Online Voter Registration Training Course – October 1, 2025

Area Agency on Aging (AAA) staff and subcontractors who do assessments in their roles (care manager, service coordinator, senior center operator/manager, etc.), are required to complete the Voter Registration Training Course every six months.

• A new round of Voter Registration Training is posted to the PDA LMS training portal every six months on the first working day of April and October.
• The current round of Voter Registration Training was published on October 1, 2025 and will be posted until March 30, 2026.
• The next Voter Registration Training course will be available on  April 1, 2026.
• Each AAA has a designated NVRA Site Coordinator responsible to oversee the agency's NVRA training initiative.

Unsure if you need to complete this semi-annual training? Please consult your AAA's NVRA Site Coordinator.

GUEST ACCOUNT REMINDERS:

A PDA LMS 'Guest' Account remains active for 30 days from the date of its creation or last login.
Currently, guest account holders can access one (1)  free and publicly accessible training course, Protective Services Mandatory Abuse Reporting. If your agency requires completion of this training course annually, you must register a new 'Guest' account each year (see "NOTE" below).

• Click here to self-register a PDA LMS 'guest' account.
• After successfully completing the Protective Services Mandatory Abuse Reporting training course,  the LMS system automatically awards the user a 'certificate of completion'.
  • We suggest printing/downloading the certificate before logging out of the training portal, as the 'guest' account will automatically deactivate 30 days after its creation or last login.
  • NOTE: If you created a PDA LMS "guest" account in a previous year, your account has already been deactivated. You'll need to self-register a new PDA LMS "guest" account each time you access the PDA LMS training portal.

Notice to Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Staff, Contracted Staff, Volunteers, and Student Interns:
If you are staffed by or provide volunteerism to one of Pennsylvania's 52 Area Agency on Aging (AAA) agencies, do not self-create a PDA LMS 'Guest' account. This includes contracted staff and student interns.

• A PDA LMS 'guest' account only provides access to one (1) free/publicly accessible training course, Protective Services Mandatory Abuse Reporting.
• If you are newly onboarded by an AAA, please consult with your supervisor to request an account from one of the agency's designated PDA LMS 'org admins'.
• Each AAA has two or more staff members designated as the agency's PDA LMS 'org admin' who are responsible for establishing PDA LMS training accounts for newly onboarded staff members, volunteers, contracted staff, and student interns under the agency's PDA LMS 'organizational' hierarchy.
• PDA LMS training accounts established at the AAA-level provide access to the appropriate training courses/resources necessary for the account holder's role.

AWARENESS TRAININGS:

Elder Abuse Awareness Training * The Aging Process and Considerations for Protective Services Caseworkers SAGECare Training Courses Mandatory Abuse Reporting Training Course * (available in English and Spanish|Español) Standard Precautions for Infection Control When Working with Older Adults (PPE) Training Course

*NOTE: PDA LMS 'Guest' account holders can access the Elder Abuse Awareness Training and the Mandatory Abuse Reporting Training Course, which are free courses available to all OAPS/APS mandated reporters.
Staff from Pennsylvania's Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and the Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA) have full access to all PDA LMS training courses/resources.