8-80 Cities is accepting proposals for Wintermission project partners in three U.S. cities. The organization will support these partners to become national leaders in winter city planning, design, and programming. These cities will become Winter City Vanguards, and...
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Age-Friendly Funding Opportunity: MassDOT Support Opportunity for Regional Transit Authorities
MassDOT has announced it is now accepting applications from Regional Transit Authorities (RTA) for additional funding in Fiscal Year 2019, totaling $4 million, to implement best practices and innovative services to benefit customers. This selection process will...
Age-Friendly Funding Opportunity: MassDevelopment’s ‘Commonwealth Places’
MassDevelopment’s “Commonwealth Places” is a funding mechanism to advance community-driven placemaking in downtown and neighborhood commercial districts throughout Massachusetts. Placemaking is a process through which people in communities work together to improve...
Mirror/Mirror: AARP Survey of Women’s Reflections on Beauty, Age, and Media
A survey of 2,000 U.S. women ages 21 to 72 offered questions on their perceptions of the way women are depicted in the media. Officially called Mirror/Mirror: AARP Survey of Women’s Reflections on Beauty, Age, and Media TM, the survey also asked how these depictions...
MassTrails Program Launched at MassDOT ‘Moving Together’ Conference
MassTrails seeks to expand and connect the Commonwealth’s networks of off-road, shared-use pathways and recreational trails for all users across Massachusetts by providing matching grants, technical assistance and resources to individuals, municipalities, non-profits,...
EOEA Launches Family Caregiver Support Webpage
In celebration and recognition of National Family Caregivers Month in November, the Executive Office of Elder Affairs has announced a new website with information and resources on caregiving. There is a wide range of helpful guides and information, including options...
WHO, Grantmakers in Aging Announce Innovation@Home Contest Winners
The desire to live safely and comfortably in our own homes and communities as we grow older is shared around the world, but making it happen is not always easy. To identify successful age-friendly housing innovations and encourage their dissemination, Grantmakers In...
Age-Friendly News Clips: October 2018
Periodically, the Healthy Aging Collaborative will share news articles that mention state and local efforts to make cities, towns and regions in Massachusetts Age- and Dementia Friendly. Check out the following articles thru October 25th on the momentum of this...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Transportation and Walkability
Thanks to the Healthy Aging Collaborative's partners at MassMobility, we are pleased to pass on a pair of funding opportunities relative to accessible transit and walkability.Applications for the Federal Transit Administration's Innovative Coordinated Access and...
Fannie Mae Calls for Ideas on Healthy Affordable Housing as part of $10 million Innovation Challenge
Fannie Mae recently announced a call for Ideas on Healthy Affordable Housing. The application period is open until November 1, 2018. This Call for Ideas is part of The Innovation Challenge, a key component of Fannie Mae's Sustainable Communities Initiative challenging...