Switchpoint (2025) Print

star-24px 2025 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Housing
└ Housing stability
Older adults in supportive housing often struggle with isolation and limited access to shared spaces that support stability. Switchpoint addressed this need by completing a community center within a low income housing site for older adults, creating a central place for daily activities, classes and onsite support. The space gave residents a reliable setting to connect with neighbors, access services and build routines that support independence. It also became a place for shared moments, including memorials for residents who passed away and communal meals that reinforced social bonds. By anchoring services and social life in one accessible hub, the project reduced isolation, strengthened neighbor support and helped residents remain stably housed as they age.

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

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Kitsap County Commissioner's Office (2018)

Port Orchard, WA

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2018

Project Category: Housing stability

Description: The Homes for All village is a tiny home community, which offers transitional and temporary housing for Port Orchard's unhoused residents. However, the community lacked communal space. To fill this gap, the County set out to designed and build an indoor gathering space. Kitsap County Commissioners received a donated 32-foot trailer, which they converted into a community kitchen for food prep and distribution. Volunteers worked to convert the trailer, adding an electric range, oven, microwave, sinks and refrigerators. The new space includes an adjacent room for dining, community meetings and group activities. Project organizers say the space helps residents build relationships with one another.

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