The report prepared by this committee, Retooling for an Aging America, was a seminal work that identified the key challenges, laid out a blueprint for action, and stimulated energy, excitement, and interest in policy and practice circles. With support from a number of foundations committed to developing a quality health and long-term-care workforce for older adults, a national coalition of professional, provider, and consumer organizations created the Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) to spearhead implementation of the IOM’s recommendations. The Alliance was instrumental in getting a number of workforce provisions into healthcare reform—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)—that support geriatric education and financial incentives to encourage people to enter professional fields related to caring for the elderly population. The EWA is currently focused on ensuring that these provisions are adequately funded and successfully implemented as well as continuing to raise awareness about the need for this workforce among policy makers at the federal and state levels.