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Randolph, MA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: Older adults in affordable housing often lacked tools and knowledge to make their homes safe, leaving them vulnerable to accidents and isolation. The project offered workshops on home safety and technology, installed video doorbell cameras and worked with maintenance teams to ensure compliance with housing rules. Residents reported feeling safer and more independent. One mother said the video doorbell gave her peace of mind and allowed her autistic daughter to stay home alone briefly, reducing stress and improving daily life.

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Cincinnati, OH

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: Home safety assessments will identify fall hazards inside and outside residents’ homes. Safety items such as grab bars will be provided during visits to help reduce injury risks.

Clifton Park, NY

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: Multiple educational sessions will teach residents how to make homes safer and more accessible. Participants will receive safety products to reduce fall risks.

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Sandoval, NM

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2025

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: Rebuilding Together targeted home safety hazards that keep older adults from feeling secure at home. Crews improved safety in 10 homes by installing packages with smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors and fire extinguishers. Residents reported greater confidence and now know how to ask for future health and safety repairs. One rural resident living on a fixed income said new alarms and an extinguisher eased fears about delayed emergency response. They organization will seek funding to continue free repairs, including critical systems and mobility upgrades such as ramps.

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Corrales, NM

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Disaster Resilience Other

Description: The organization will distribute fireproof document storage bags to older adults and other vulnerable residents. The project will help them protect important records and evacuate more safely during disasters.

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