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The Plan DevelopmentTeam The main contributors to the needs assessment, planning process, and plan development phases were the ELDER Alliance, AARP Arizona, and Pima Council on Aging. These organizations worked to gather data, recommend action steps, and refine goals. Additionally, AARP Arizona provided funding for the project and Pima Council on Aging provided staff support to the working group. Mayor’sTaskforce and a Blueprint for Action The City of Tucson played an integral role in advancing aging as a critical issue. Long before beginning the plan development in 2012, Mayor Rothschild created a Senior Task Force to address issues impacting the growing number of older adults in our community. The Mayor’s Senior Task Force realized, after careful analysis, that much of the work needed to
make Tucson a more livable community had to be addressed on a regional basis. They also found that the wants and needs older adults had were often features that made a community more livable and accessible for younger people too. The Task Force developed the Blueprint for Action: Cultivating a Livable Community for Our Region Summit with the goals of identifying specific innovations that would contribute to the quality of life of older adults and people of all ages and lay the ground work and process to build a regional blueprint for action. What began as the Mayor’s Senior Task Force became the Livable Communities for All Ages Task Force, which became one of many organizations that contributed to the formation of the ELDER Alliance, a very active partner in the Age-Friendly Tucson planning process. The ELDERAlliance The ELDER Alliance was formed in 2015 through a merger of the ELDER Initiative funded by the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, the UnitedWay of Tucson and Southern Arizona’s Senior Impact Coalition, the End of Life Coalition, and the Livable Communities for All Ages Task Force. Since 2015, the ELDER Alliance has seen its membership grow to over 75 individuals and 50 organizations serving older adults, as well as active community volunteers. It is co-chaired by
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