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2022 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Housing
└ Innovative home maintenance, repair and support services
└ Innovative home maintenance, repair and support services
This project provided elders with home modifications such as ADA ramps, grab bars, HEPA filters and (if the home has no running water) handwashing systems.
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Detroit, MI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Innovative home maintenance, repair and support services
Description: This project provided free home-repair services to older adults identified by local organizations and a senior center.
Kenosha, WI
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
Project Category: Innovative home maintenance, repair and support services
Description: This project will support a home repair program that helps older homeowners and veterans age in place. The organization will provide home evaluations to identify safety and accessibility issues, which volunteers will work to correct.
Dubois, WY
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Innovative home maintenance, repair and support services
Description: The project will launch a new community service program which will assist older residents in maintaining and repairing their homes, so they can continue to live independently.
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Cottonwood, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will teach people experiencing homelessness and food insecurity how to grow their own food, and provide them with a garden space that can increase self-sufficiency and improve diets with fresh produce.
Camp Verde, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project aimed to make Heritage Pool more inviting and accessible to people of all ages and abilities. The City of Campe Verde added hard-surface area onsite, with shade structures to protect visitors from the sun's rays. They also picnic tables and launched recreational programming onsite, including exercise and Aqua Zumba classes.
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