``An Age-Friendly San Diego is within reach.``
The Beginning
Initiated by WHO
The World Health Organization launched a world-wide initiative to create Age-Friendly Communities. Nationally, AARP spearheads the effort as Livable Communities. The City of San Diego joined the network in 2018.Older Adults are the fastest growing segment of our population. Services, systems, and communities need to adjust to meet the changing needs of an aging society.
What Changed
Social Policy Institute is working in partnership with the City of San Diego, The San Diego Foundation, and AARP to engage the community in transformative change.
In The End
To date, Social Policy Institute has spearheaded the following to solicit feedback and engage the community in the process:
• City of San Diego Parks and Recreation Department Staff Survey
• City of San Diego Parks and Recreation Community Interest Survey
• Age-Friendly San Diego Community Survey
• Policy Scan
• Eight Age-Friendly San Diego Listening Sessions
• COVID-19 Older Adult Survey
• Nine Age-Friendly San Diego Action Planning Sessions
• Key Informant Interviews
• Draft Age Friendly San Diego Action Plan
For more information about Age-Friendly Communities, contact Brenda Bothel-Hammond via email: bbothelhammond@sdsu.edu
Social Policy Institute
Leadership
Steve Hornberger
Steve Hornberger is the Co-Director of the Social Policy Institute (SPI) since 2014 administering a number of statewide contracts.
Lori Clarke
As Co-Director, Lori brings innovation and excellence to design/development and facilitation of insight and action.
Stories of Success
What Our Partners Say
“The Social Policy Institute’s Director, Steve Hornberger, has been an integral part of Breaking Barriers development and implementation. The Social Policy Institute team has brought excellence and innovation to support Breaking Barriers’ work across systems to increase and enhance the well-being of California’s children and youth.”
“San Diego State University’s Social Policy Institute has been a highly valued partner for the State of California and an array of organizations seeking to effectively translate evidence-supported science into well-designed public policies for broad social benefits. One example is through our National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives and SDSU collaborations. As well, SPI’s work with county-level Prevention teams and their articulation of best practices with and for Child Abuse Prevention Councils across the state of California has been impressive.”
“The entire team at the Social Policy Institute brought subject matter expertise and cultural humility to the revision and redesign of our Faith-based and Behavioral Health Training Academy! Our trainers appreciated the validation for what they already know and can do; coaching to raise their game to a higher level of performance; and the high-quality, evidence-based materials.”
