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United Way of Connecticut's 2-1-1 Information for Older Adults lists extensive resources for Financial Assistance; Housing Options; Home Care Options; Health Care Insurance; and Legal/Protective Service Issues.
For grantmakers interested in health, community development, the arts, and more, aging offers a natural extension of your programs. For All Ages: The GIA Guide to Funding Across the Lifespan is an invaluable resource for funders exploring the possibility of expanding their funding to encompass aging.
Information on how community foundations around the country, in partnership with Atlantic Philanthropies, helped to develop a range of innovative community projects to tap into the experience and talents of boomers and other older adults.
A bequest established the Stella Margaret McHenry Fund to help low income seniors with their housing needs.
The Foundation for Community Health is a private foundation dedicated to improving the health and well-being of residents of the northern Litchfield Hills in Connecticut and the greater Harlem Valley in New York.
In her Last Will and Testament, Emma P. Pelton of Cheshire, Connecticut established the John P. and Cora E. Phelps Fund at The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven in memory of her grandfather and mother to “benefit … elderly people who are residents of the Town of Hamden.” Since the fund was established over forty years ago, more than 65 grants have been made to eight organizations serving Hamden’s older adults.
In 2011, United Way 2-1-1, Connecticut’s statewide toll-free information and referral service, received more than 50,000 calls from or regarding Connecticut residents aged 55 and over. A review of these calls offers valuable insight into the needs of older adults in our state.
Connecticut Community Foundation serves 21 towns in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills – communities ranging from urban to suburban to rural. As part of the Pathways Services for Seniors Initiative, each community is encouraged to take a fresh look at its senior population by holding a Town Conversation on Aging.
A $2,000 noncompetitive grant from the East Hill Woods Fund is available to each town to:
