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AARP Arkansas

Redefining and improving life for Arkansans 50+
AARP Arkansas presents a special event designed to honor and empower caregivers. Come away armed with resources and a community.
Contact info for AARP Arkansas and staff
How to sign up to become a new AARP Arkansas volunteer.
Our team has been busy... and our volunteers even busier! Check out the work that has been happening at AARP Arkansas. There are plenty of opportunities to join in this year.
Catch up with what our volunteers have been up to this summer and find out about opportunities to volunteer in the months ahead.
West Memphis is the second city in Arkansas to join the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities.
Each month, AARP Arkansas sends out a fraud fighter text message that links to these tips. Stay scam aware and one step ahead of the con artists.
Communities in South Dakota, Wyoming and Oklahoma are making improvements — including an outdoor classroom, new technology for veterans and home modifications for Native American elders — thanks to 2025 AARP Community Challenge grants.
Four Delaware nonprofits received 2025 AARP Community Challenge grants totaling $37,500 to help fund quick-turnaround projects aimed at making communities more livable.
Nine Illinois entities received a total of more than $90,000 in AARP Community Challenge grants in 2025. Projects include home repairs for older residents in Chicago, new outdoor seating in the village of Erie, disaster preparedness training in Skokie and digital literacy workshops in Evanston.
AARP is working to educate caregivers about the state’s paid family medical leave program, which has been increasing by double-digit percentages each year since 2021. It is also pushing for a comprehensive caregiver bill that would create a tax credit for family caregivers, expand respite care vouchers for middle-income families and ensure that people who leave jobs to care for family members can collect unemployment.
Eleven North Carolina entities received 2025 AARP Community Challenge grants for projects focused on either bike or pedestrian safety. They include Bike Durham, which is using its $15,000 grant to support an Oct. 5 event that will close a 1.2-mile stretch of downtown Durham’s streets to vehicles.
Gov. Mike DeWine has thrown his full support behind an initiative for Ohio to become the 13th state member of the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities. DeWine told the Bulletin that he wants people to think of Ohio as “the best place to grow old in the nation.”
Multidisciplinary artist Jonathon Stalls is teaming up with AARP Rhode Island, America Walks, community groups and elected officials for a series of walk audits in Providence. The goal is to identify where accessibility and pedestrian safety can be improved.
Several new AARP-backed laws passed during Connecticut’s 2025 legislative session. The laws are aimed at lowering prescription drug prices; curbing utility costs; making it easier for people to cancel subscriptions; and eliminating excess fees by requiring companies to disclose the total price of all goods and services.
Seven Vermont entities received 2025 AARP Community Challenge grants to help fund quick-action projects aimed at making communities more livable.
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