Definitions
Legislative Resources
Resources for Starting a Community Conversation
Assessment Resources
- Shaping Livable Communities and Promoting Aging in Place
- Community Assessment Guide
- Vital Communities Assessment
- AARP Survey of Community Residents Ages 50 and Older
- Sustainable Communities Indicators
- Is This is a Good Place to Live? Measuring Community Quality of Life for All Ages
- World Health Organization Checklist of Essential Features of Age-friendly Cities
- World Health Organization’s Measuring the Age-Friendliness of Cities: A Guide to Using Core Indicators
- Community Report Card (City Leaders Institute)
- Best Cities for Successful Aging: Indicators in Methodology
- Livable Community Indicators for Sustainable Aging in Place
- The Advantage Initiative
- Urban Health Equity Assessment Response Tool
Strategic Planning and Implementation
- Aging in Place: A Toolkit for Local Governments
- Aging in Place: A State Survey of Livability Policies and Practices
- Making Your Community Livable for All Ages: What’s Working!
- AARP Policy Book 2013-2014: Livable Communities
- The Maturing of America: Communities Moving Forward for an Aging Population Overview: Planning for Multigenerational Communities
- Multi-generational community planning: Linking the needs of children and older adults
- Creating a Livable Community: Engaging All Generations and Improving Quality of Life
- World Health Organization’s Global Age-friendly Cities: A Guide
- A Blueprint for Action: Developing Livable Communities for All Ages
- Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities Blueprint: A Guide to Community Action
- Age-Friendly Communities: The Movement to Create Great Places to Grow Up and Grow Old in America
Community Engagement
- The Intergenerational Center at Temple University: Connecting generations to strengthen communities
- Generations United
- Civic Engagement and Recent Immigrant Communities: A planning guide for local officials and other community leaders (with broader applications beyond immigrant communities)
- The Role of Local Elected Officials in Economic Development
- Encore: Second Acts for the Greater Good
- Older Adults as Engaged Volunteers
Health Services
- Connecticut State Health Assessment and Improvement Plan
- Healthy Connecticut 2020 Performance Dashboard
- A Sustainability Planning Guide for Healthy Communities
- Healthy Planning Guide
- Housing and Health: New Opportunities for Dialogue and Action
- Understanding the Role of Community Development Finance in Improving Access to Healthy Food: A Guide for Public Health Practitioners
- Bicycling and Walking in the United States: 2014 Benchmarking Report
- National Prevention Strategy: America’s Plan for Better Health and Wellness
- Healthy People 2020 Topic Area, Older Adults
- The HIA [Health Impact Assessment] Process
Housing
- Connecticut Fair Housing Center’s People, Place and Opportunity: Mapping Communities of Opportunity in Connecticut
- 2015 Connecticut Housing Data Profiles (Partnership for Strong Communities)
- Partnership for Strong Communities’ Housing in CT 2014
- Housing America’s Older Adults: Meeting the Needs of an Aging Population
- Increase the Availability of Affordable Homes Toolkit
- Meet the Housing Needs of Older Adults Toolkits
- Accessory Apartments (Fact sheet)
- Shared Housing (Fact sheet)
- Cohousing Association of the United States: What is Cohousing?
- Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST
- Home Fit Guide
- National Resource Center on Supportive Housing and Home Modification: Guide to Home Modification
- National Association of Homebuilders Aging-in-Place Specialist Certification
Planning and Zoning
- Fiscal Implcations of Development Patterns
- Conservation and Development Policies: The Plan for Connecticut (2013-2018)
- Sustainable Land Use Code Project. Model Regulations
- Capitol Regional Green Clearinghouse
- Promoting Housing Options for Older Adults through Zoning
- Promote Sustainable and Equitable Development Toolkit
- Halfway There: How to Create Land Use Policy That Makes the Most of Connecticut’s Transit Network
- Multigenerational Planning: Using smart growth and universal design to link the needs of children and the aging population
- American Planning Association Smart Growth Policy Guide
- American Planning Association Aging in Community Policy Guide
- The Smart Growth Network
- Change Lab Solutions’ Pedestrian Friendly Code Directory
- Health Impact Assessment Fact Sheet
Public Spaces and Buildings
- Placemaking for an Aging Population: Guidelines for Senior-Friendly Parks
- Streets as Places: Using Streets to Rebuild Communities
- Model Joint Use Resolution
- This Land is Our Land: A Primer on Public Land Ownership and Opportunities for Recreational Access
- Building in Healthy Infill: A Guide for Improving Public Health Through Development
- Dig, Eat and Be Healthy: A Guide to Growing Food on Public Property
- The ADA and City Governments: Common Problems
- Americans with Disabilities Act: ADA Guide for Small Towns
- ADA Update: A Primer for Small Business
Social Services
- County Health Rankings & Roadmaps: Integrate social services
- Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Aging in Place Initiative
- Village to Village Network
- Helping Caregiving Families
Transportation
- NACTO Urban Street Design Guide
- Evaluating Complete Streets Projects: A Guide for Practitioners
- TransformCT: What’s Your Vision for Transportation in Connecticut?
- Connecticut Department of Transportation Complete Streets Policy Statement
- Connecticut 2014 Bike-friendly, Walk-friendly Town Scorecard
- Connecticut Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board Annual Report (2013)
- Complete Streets in a Box Toolkit: Connecticut
- National Complete Streets Coalition
- Change Lab Solutions: Model Laws and Resolutions for Complete Streets
- Change Lab Solutions’ Pedestrian Friendly Code Directory
- City of New Haven Complete Streets Design Manual
- Dangerous by Design: 2014
- Smart Mobility for a 21st Century America
- Building Equity: Race, Ethnicity, Class and Protected Bike Lanes
- Improving Public Transit Options for Older Persons
- Aging in Place, Stuck without Options: Fixing the Mobility Crisis Threatening the Baby Boom Generation
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