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Executive Order Supports Care Workers, Family Caregivers and Home-Based Care for Veterans
Joined by people with disabilities, family caregivers, long-term care workers, early educators, veterans, and aging advocates, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order that includes more than 50 directives to nearly every cabinet-level agency to expand access to...
Administration for Community Living Features Massachusetts in Blog on Volunteers Expanding the Reach of Dementia Programming
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) funds dementia programs in states and communities across the nation through the Alzheimer’s and Dementia Programs Initiative (ADPI). While each program reflects the community in which it is based, one characteristic many...
Age-Friendly Funding Alerts: Mass Cultural Council, Asphalt Art Initiative, Digital Literacy, 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: Festivals and Projects Grants - Mass Cultural Council (deadline, June 8th) The next grant round...
Events in Healthy Aging – Reminders: Tech Learning Collaborative for Healthy Aging, Livable Wednesdays, LGBTQ+ Elders Conference
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages stakeholders and communities in the age- and dementia friendly community movement to check out the following events and opportunities: Technology Learning Collaborative for Healthy Aging (May 1, 12:30-2:00 pm –...
CDC Issues Updated COVID Booster Guidance for Older Adults, Immunocompromised
Following FDA regulatory action, CDC has taken steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want the option of added protection from additional COVID-19 vaccine doses. CDC’s Advisory Committee on...
Upcoming Events: Technology Learning Collaborative for Healthy Aging, AARP Livable Wednesdays, LGBTQ+ Elders Conference
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages stakeholders and communities in the age- and dementia friendly community movement to check out the following events and opportunities: Technology Learning Collaborative for Healthy Aging (May 1, 12:30-2:00 pm -...
Age-Friendly Funding Reminders: Enhancing Digital Equity for Older Adults, 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: Enhancing Digital Equity for Older Adults, Executive Office of Elder Affairs (deadline, May 22nd) A...
Advisory Committee Positions Available for Supporting Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds
The administrators of the Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds are seeking Advisory Committee applications. Advisory Committee members are asked to leverage their expertise, lived experience, and their community’s perspectives to inform the creation of grantmaking...
AARP Shares Age-Friendly Learnings from their Rural Lab
Launched in 2019, AARP Rural Lab reaches more than 225 communities in 36 states — from small towns with 139 residents to regions of nearly 200,000 residents — that are invited by AARP state offices to participate. In their latest newsletter, the AARP Rural Lab is...