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AFNJ Police Partnerships

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Many towns are expanding their community police efforts, and implementing or working with age-friendly initiatives is a perfect fit! Police partnerships can be part of broader efforts to create age-friendly communities, ensuring that older residents can live independently and safely. Join us to hear how Generations for Garfield has built a successful partnership between residents, the Garfield Police Dept. and the community. Also hear from West Orange about their outreach and efforts with older residents. See recording here: https://youtu.be/re18vu3L6JI

Bergen Roundtable

Hackensack Meridian Fitness & Wellness 87 Routh 17 North, Maywood

Advocating for Equity: Expanding Access to Medicaid for Older Adults and People with Disabilities Join us for an interactive conversation about a new coalition of aging and disability advocates working to reform inequitable Medicaid eligibility standards. These standards unfairly subject older adults and people with disabilities to stricter criteria, limiting their access to critical services that support aging in home and community-based settings. Promising policy and legislative changes could be on the horizon! Your input and participation in this growing campaign are needed! Hannah Diamond, Policy Advocate at Justice in Aging, will discuss current inequities in Medicaid pathways impacting older adults and people with disabilities, outline proposed legislative and policy fixes, and suggest ways Bergen County's provider community and age-friendly advocates can support this effort. Q&A, discussion and networking to follow