NeighborWorks Works: a weekly newsletter featuring stories from the NeighborWorks network.
Helping older Americans age in place
May is the month when our nation celebrates older Americans and raises awareness about aging issues. By 2030, one in five U.S. adults will be 65 or older, so it is vital to focus on the service needs of older adults.

In this issue, we look at ways the NeighborWorks network recognizes the importance of helping older adults make safe, informed and healthy decisions, including aging in their own homes.
Tennessee program helps seniors live independently
HomeSource east tennessee has always provided affordable and safe housing to seniors. However, the organization has launched a new program to go above and beyond. HomeSource now provides medical, home health or mental health services residents need to age with dignity as well as resources to address food insecurity and financial stress.

Excerpted from NeighborWorks Works: Practical Solutions from America's Community Development Network
Never too old to learn about finances
A hundred years is a long time to wait to open your first bank account, but a Mississippi grandmother did just that. Thanks to NeighborWorks network member HOPE’s banking services this centenarian now has financial security.
Alabama nonprofit gives seniors independence
Alabama resident Ron Svarney was eager to leave a nursing home after a series of health problems. NeighborWorks member Community Partnership Action Agency of North Alabama (Partnership) helped him find housing, but he discovered that living independently presented other challenges. Fortunately, the Partnership’s Senior Companion program paired him with someone to assist with household chores and help Ron overcome his physical challenges.
SPOTLIGHT
Nonprofits help bridge digital divide
A group of young people lined up, each standing next to a bicycle.
Access to broadband internet is fast becoming a predictor of whether you are on the “have” or “have not” side of the American wealth divide. If you can’t access high-speed internet regularly and don’t how to take advantage of it, you probably won’t do as well in school, won’t know about good available jobs and won’t be able to get those jobs if you did. Read how some NeighborWorks members are working to close that gap.
Green circle with text: 61 percent of recent Asian immigrants, ages 25 to 64, have a college degree.
Green circle with text: 61 percent of recent Asian immigrants, ages 25 to 64, have a college degree.
Green circle with text: 61 percent of recent Asian immigrants, ages 25 to 64, have a college degree.
Green circle with text: 61 percent of recent Asian immigrants, ages 25 to 64, have a college degree.
Green circle with text: 61 percent of recent Asian immigrants, ages 25 to 64, have a college degree.
Green circle with text: 61 percent of recent Asian immigrants, ages 25 to 64, have a college degree.
Green circle with text: 61 percent of recent Asian immigrants, ages 25 to 64, have a college degree.
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Green circle with text: 61 percent of recent Asian immigrants, ages 25 to 64, have a college degree.
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