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Rocky Mount, VA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: Habitat for Humanity of Franklin County addressed safety hazards that made daily tasks hard for older adults and put independence at risk. The team integrated HomeFit and safety assessments into every repair visit, adding practical upgrades like low-entry showers with grab bars and flooring fixes for three families that included five people age 50-plus. A construction manager now conducts an accessibility review on each project, and outreach boosted applications, revealing wider need. The new process is standard practice and strengthens evidence for funders. One resident said showering is "very easy" now and praised the crew for a "wonderful job."
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Moses Lake, WA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: Two community trainings will teach older adults and families simple home safety modifications. Follow‑up repairs will support safer living through railings, ramps and accessibility updates.
Valparaiso, IN
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: Several home safety workshops will teach older adults practical ways to improve accessibility in their homes. Participants will learn affordable modifications that support aging in place.
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Beaverton, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Disaster Resilience Other
Description: The program will train older adults to lead small-group and individual emergency planning sessions across Oregon. Personalized plans and supplies will improve readiness for weather and power events and strengthen peer support networks.
Tigard, OR
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021
Project Category: Entrepreneurship and improved economic resilience
Description: The City of Tigard hoped to create a business incubator to help local entrepreneurs test out their ideas. So the City launched its Tigard on Roll Program, purchasing two food trucks outfitted with commercial restaurant equipment. Startup food vendors can apply to lease the trucks at a reduced rate, and the City provides coaching from business advisors. The trucks -- which sit in Tigard's new Universal Plaza -- also offer an important amenity to residents of downtown. The incubator program specifically targets entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities, which it supports by reducing start-up costs and offering mentorship. Today, residents can find the trucks at a weekly farmers market and at the annual Taste of Tigard food festival.
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