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June 27, 2007Alliance for Children and Families Adds Project Director for $2.6 Million Grant |
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From Ascribe Newsfeed: Jonette Arms has joined the Alliance for Children and Families as project director of The New Age of Aging program, a newly-created position at the Alliance, a Milwaukee-based national membership association of nonprofit human service providers. Arms will be directing the activities of The New Age of Aging, a $2.6 million, five-year grant the Alliance received 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. Changes sought by The New Age of Aging program across the social services workforce include a sharper focus on aging as a service area, greater staff interest in aging services, stronger commitment to training on aging issues, implementation of new services, and enhanced collaboration among agencies. Arms 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. Most recently, she was the child abuse prevention project manager at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin - Child Protection Center. Motivated by a vision of a healthy society and strong communities, the Alliance strengthens the capacities of North America's nonprofit child- and family-serving organizations to serve and to advocate for children, families, and communities.
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