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2024 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Digital Connections
└ Digital navigation skills
└ Digital navigation skills
This project will recruit teenagers to teach digital skills to older adults. The initiative will help participants use the internet to conduct business, obtain benefits and reduce social isolation.
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Waukegan, IL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Digital navigation skills
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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Digital navigation skills
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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
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