Champaign, Illinois Print

Joined the AARP Age-Friendly Network:
3/14/2017

Lead Agency: Steering Committee Champaign and Urbana

Government Agency

Action Plan Download

Champaign-Urbana developed its action plan as the culmination of two years of community engagement, participation, and planning. The plan is committed to ensuring quality of life for residents of all ages, and focuses on communication, enhancing resources to train older adults on technologies, social inclusion, combating ageism, and addressing barriers to public transit use. The plan is also focused on meeting the special needs of diverse populations within the communities.

Action Plan Highlights

  1. Transportation

    Increase comfort with public transit by implementing a bus buddy program. Expand the rural transportation system, C-CARTS, to increase older adult ridership and make the system more affordable.

  2. Respect and Inclusion

    Mitigate ageism by supporting intergenerational interactions and increasing opportunities for volunteer organizations that support a diverse population of older adults. Fight against ageism and increase inclusivity by increasing positive media coverage of older adults.

  3. Civic Participation and Employment

    Create a new generation of age-friendly leaders by building an age-friendly undergraduate internship program to work on age-friendly programming and research.

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Nearby AARP Community Challenge Grantees

City of Urbana

Urbana, IL

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021

Project Category: Public places

Description: The Growing Community Initiative, a public art initiative inviting local artists to design and install artworks in selected local community gardens, will help promote creativity and celebrate the areas diverse community.

ABOUT THE AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE

Launched in 2017, the annual AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to local governments and nonprofits in order to fund quick-action, ready-to-implement projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages.

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