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Newport, RI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Disaster Resilience Other

Description: The project will host pop‑up events to help older residents enroll in the city’s emergency registry, learn the basics of preparedness and receive starter emergency kits. The project will help people prepare for storms and power outages.

Auburn Hills, MI

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Disaster Resilience Other

Description: Reflective address signs will be distributed and installed on homes to improve visibility for emergency responders and deliveries. Clear home identification will help responders locate houses faster and reduce missed or delayed assistance.

Middlesex, NJ

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: Disaster Resilience Other

Description: The borough will distribute emergency readiness kits to residents age 50-plus through the local Senior Center. Kits include basic supplies and guidance to help older adults prepare for severe weather, power outages and other emergencies.

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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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Bernalillo, NM

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2026

Project Category: HomeFit Modifications

Description: The disability modification program will complete essential home-safety upgrades for 10 homeowners. These changes will support safer mobility and independence.

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