Publication Making Plans Taking Action

Publication Making Plans Taking Action

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Making Plans Taking Action

A quick look via a sharable downloadable handout at the work and achievements happening within the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities

This handout about the provides a quick overview of the program, examines the impact of membership and looks at the work being pursued by five enrolled communities and one state.

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Click on the image to download this four-page, printable handout. The six "Member Snapshots" are (in order of appearance): Tucson, Arizona Grayson County, Virginia Fishers, Indiana Fort Lauderdale, Florida Eastport, Maine and the State of Maine According to a survey of 99 member communities that have been enrolled in the network for two or more years and have completed an age-friendly action plan: 60% achieved an age-friendly change in policy

34% secured a private sector investment or action

85% reported “other successes,” categorized as raising awareness of livable issues, increasing collaboration within the community, enacting programs described in the action plan and/or integrating age-friendliness into strategic planning. Visit the home page »

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