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2005
- Three year award from Congress to establish the Center for the Study of Aging; funding through the Agency on Aging (only 2 years of funding received)
- Year 1 funding: $245,000
- Annette Totten, PhD hired as full-time director
2006
- Center staffed by Director, Research Associate, Administrative Support, and a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA)
- Year 2 funding: $391,642
- Idaho Statewide End of Life Survey and Report
- Establishment of CSA Advisory Board
2007
- Implementation of Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Gerontology
- Idaho Summit on Elder Abuse and Exploitation
- OSHER Institute Assessment
2008
- Idaho Commissions on Aging (ICOA) Statewide Needs Assessment
- Informal Caregivers and Health Literacy Survey
2009
- Holly Beard, PhD hired as part-time director
- health & Welfare Living well i Idaho (formerly known as Project Life) Evaluation, 2007-present
- Finding the Gaps: A State Inventory of Long-Term care Servicesand Needs; conducted for the National Governors Association
2010
- Sarah Toevs, PhD appointed as director
- Elizabeth (Lee) Hannah engaged as research faculty
- ICOA Aging and Disability Resource Center Quality Assurance project
- National Alzheimer’s Association policy Advocacy Project\CSA Strategic Planning and Community-based Needs Assessment
- Formation of Justice Alliance for Vulnerable Adults, CPEA funding; 2010-present
- Partnered with Idaho Area Health Education Center (AHEC) to promote Living Well in Idaho
2011
- Denice Goodrich Liley, PhD, appointed as associate director
- Idaho Summit on Elder Abuse and Exploitation and Scam Jam
- Establishment of the Idaho Alzheimer’s Planning Group
- Health & Welfare Fit and Fall Proof Evaluation; 2010-present
- Impact Analysis of Idaho’s Money Follows Person Medicaid Program
- Intergenerational Learning Project with students from College of Business and Economics and OSHER Institute
2012
- Idaho State Center for Independent Living Employment Services Analysis
- Formation of Idaho Lifespan Respite Coalition with support from ARCH
- ICOA Statewide Needs Assessment
- COMPASS Needs Assessment of Homebound Individuals
- Passage of Senate Concurrent Resolution 112 in Support of the Development of an Idaho Plan for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
- Coordination with Nampa Family Justice Center and Boise FAES Family Justice Center on Elder Abuse Prevention Training
- Submission of ARCH Lifespan Respite Infrastructure Grant with ICOA
- Submission of Wraparound Legal Services Grant with Idaho Legal Aid
- Justice Alliance for Vulnerable Adults (JAVA) Summit
- Mike Berlin and Mary Holden join staff of Center