AARP Tennessee

We know that it takes time to build great communities, but we also believe that tangible improvements can spark long-term change. AARP launched the Community Challenge grant program in 2017 to fund projects that build momentum to improve livability nationwide. Challenge grants have funded more than 20 projects in Tennessee, so we took a closer look at three success stories to learn more about how recipients leveraged grant funds to make a positive impact on both the organizations and their communities. We interviewed Jazmine Leblanc from ELLA Library in Chattanooga, Marlon Foster from Knowledge Quest in Memphis, and Danielle Kaminsky from Robertson County Schools in Springfield.

AARP Tennessee, we think it's important for grandparents to spend quality time with their grandchildren, so we're offering virtual cooking classes that bring generations together to prepare delicious meals. Please join us for another season of our popular virtual cooking class series: What's Cooking With AARP?

AARP Tennessee Announces Grant Opportunity for Quick-Action Community Improvement Projects

For the first time since AARP began publishing the Scorecard in 2011, more than half of Medicaid long-term care dollars nationwide for older adults and people with physical disabilities went to home- and community-based services instead of nursing homes and other institution.

AARP Tennessee and Montgomery County Veterans Coalition launched a new art therapy program for veterans. In these therapist-led sessions, veterans paint masks and tap into difficult emotions.

As part of the organization's focus on helping Tennesseans protect themselves from scammers, AARP Tennessee will host a pair of free document shredding events on October 28.

They say, music heals all wounds.

If you do the crime, you’ll do the time.

AARP awarded Community Challenge grants to four Tennessee organizations for quick-action projects to boost local livability.

New AARP Scorecard: Report Finds Systemic Gaps in Tennessee in Support for Family Caregivers, Affordability, as well as Safety and Quality