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.

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

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.