About Us

The Collaborative for Advancing Rural Excellence & Equity (CARE2) is federally funded to provide Project ECHO® programs and asynchronous eLearning courses related to behavioral health topics for older adults and persons with substance use disorder for care teams in rural ME, NH, VT, and North Country NY. CARE2 offers ECHO training and asynchronous e-learning on a variety of topics. CARE2 is a HRSA-funded initiative administered by MCD Global Health. 

University of Maine Center on Aging - The Center on Aging is devoted to aging-related education, training, research and evaluation and offers services for public and private entities. The Center is pleased to be affiliated with the University’s Institute of Medicine, School of Social Work, and College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences. The University of Maine is also an age-friendly university and offers a variety of resources for older adults in Maine and beyond. 

The Consortium for Aging Policy Research & Analysis (CAPRA) is group of experts from the University of Maine Center on Aging and the University of Southern Maine Catherine Cutler Institute, providing an informed perspective on aging-related issues and bridging the gap between academic investigation and real-world approaches. Through leveraging policy expertise at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, the Institute of Medicine, and across university campuses, CAPRA supports leaders at the state and national level — in both the public and private sphere — to drive policy and programming forward.

The LYNX Solo Aging Interest Group is an informal initiative of age-friendly community leaders and higher education professional staff meeting through 2050 and 2026 to learn more about solo aging programs, policy options, research opportunities, and advocacy. The LYNX group facilitators are Mary Lou Ciolfi, JD, MS; Patricia Oh, PhD, MSW, and Kenneth Elliott, PhD (ret).