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Northampton, PA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: This project will host three events to provide digital device training and distribute refurbished devices to residents, especially those age 50-plus. The events will include refreshments and shuttle transportation.

Bend, OR

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: Older adults in Central Oregon faced a widening digital divide, leaving them unable to access health care or manage daily tasks. The Computer Literacy Program offered classes and tutoring across multiple locations, enrolling 96 participants, more than half of whom were age 50-plus. It taught skills from device basics to advanced applications. Volunteers, all older adults, created a peer-learning environment that built confidence and independence. One instructor noted, "They have all become very good friends and enjoy taking the classes together," showing how the program strengthened community ties.

Portland, OR

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Digital navigation skills

Description: This project will provide new computers and laptops to help older adults access technology. It will also support LGBTQ+ older adults with housing workshops and tech assistance.

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Denver, CO

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: Public or private transit access

Description: Older adults in Denver struggle with transportation and resource navigation, limiting independence and increasing isolation. DRMAC addressed this by expanding its Getting There Travel Training program, offering bilingual sessions and guided bus trips to teach trip planning, ticketing and mobility apps. Surveys showed that many participants felt more confident using public transit. The effort strengthened trust in marginalized communities and improved access to daily needs. One participant said that as a result of the help provided by the program, he is excited to now be able to attend spirit-lifting activities.

Denver, CO

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: Walk Audits

Description: The project will conduct walk audits to assess and improve bus stop accessibility for older adults and individuals with disabilities.

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