Family Centers Wins Grant to Support Older Adult Services in Stamford
Family Centers was recently awarded a $3,000 grant from the Alliance for Children and Families to identify ways to provide quality aging services. Family Centers was one of 22 agencies selected though a competitive, national process to receive the grant.
The grant is part of the New Age of Aging, an initiative of the Alliance for Children and Families designed to help prepare nonprofit human services organizations throughout North America to best provide services for older adults as the vast Baby Boom Generation ages. The multi-million dollar initiative is funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies.
Family Centers was selected because of its work to enhance current aging services or gaining competency in lower Fairfield County. The mini-grant will be used to bring the Healthy Hearts program to seniors living in subsidized housing in Stamford. Healthy Hearts utilizes a psycho-educational curriculum that also incorporates healthy living, personal values and strategized planning for maintaining healthy living beyond the program. The curriculum follows Harvard Medical School's cardiovascular disease prevention program.
"This grant enables Family Centers to take a first step in exploring the need for strengthening services for older adults in the community," said Donna Spellman, Director of Self Sufficiency and Independent Living Programs at Family Centers. "We are proud to have this opportunity to help meet the tremendous need of serving older adults."
According to U.S. Census projections, 71.5 million Americans will reach age 65 by 2030, double the number in 2003. By 2050 that figure will grow to 86.7 million, at which point the population over age 65 will be more than 20 percent of the total population.
The Alliance for Children and Families, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2011, is a nonprofit national membership association of private, nonprofit human service providers in the United States and Canada. Motivated by a vision of a healthy society and strong communities, the Alliance strengthens the capacities of North America's nonprofit child- and family-serving organizations to serve and advocate for children, families, and communities. The more than 330 members of the Alliance provide an array of community-based programs and services to all generations, serving close to 3.4 million people each year. More information about the Alliance is available at alliance1.org.
For more information on the New Age of Aging project, contact Carla Washington, director, New Age of Aging, at 800-221-3726, ext. 6523.
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