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    Assistance with building communities for a lifetime is available through Minnesota's regional Area Agencies on Aging and ElderCare Development Partnerships, and at the state level through project Transform 2010, in partnership with the Minnesota's Board on Aging, Department of Human Services Disability Services Division, and Department of Health. 

    The goal of this assistance is to help communities build a community for a lifetime by defining and pursuing their own vision, and by leveraging local leadership, partnerships and resources.  The regional and state level initiative contacts listed below inform and support communities that wish to:

    • Gather and interpret local demographic data
    • Assess community assets, needs and opportunities
    • Identify local and regional partners
    • Connect with peers doing similar work in the region
    • Answer questions about aging services 
    • Develop a planning and implementation process
    • Identify regional, state, and national resources, including potential funding 

     

    Central Region
    Counties served: Benton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lac, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wadena, and Wright

    Central Minnesota Council on Aging
    Lori Vrolson, Executive Director
    Lynn Rohman, ElderCare Development Partnership Coordinator
    RohmanL@cmcoa.org
    Dean Loidolt, Community Development Specialist
    dean@cmcoa.org 
    Jon Knopik, Community Development Specialist
    Jon.Knopik@cmcoa.org
    320-253-9349

    Metro Region
    Counties served: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington

    Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging 
    Dawn Simonson, Executive Director
    Kate Houston, Planning Director
    kate@tcaging.org 
    651-641-8612

    SouthEast Metro Seniors Agenda for Independent Living
    Nan Just
    Nan.Just@co.dakota.mn.us 
    507-301-3370

    Northeast Region
    Counties served: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis

    Arrowhead Area Agency on Aging
    Catherine Sampson, Executive Director
    Barb Caskey, ElderCare Development Partnership Program Coordinator
    bcaskey@ardc.org 
    218-722-5545

    Northwest Region
    Counties served: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin

    Land of the Dancing Sky Area Agency on Aging – Fergus Falls
    Mark Tysver, Program Manager
    mtwcaaa@prtel.com 
    218-739-4617

    Counties served: Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Polk, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Red Lake, and Roseau

    Land of the Dancing Sky Area Agency on Aging – Warren
    Darla Waldner, Aging Director
    Danica Robson, Eldercare Partnership Development Program Coordinator
    danicarobson@nwrdc.org 
    218-745-6733

    Southeast Region
    Counties served: Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona.

    Southeastern Minnesota Area Agency on Aging
    Connie Bagley, Director
    Dan Conway, Community Development
    dan@semaaarochestermn.org 
    507-288-6944

    Southwest Region
    Counties served: Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sibley, Swift, Waseca, Watonwan, and Yellow Medicine

    Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging (Mankato Office, Slayton Office, Willmar Office)
    Linda Giersdorf, Executive Director
    Kate Selseth, ElderCare Development Partnership Consultant
    kate.selseth@mmrdc.org
    Elaine Spain, ElderCare Development Partnership Consultant
    espain@rndc.org 
    Gail Gilman-Waldner, Program Developer
    ggwaldner@rndc.org 
    Robin Weis, ElderCare Development Partnership Consultant
    srlinkage@swrdc.org
    507-389-8866

    Statewide

    LaRhae Knatterud, Project Consultant
    Minnesota Department of Human Services
    Minnesota Board on Aging
    DHS.lifetime@state.mn.us 
    651-431-2606

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