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Sara A. Link, M.S.

Sara A. Link, M.S.

Director, No Wrong Door

Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services, Richmond, Virginia

sara.link@dars.virginia.gov

Sara Link directs No Wrong Door Virginia, a statewide initiative streamlining access to long-term service and supports through person-centered planning and a technology system. In 2016, Sara joined Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services as strategist monitoring options, counseling service standards, and developing policy standards to implement a statewide person-centered single point of entry system. Sara formerly directed a partnership between Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging, and Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Gerontology for livable communities and previously served as an analyst for the New York City Office of the Mayor and Department for the Aging. Sara has studied older adult services, social isolation, and community-based supports. Her experience informed Sara’s work in person-centered care as an educator, community organizer, applied researcher, funder, policymaker, and administrator. Sara and her team are currently expanding the number of statewide person-centered thinking trainers and incorporating trauma-informed care and ageism disruption into the statewide person-centered planning curriculum for the aging and disability services workforce. Sara holds a Master of Science degree in Urban Policy and Management and formerly served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Guatemala. She enjoys hiking, camping, and traveling with her husband and their two young kiddos, ages 4 and 6.

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