Outreach Strategies
Services funded by Title III of the Older Americans Act are intended to target adults 60 and older who are in greatest need, with particular attention to certain groups such as lower-income older adults, those living in rural areas, and older adults at risk of institutional care. Learn about some of the ways to reach these populations.
- Tip Sheet: Engaging Veterans in Evidence-Based Programs— Outreach and partnership strategies (National Council on Aging, 2024)
- Cultural Food Preferences in Food Service— Recommendations and resources for adding preferred foods (CDC, 2024)
- Aging with a History of Trauma— Strategies to provide person-centered, trauma-informed care to older adults and family caregivers (Jewish Federations of North America, 2023)
- Trauma Informed Care Guidance for Aging Services— Strategies to provide person-centered, trauma-informed care to older adults and family caregivers (Jewish Federations of North America, 2023)
- Dementia Training Resources for Professionals and Volunteers — List for professionals, caregivers, and volunteers (ACL, 2022)
- Asian American CalFresh Healthy Living Implementation Guide— Tips and insights for working with Asian American audiences (USDA, 2019)
- Principles of Trauma Informed Care— Publications, resources, fact sheets, and evaluation workbook for organizations to establish person-centered, trauma-informed protocols (Jewish Federations of North America)
- Nutrition Over 50— Report on low-income older adults (International Food Information Council and AARP Foundation)
- Person-Centered Trauma-Informed Care for Senior Nutrition Programs (YouTube)— 75-minute session of the OAA Nutrition Services Learning Collaborative (National Center on Advancing Person-Centered Practices and Systems, 2024)
- Mobility Management Connections Mapping Universal Mobility Options to Better Food Access— 50-minute webinar that focuses on mapping tools to improve transportation access to healthy food options (National Center for Mobility Management, 2024)
- Tips To Create a Welcoming Environment for Men— One-hour webinar in the Power Up Your Congregate Meal Program series (free registration required to view the video) (National Council on Aging, 2023)
- Making Your Meal Program THRIVE (YouTube)— One-hour video about the University of Arizona Center on Aging project, with accompanying presentation Program THRIVE Slides (Nutrition and Aging Resource Center, 2022)
- Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH)— Program to reduce health disparities (CDC, 2023)
- Nutrition and Aging Resource Center Recipe Collections on Pinterest