Working together in coalition and collaborating across silos and sectors, Senior Services Coalition is advancing policy change to strengthen the network of services that help older Alameda County residents live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives.
We know that meaningful improvements to the system of aging services can only happen when stakeholders unite to address injustice and the economic, social and health inequities that are deeply rooted in structural racism and ageism.
Learn more about equity and aging.
OUR MEMBERS
Senior Services Coalition and our members understand that meaningful improvements to the system of aging services can only happen when stakeholders unite.
AGE-FRIENDLY COUNCIL
Senior Services Coalition is a founding member of the Alameda County Council for Age-Friendly Communities. The Council coordinates efforts to effect policy and system changes that enhance the overall well-being of older adults who live in Alameda County, engaging leaders, consumers, and providers to develop and sustain a community framework that fosters healthy aging.
MASTER PLAN FOR AGING
Shaped by local stakeholders in our county and across the state, California’s Master Plan for Aging is a blueprint that is being used by state government, local communities, private organizations and philanthropy to shape policy and systems. The MPA represents a golden opportunity for stakeholders to work together to address the many issues that impact older people in communities across the state, and to do so with a focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Read the report from our December 2021 MPA forum, Alameda County Perspectives.
To watch our 2021 Community Forum on the MPA.
Find out about the MPA and our work to inform its development.
CONFERENCES & CONVENINGS
Each year SSC convenes people from the silos, systems, organizations and communities that touch older people in our county. Our conferences explore emerging issues, illuminate challenges that we need to tackle together, and spark collaborative solutions.
THE WILMA CHAN & MALISSA RANDOLPH POLICY ADVOCACY FELLOWSHIP
The new fellowship makes it possible for rising advocates to work at Senior Services Coalition, learning the issues and policy advocacy skills needed to advance solutions. This Fellowship is our way to honor and remember two champions: Wilma Chan, a public servant of the highest order and Malissa Randolph, who like so many others, was a caretaker to her family.
Equity & Aging
Senior Services Coalition and our members understand that meaningful improvements to the system of aging services can only happen when stakeholders unite to address injustice and the economic, social and health inequities that are deeply rooted in structural racism.