New Castle, DE

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: Tablet devices and free technology classes will be added at a busy Senior Center. Increased access and training will help older adults complete tasks and stay connected online.

Bunkie, LA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: The Senior Center will add desktop computers and printers and host hands-on digital training sessions. Participants will practice basic tasks, manage paperwork and access online services more easily in a supportive and familiar setting.

Kissimmee, FL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: Many older adults had difficulty accessing food, digital tools and emergency information, especially when transportation or stable housing was limited. These gaps increased isolation and made it harder to stay safe during hurricanes and other disruptions. The Black Empowerment & Community Council responded by converting a minivan into a mobile resource hub that delivered services directly into neighborhoods. Through outreach stops, staff provided meals and food supplies, computer literacy help, laptops and hurricane preparedness resources. Older adults also received one-on-one navigation to connect with housing, benefits and local services. One unhoused older adult shared that receiving meals and preparedness supplies on site increased their sense of safety during hurricane season. By bringing support to where people were, the project reduced access barriers and helped residents remain safer and more connected.

Project description was created using generative AI and then reviewed for accuracy.