Skowhegan, Maine Print

Joined the AARP Age-Friendly Network:
12/15/2017

Lead Agency: Tri-State Learning Collaborative

Coalition

Action Plan Download

An action plan is based on the results of community surveys identifying needs within the 8 Domains of Livability that influence the health and quality of life of older adults. While there is flexibility in how a plan is created and what it will do, every action plan includes a statement about what can be achieved, target dates for goal completion, identification of participating organizations and indicators to measure progress. The action plan is an "active" rather than static document. Revisions and amendments are a sign of program improvement and progress.

Action Plan Highlights

  1. Health and Community Services

    Expand on regional community paramedicine by incorporating multiple emergency services providers, the local critical access hospital and the town community health outreach project, providing resource referral, orientation, and advocacy support.

  2. Housing

    Develop a program with local civic and volunteer organizations to establish a list of trusted contractors, along with a directory of available loans and grants for home modifications, repair, and improvement.

  3. Outdoor Spaces

    Collaborate with local government to rehabilitate the town playground to create a multi-generational playspace and an age-friendly hiking trail.

Nearby AARP Community Challenge Projects

United Way of the Tri-Valley Area (2022)

Farmington, ME

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022

Project Category: Expansion and enhancement of transportation options

Description: This project expanded a program providing free rides to people are 50 or older in this rural community, partly with the addition of seven volunteer drivers.

Mount Vernon Community Partnership Corporation (2019)

Mount Vernon, ME

AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2019

Project Category: Innovative home maintenance, repair and support services

Description: To help older adults remain in their homes, the Mount Vernon Community Partnership Coalition created a tool library stocked with home repair and gardening tools. A subsequent grant allowed the tool library to move out of the town office's basement to an adjacent shed for ease of storage and tool accessibility. The COVID-19 pandemic delayed the opening of the tool library, but once it did open, the gardening tools proved most popular. The Coalition recently relocated the shed and turned over tool library operations to the local Grange, which focuses on gardening and growing food. Adjacent communities also sought out the Coalition's experience to evaluate opening their own tool library.

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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