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This article was published on November 20th on www.nextavenue.org.  To read the full article, please click HERE: “The Burgeoning Trend of Age-Friendly States” You’ve probably heard about age-friendly communities; maybe you even live in one of the 305 cities and towns with the AARP “Age-Friendly Community” designation. But what you might not know — and what I…

Kathy McKeon was honored by the Family Caregiver Alliance of Rhode Island on November 8th at its 2018 Annual Caregiver of the Year Awards Event held at the State House. She received the Langevin Award for her many years of dedicated advocacy on behalf of caregivers. The Langevin Award was established in honor of Congressman Jim…

Age-Friendly RI is delighted to announce the launch of a new Healthy Aging calendar on it’s website.  With easy to use submission links that make promoting your event simple, your organization can add upcoming events to the community calendar to help keep agencies, providers, older Rhode Islanders and a wide array of stakeholders abreast of…

Twenty-seven local organizations across Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire will each receive a grant of up to $10,000 from Tufts Health Plan Foundation’s new Momentum Fund. The fund was established to foster new ideas and support cities and towns in their efforts to make their communities better places to grow up and grow old.…

By Alyssa Gleason, Case Management Coordinator RI Governor’s Commission on Disabilities IT’S WORTH UP TO $5000 Home modifications can be a little pricey. We get that. That’s why the Rhode Island Livable Homes Grant will reimburse you 50% of the total cost of your home modification-up to $5000. And just to make it a little easier,…

The Rhode Island Foundation is accepting grant applications for its new Behavioral Health Fund. The goal of the Behavioral Health Fund grant program is to address behavioral health (mental health and substance use) needs before people are in crisis. Nonprofit organizations have until November 19 to apply. Preference will be given to proposals that: Show…

This article originally appeared on www.nrinow.news on 9/11/18 By Sandy Seoane September 11, 2018 BURRILLVILLE – According to data recently compiled by Tufts Health Plan Foundation, 22 percent of Burrillville residents are now age 60 and older. Projections from the Statewide Planning Office indicate that the percentage of people age 65 and older in Rhode…