CT Community Foundation's Town Conversation on Aging

The 2012 CT Community Foundation's application for Town Conversations on Aging (this link opens a .doc file) is open and due on October 1st.

A $2,000 grant is available to each community in the Foundation’s service area to conduct a Town Conversation on Aging in order to review the current status of aging services, identify priority needs and gaps, and develop key action steps for the next three years. 

The grant may be used to:
A.  Cover direct costs associated with the Conversation and/or
B.  Support implementation of any of the action steps. 

This opportunity is part of the CCF's Pathways Program, which provides grants for nonprofits that connect seniors to information and services so they can remain in their homes and be active members of their community.

ONLY organizations in these towns are eligible:
Beacon Falls, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Cheshire, Goshen, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Milford, Oxford, Prospect, Roxbury, Southbury, Thomaston, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott or Woodbury.


For more information, contact Deborah Stein, Senior Services program officer, 203-753-1315.

The entire Town Conversation on Aging application consists of 6 questions:

1. Name, address, phone and chief executive of the organization that will convene the Conversation on Aging.
2. Name, title, email and phone for the individual designated to recruit participants, oversee the Conversation and complete the questionnaire.
3. Please provide a preliminary list of organizations and/or individuals (with affiliations) you will invite to participate in the Conversation on Aging.  How will you publicize the Conversation to the community in order to broaden participation?
4. When and where do you plan to hold the Conversation?
5. List three areas of need or concern among seniors in your community that you plan to include in your Conversation.
6. What is your budget for conducting the Conversation? Please provide an itemized list. Acceptable items are direct costs such as meeting space, refreshments, hiring of a facilitator and publicity. The remaining portion of the $2,000 grant may be used to support one or more action steps.





Please note the following:
    Contact Deborah Stein at dstein@conncf.org or 203.753.1315 with any questions regarding the Town Conversation on Aging.
    Town Conversation on Aging grantees will be asked to submit a brief questionnaire describing the results of the Conversation and how remaining grant funds will be used.
    Towns receiving Conversation on Aging funds are eligible to apply for other Pathways grants.