Beginning in the spring of 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, age-friendly neighborhood organizations played a pivotal role in keeping older New Yorkers informed, socially engaged, and healthy. NYAM recognized an urgent need to connect leaders from these neighborhood groups in order to provide a space for them to share information and best practices on adapting to the new circumstances. Leveraging generous funding from the New York State Health Foundation’s (NYSHealth) COVID-19 Response Grant, the Center for Healthy Aging at NYAM convened 20 age-friendly organizations in New York City every month from July through December 2020. Based on learnings from those convenings, this toolkit is designed support age-friendly neighborhood organizations in sustaining, growing and funding their work.
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