Jonette 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, 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.

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. [top]

Jessica Bizub is 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. [top]

Please contact Jonette or Jessica with any questions or comments about the
New Age of Aging project.

New Age of Aging is an Alliance for Children and Families program.