In recognition of Older Americans Month, the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) is releasing a two-part blog series on food insecurity among older adults. Part 1 focuses on food insecurity’s prevalence among older adults as well as its disproportionate rates...
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Boston Mayor Wu and AgeStrong Commission Announce Recipients of New “Creating Community & Reducing Social Isolation” Grant
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and the Age Strong Commission announced the recipients of its Creating Community and Reducing Social Isolation grant, a new City program designed to provide funding to nonprofit community organizations to create new or expand current programs...
White House Launches GetInternet.Gov to Improve Broadband Access
Building on the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides eligible households $30 per month off their internet bills, the White House announced that they negotiated voluntary commitments from 20 internet providers to offer high speed internet services at...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Mass. Healthy Aging Fund, Community Transit Grant, Reminders
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages communities and organizations working to become more age- and dementia friendly to consider the following funding opportunities: Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds (due June 17th): The vision for the...
Age-Friendly Friendly Biking Promoted by MassBike and AARP Mass.
Fresh off a recent report card from the League of American Bicyclists that ranked Massachusetts as a most bike-friendly state, a partnership between MassBike and AARP Massachusetts is looking to go further by promoting bicycling for older adults. According to...
Boston AgeStrong Commission Releases ‘Bus Buddy Chronicles’ Video Series Focused on Helping Connect Older Adults and Public Transit
Boston's AgeStrong Commission, which is leading the way on the city's age- and dementia friendly efforts, released a video series called "Bus Buddy Chronicles," which highlights the department's AmeriCorps Bus Buddy Volunteer Program. The initiative pairs trained...
Age-Friendly Funding Alerts: HRSA, Blue Cross-Blue Shield Foundation, MassTrails, Community Transit Grant Program
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages communities working to become more age- and dementia friendly to consider the following funding opportunities: HRSA: Community Health Worker Training Program (CHWTP), (due June 14th) The purpose of the CHWTP is...
Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging
Check out the following upcoming events that help support inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities: Human Service Transportation Listening Sessions (Virtual): May 16th and 18th Have you used PT-1 or other Human Service Transportation (HST) services since July...
Provide Age- and Dementia Friendly Feedback to Inform the ‘Imagine 2050’ Long-Range Plan for Central Mass.
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is working with the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC) on their "Imagine 2050" long-range plan for the cities and towns in their region. Specifically, MHAC is assisting with community engagement to...
AARP and Institute for Local Self-Reliance Announce “Exploring Digital Equity” Fact Sheets
Created by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) with support from AARP, the Exploring Digital Equity Fact-Sheet Series consists of six PDF briefs. The reports examine the challenges still faced by millions of people — of all ages — in need of a reliable,...