A new report offers insights from communities’ response during the coronavirus pandemic and demonstrates their nimbleness in creating more inclusive and equitable systems to support older people. How Innovative Community Responses to COVID-19 Support Healthy Aging is...
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Age-Friendly Funding Alert: MAPC, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) NOTICE OF GRANT OPPORTUNITY: TAXI/LIVERY PARTNERSHIP GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION (FALL 2020) The Metropolitan Area Planning Council ("MAPC") in partnership with MassDevelopment, has developed this state-wide Taxi/Livery...
‘Winter Places’ Design Guide Provides Ideas for Outdoor Activity During Colder Months
A design competition called 'Winter Places' has led to a design guide encouraging residents and visitors to visit and spend time on our main streets during colder winter weather while also encouraging shopping and dining at area small businesses. As COVID19...
Upcoming Presentations and Conversations on Healthy Aging, Digital Divide
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to be part of two upcoming virtual events - one with the John A. Hartford Foundation and Milbank Memorial Fund and the other co-hosted with the Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) and Babson College....
Mass. Launches COVID-19 Eviction Diversion Initiative
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts launched the Eviction Diversion Initiative (EDI) - a comprehensive set of resources to support tenants and landlords during the financial challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Key components of EDI includes: $100 million in...
DPH Extends COVID-10 Community Impact Survey to 10/30
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced an extension to October 30th of the COVID-19 Community Impact Survey (CCIS) – an online survey aimed at collecting data to better understand and identify the social, economic, and health needs and inequities...
Medicare Announces Open Enrollment, Scam Awareness
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that 2021 Medicare Open Enrollment is officially open and will run through December 7, 2020. More than 60 million people with Medicare can review health and drug plans, and make changes to their...
Community Resource for Strengthening Social Connections Compliments #ReachOutMA Campaign
The work conducted by the Task Force to End Loneliness and Build Community, UMass-Boston researchers and AARP Massachusetts led to a virtual summit early in October and a newly released resource with examples that communities can implement to address isolation and...
Stanford Center on Longevity Announces Design Challenge to Improve Well-Being Across the Lifespan
The Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge is a global competition that encourages students to design products and services to improve well-being across the lifespan. In its eighth year, the Challenge is focused on ideas inspired by the cultural shift that has...
Registry of Motor Vehicles ‘Senior Days’ Expanding to More Sites During October
The Mass. Registry of Motor Vehicles has expanded the sites participating in the "Senior Days' initiative to accommodate older adults who can visit local RMV locations to renew their licenses. Also expanding is the partnership between the RMV and the Executive Office...