette University in 2005 with BA degrees in Political Science and English Literature.

The Alliance for Children and Families’ New Age of Aging initiative would not be possible without the generous support of our partners.

The Atlantic Philanthropies
The Atlantic Philanthropies, a limited-life foundation, is dedicated to bringing about lasting changes to the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people through awarding grants to the organizations that serve them in order to increase their reach and impact, and advocate for social change.

The New Age of Aging is made possible through a grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies.

E jj Olson & Associates
E jj Olson & Associates, established in 1988, is a health care and human services management consulting group specializing in strategic planning, market analysis, program assessment, program evaluation and design, and community health and human services visioning initiatives. E jj Olson & Associates is committed to providing innovative solutions for public and private organizations to assure equitable access to quality services, consumer satisfaction, effective management, and socially and medically relevant programming.

E jj Olson & Associates conducted the ten-month planning process for the New Age of Aging, and continues to serve as a consultant to the project.

Institute for Geriatric Social Work at Boston University
The Institute for Geriatric Social Work at Boston University (IGSW) is dedicated to improving the quality of social work practice with older adults. A leader in providing state-of-the-art, high quality online training in aging, IGSW programs are designed especially for busy social workers, case managers, and other social service and health professionals.

The New Age of Aging partners with IGSW to provide Alliance members with low-cost access to IGSW's online certificate in aging program. Those interested in enrolling in the online training should visit the IGSW website for more information.

SBW Partners
SBW Partners knows that community service agencies and health care facilities need workers with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to meet the challenges of a growing aging population that is more diverse than ever before. Professional workers need "best practices" information as well as enhancement of clinical assessment and intervention techniques. Non-professional workers need a practical understanding of what their clients are going through - and a repertoire of helpful responses. SBW Partners is a fee-for-service firm devoted to meeting these goals and advancing social work practice in aging. Services are provided by the firm's founding partners, Dr. Barbara Silverstone (pictured top right) and Dr. Ann Burack-Weiss (picutred bottom right) and a group of associates - practitioners, administrators, educators, and researchers - all of whom are recognized professional leaders in the field.

SBW Partners provides “resident trainer” and ongoing support for New Age of Aging mentors to enhance the mentoring initiative.