Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging

Helping people optimize well-being as they age.

Consulting

Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging’s Eldercare Development Partnership (EDP) team is made up of seasoned professionals uniquely positioned to provide comprehensive consulting services to support and connect organizations, coalitions, and communities to resources and partnerships that enhance the systems and programs supporting older adults in the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area.

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Technical assistance

We support organizations in identifying and applying to funding opportunities and implementing projects. How we can help:

  • Identifying funding sources
  • Exploring project concepts
  • Reviewing work plans and grant proposals
  • Navigating project implementation and reporting
  • Advocating on your behalf to reduce barriers in funding opportunities

Funding opportunities for which we provide technical assistance include:

We provide technical assistance to organizations serving older adults and caregivers for other funding opportunities as our capacity allows.

Capacity building consultation

Our team understands the needs of older adults and caregivers, and we bring a variety of skills and expertise in business management. We support providers who currently serve older adults, and those who aspire to serve older adults or caregivers. Our team offers training and consultation on a number of topics:

  • Grant writing
  • Nonprofit management
  • Program development
  • Caregiver services
  • Chore, homemaker and transportation services
  • Age-friendly initiatives

Community engagement

We participate in a number of groups and initiatives involved with supporting older adults and caregivers. Examples include:

  • The Metropolitan Caregiver Service Collaborative
  • AARP Age-Friendly Communities
  • HIV Housing Coalition
  • LGBTQ+ Elder Services Work Group
  • Mental Health and Older Adult Services Roundtable

Meet the team

Stacy Dunn

Stacy Dunn

Stacy Dunn brings a strong background in public health and aging services to her work at Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging. She first worked with MAAA through Juniper, where she gained insight into innovative approaches for integrating social care into the healthcare system. She later served as a Title III grant manager, deepening her understanding of the federal and state funding systems that support services for older adults.

Stacy is passionate about reducing disparities and addressing the social determinants of health that significantly influence individual and community well-being. She is committed to helping build a system where partners support and elevate one another so that, together, they can provide meaningful, effective supports for older adults. She enjoys connecting with organizations, learning from community members and gaining a deeper understanding of the people and communities MAAA serves.

Outside of work, Stacy enjoys spending time outdoors and recently took up kayaking. She is the proud owner of a foldable “flat-pack” kayak and considers every successful assembly and launch a small victory.

Geographic focus: Dakota and Ramsey counties

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    Kim Peterson

    Kim Peterson

    Kim Peterson is a community partnership and capacity-building professional with more than a decade of experience providing technical assistance, building cross-sector relationships and supporting nonprofit organizations across the Twin Cities. Her work is grounded in a genuine belief that lasting change happens through authentic partnership—connecting the right people, resources, and ideas to build organizational capacity that sustains real community impact.

    Kim brings deep fluency in aging services and the barriers older adults face developed through years of direct work alongside older adult populations in the Twin Cities.

    A skilled facilitator and whole-systems thinker, Kim approaches every partnership by listening first, centering the voices of those closest to the need and translating organizational challenges into practical, sustainable solutions. Kim holds a Master of Arts degree from Texas Woman’s University and has presented on collaborative funding models and mutual aid frameworks at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Development Conference in 2025 and the MAVA Conference on Volunteerism in 2026.

    Geographic focus: Anoka and Washington counties

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      Bill Tiedemann

      Bill Tiedemann, MSW, LGSW

      With an MSW from Cleveland State and Akron Universities with a focus on Macro Practice, Bill is known as a highly accomplished and enthusiastic transformational leader with a focus on impacting the complex social issues that prevent many of us from living our best lives.
       
      With over 23 years of experience in the HIV Sector, Bill has held multiple leadership positions within City and State Governments, including nonprofit organizations advocating on behalf of people at risk for and infected with HIV. In 2023, Bill began a new chapter in his professional journey by joining the aging sector and MAAA as an ElderCare Development Partnership Coordinator where he builds the capacity of organizations, coalitions and communities to develop and expand services to support the aging population within the Twin Cities with a focus on LGBTQ+, HIV, and Housing.

      Bill resides in Mendota Heights with his life partner Mike and Bella Grace, a highly active 13-year-old Black Lab Border Collie.

      Geographic focus: Carver, Hennepin and Scott counties

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        Contact us

        Email EDP@metroaging.org if you have questions or believe we can support you.

        ElderCare Development Partnerships are a statewide service in Minnesota. If you are outside the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area, we encourage you to connect with your regional EDP.

        Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging’s EDP consultation service is funded in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Human Services.