National Rural Age-Friendly Initiative: Planning Grant
Grant Summary
This planning grant to the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) will develop resources, partnerships and strategy for the implementation of a National Rural Age-Friendly Initiative to build age-friendly care for the one in five older adults living in rural geographies. The NRHA, a national nonprofit organization with more than 21,000 members, will use four approaches: convenings, communication, educational activities and community health worker trainings to produce a plan for the implementation of the national initiative and develop resources, policies, best practices, publications and a community health worker training curriculum.
Related Grant Resources
- Project Page: National Rural Age-Friendly Initiative Resources
- Rural Health Information Hub Podcast: Rural Age-Friendly Health Systems, with Alan Morgan, Rani Snyder and Jed Hansen
- NRHA Call for Best Practices: 2024 Compendium of Rural-Healthy-Aging Initiatives & Best Practices
- National Rural Age-Friendly Initiative: New NRHA Initiative Focuses on Age-Friendly Care
Grant Details
Organization
National Rural Health Association
Grant Amount
$575,000
Grant Period
18 months
Approval Date
December 2022
