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star-24px 2020 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Civic Participation
To ensure rural residents have access to reliable information during the COVID-19 pandemic, this grant will enhance and continue the operation of a volunteer-operated Help Line that was recently created.

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Flowchart of Covid-19 call responses.

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ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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