WHAT
Connected Communities Pilots support rural adults as they age by forming coalitions that strengthen community infrastructure and connective fabric of resources that impact health and wellbeing.
WHY
The LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation established Connected Communities for Healthy Aging because it intuitively trusts that the people living and aging in rural Minnesota are the best positioned to strengthen their community infrastructure to foster vital aging. This cannot be accomplished through a one-size-fits-all, top-down, singular solution but through a combination of approaches as unique and innovative as each community undertaking them. Find out why Connected Communities are needed in our latest report here.
HOW
Connected Communities Pilots engage community members to identify priorities that address threats to rural aging. While each community is free to choose their own priorities, all the pilots follow the same road map to advance their work, and gauge their progress using the same framework.
Connected Communities Toolkit
There are three stages of developing a Connected Community. Each stage consists of common steps that help advance the communities, which we invite you to explore. Click through each stage: Forming, Transforming, and Sustaining to learn how to build and sustain collective impact.
Watch this video from Collective Action Lab, which provides technical assistance for Connected Communities pilots.
(3 min.)