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Helping the Elderly of Hamden - The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and The Phelps Community Project

... goal of the Project is to help Hamden seniors with limited resources remain at home as long as possible and to enhance ... with him, they determined that he did not have the resources to buy a coat, and still maintain his housing and ...

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Aging

Older Adults as Community Resources - November 28, 2012 Program

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11/2012

... food on public housing grounds. Older Adults as Community Resources - November 28, 2012 Program ...

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Community Experience Partnership

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.

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"For All Ages": The GIA Guide to Funding Across the Lifespan

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.

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Connecticut 2-1-1 Information for Older Adults

... 2-1-1 Information for Older Adults lists extensive resources for Financial Assistance; Housing Options; Home ...

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Aging

The Elder Economic Security Standard Index for Connecticut

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12/2009

This report presents a measure of income that older adults require to maintain their independence in the community and meet their daily costs of living, including affordable and appropriate housing and health care.

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Improving California's Aging Services and Long Term Care System - Blueprint for Partnerships Between California Foundations and State Policymakers

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04/2011

... are willing to make available their expertise and resources, as is uniquely possible for each Foundation, to ...

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The Maturing of America - Communities Moving Forward for an Aging Population

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06/2011

A nationwide survey: “The Maturing of America—Communities Moving Forward for an Aging Population.” The survey, administered in 2010 by ICMA, with more than 1,400 local governments responding out of over 10,000 that received it, was intended to assess progress against benchmarks established in the first “Maturing of America” survey conducted in 2005. In both cases, the findings were eye-opening.

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The Maturing of America - Communities Moving Forward for an Aging Population

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06/2011

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Baseline Survey Report for EngAGEment Initiative

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06/2011

... a national program led by Grantmakers in Aging (GIA) on philanthropy and aging issues. The overall goal of this ...

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2-1-1 Barometer: Connecticut's Older Adults

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10/2011

Ensuring that older adults remain connected to needed resources is essential to community-based strategies for this ... annually from older adults or their family members for resources and programs designed to assist older adults, ...

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From Washington, D.C. to Connecticut: Take Away Messages from the American Society on Aging Annual Conference

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04/2012

... Take Away Messages from the American Society on Aging Annual Conference ...

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Is This What Change Feels Like? A Review on: The State of Aging in America: The 2012 Conference of Grantmakers in Aging

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10/2012

Several partners from Connecticut's EngAGEment initiative attended, The State of Aging in America: The 2012 Conference of Grantmakers in Aging in Cleveland, Ohio in October, 2012. Here is a summary of a few of the major topics.

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Aging Resources

Find resources for funders on the topic of aging. Aging Resources ...

Aging Ready Communities - Challenges, Opportunities, National and Local Models - November 30, 2011

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11/2011

Aging in place experts, Philip B. Stafford, Ph.D., Director of the Center on Aging and Community at Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University, and Mia Oberlink, M.A., Project Director, Community Innovations for Aging in Place Initiative TAG Team and Senior Research Associate for the Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Services of New York, shared their insight and knowledge about the positive influences, productive potential and healthy benefits of aging-ready communities.

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Funders at Work in Aging

... short term support. United Way of Connecticut and 2-1-1 Resources on Aging >> United Way of Connecticut provides resources for and insight into the needs of older adults. ...

How a Public/Private Partnership Brought $30 Million and 6,650 Jobs to Connecticut

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07/2012

... community – guided by the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy – worked with government representatives ...

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Family Economic Sucess Funder Survey Summary

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10/2010

The results of the June 2010 survey of Council members about funding nonprofit organizations that work with the economic success of families and children in Connecticut.

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Member Social Media Report Summary

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09/2012

... including social media, by the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy membership. The report was compiled in August ...

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Connecticut Grantmaking Highlights

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07/2010

The Connecticut Grantmaking Highlights is a bi-annual analysis of organized private Connecticut philanthropy from Connecticut Grantmakers Online (CGO), a ...