Health & Wellbeing

AARP fought for approval and continues to push for more

AARP Connecticut has selected seven recipients of the 2024 Livable Communities Grant Program, a state extension of the national AARP Community Challenge grant initiative. Now in its seventh year, the grant program funds quick-action projects that help Connecticut’s neighborhoods, towns and cities be great places to live for people of all ages. AARP Connecticut has awarded grants for 45 projects across the state since the inception of the program in 2018.

There’s a holiday spirit in the air and it’s coming straight from your kitchen! Draw your closest friends and relatives in high spirits with some delicious holiday brunch recipes!

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AARP Texas has announced its top priorities and funding requests for the 2023 legislative session. The priorities aim to help Texas face the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly aging population.

Starting Jan. 1, New Yorkers 65 and over with incomes of up to 186 percent of the federal poverty level ($2,107 per month for an individual in 2022) will qualify for the program.

In Virginia, AARP will push to create a fast-track process to determine Medicaid eligibility and help older residents age in place.

North Carolina officials have issued a comprehensive plan for aging that outlines steps state agencies should take to meet the needs of the state’s growing older population.

by Priya Helweg, Acting Regional Director and Executive Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region 10