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New York City, NY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Digital navigation skills
Description: In Southeast Queens, many older adults face a digital divide that limits access to health care and social connection. Forestdales Baby Genius program paired older adults with tech-savvy youth for hands-on training, teaching skills like texting, email attachments and app downloads. Ten youth tutors worked with 50 older adults in one-on-one sessions, while workshops and events reached more than 700 participants. The program reduced isolation and built confidence, enabling older adults to use telehealth and connect with family. One participant said learning to video chat with her daughter using her phone was "life-changing," and demand for more sessions continues to grow.
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Tenafly, NJ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Digital navigation skills
Description: Free bilingual digital literacy classes will help immigrant adults age 50-plus learn basic technology skills. Training will focus on online safety, communication, telehealth and everyday digital tools.
Hilo, HI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: Digital navigation skills
Description: On-site digital literacy classes will be provided to residents in an affordable housing community. Hands-on training and device access will help participants use online services more confidently.
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Duluth, GA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026
Project Category: HomeFit Modifications
Description: Three training sessions will teach families how to make their homes safer for all ages. Multilingual outreach will expand access to practical home safety guidance.
Brookhaven, GA
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Developing projects based on residents' priorities
Description: Immigrant communities along Buford Highway face barriers like language isolation and limited access, leaving older adults disconnected from resources and cultural engagement. To address this, the project installed a painted newsstand as a permanent hub for multilingual newsletters and hosted an open-street event with story-sharing and health services. The event gathered 41 new stories and provided screenings, vaccines and essentials to hundreds of families. The initiative created a lasting platform for cultural storytelling and trust-building. A project organizer noted that the project inspired a mother and daughter to share touching stories and helped open an emotional conversation about their hopes for the future.
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