Year-Round Advocacy Get Down! Our advocacy work is all year round! Throughout the year, the AARP FL advocacy team attends events, policy conferences, meets with volunteers and stakeholders to learn, engage and discuss priority issues. Attending events and meetings with stakeholders outside of the Legislative Session is essential to the work the advocacy team does. Informing communities around the state and relationship building aids AARP FL's advocacy efforts to improve the lives of older adults throughout the Sunshine State. Here's how AARP Florida's advocacy team gets down to business .... • Regional Policy Event - United Way and AARP Florida Miami Event
AARP FL Award Winner(s) Highlight 2023 Capitol Caregiver Award
The “Aging with Dignity and Public Policy” event was held in Miami at the Miami Dade College North Campus. The event was sponsored by AARP FL and United Way Miami. Aging experts from AARP and elected officials discussed issues older adults face including how laws, regulations and funding affects how we age.
Senators Colleen Burton, Ileana Garcia and Representatives Will Robinson Jr., Chip LaMarca each recieved the 2023 AARP FL Capitol Caregiver Award for their impactful efforts during the 2023 Legislative Session. The AARP Capitol Caregiver award represents remarkable leadership by elected officials in states across the country. 2023 Livable AARP Community Challenge Grant Winners
• Statewide Conferences - FCOA
AARP FL staff, including the advocacy team, attended and presented at the 2023 Annual Florida Council on Aging Conference. The FCOA conference is an annual conference where aging professionals go to learn, connect with others and discuss important topics related to aging.
• In The Community - Volunteer Training
In 2023 AARP had their seventh annual AARP Community Challenge Grants in which 3,600 applications were recieved from nonproftis and government entities across the United States. There are three different grant opportunities designed to help improve public places, housing, digital connections, diversity, etc. with an emphasis on the needs of adults aged 50 and older. There were a total of 8 grantees for the 2023 Community Challenge Grants here in Florida. Pictured above are grantees in Tallahassee (left) and Orlando (right). On the left is Knight Creative Communities Institute, their project focused on improving public places with the painting of two crosswalks near an elementary school and a senior living community. On the right, the City of Orlando's project helps raise awareness of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and makes the permit process more user-friendly for intergenerational households that want to build an ADU for older family members.
Outside of the legislative session, AARP Florida advocacy staff met with volunteers around the state to prepare them for the upcoming legislative session and provide background information on important policy issues impacting older Floridians.
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