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Action/Plan:
Encourage and facilitate new
DCOA members to join list serves/websites for Senior Lobby, Senior Briefing, AARP.
Invite advocate related speakers to DCOA meetings.
Link and partner with City, County and State advocates to increase awareness of senior issues and legislation.
Brief DCOA monthly meetings on senior legislation during the legislative session.
Action Plan:
Maintain link to the Age Matters Initiative and
identify activities Commission can participate
12pt font of Designated Beneficiary form for increased senior accessibility to document use.
Increase Elder Abuse awareness.
Participate in Regional Council’s Summit Meeting.
Develop and implement advocacy message(s) in coordination with other DCOA committees and other groups affecting seniors.
Work with Denver Office on Aging to inform HRCR, City Council and Mayor of issues needing senior advocacy.
Strategy: Create and maintain an outreach plan for the Denver Commission on Aging.
Objective: Identify community sites to communicate about senior issues and concerns.
Action Plan:
Hold DCOA meetings, up to quarterly, in diverse community locations.
Continue a monthly communication about DCOA – listing meeting dates, locations, and speakers, issues or topics on the agenda. Obtain senior demographics for the City of Denver.
Obtain demographics for the city of Denver.
Attempt to identify area with large groups of seniors or specific senior groups, i.e., Veterans.
Participate with Office on Aging with DCOA booths and attendance at Senior gatherings.
Actively participate in Senior Conversations or similar events supporting Denver’s Age Matters initiative.
Outreach to seniors to increase knowledge of what seniors need and what are their biggest problems and concerns?
Maintain DCOA cards for Commissioners to take to outreach events and publicize DCOA and Office on Aging and update as needed
Revise and distribute Bookmark to highlight resources for elder abuse.
Explore intergenerational outreach
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Steps/Status:
On-going
1st Qtr. inviting Carol Hedges from Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute on Budget Issues Affecting Seniors
Member(s) attend Senior Lobby meeting (Mondays -9AM/14th and Ogden) during legislative session. (On-going)
Member(s) attend Senior Briefing meeting. (2nd Tuesday of month). (On-going)
Member(s) attend Colorado Social Legislation committee. (On-going)
Monitor developments in healthcare reform affecting seniors. (on-going)
Legislative update briefing DCOA at monthly meetings.
Status/Steps:
Back up for Outreach and Partnership – TBD when meeting dates given.
Support 2011 Community Conversations in coordination with Office on Aging.
Form to be made available to seniors as part of all Outreach tables of DCOA.(on-going)
Form on website – on-going.
Work with Office on Aging and City of Denver to provide Proclamation, booth and Program for elder Abuse Awareness Day– (2nd Qtr. -Advocacy /Outreach).
Date TBD by DRCOG
Provide Advocacy Reference Tool to new DCOA members.
Invite senior advocacy related speakers to DCOA meetings.
Distribute senior advocacy
related materials to DCOA members.
Sandi reported to City Council Health, Safety and Education Services Committee. Distributed national, international and local data related to growing senior population. Loretta Martinez, Office on Aging attended. (1st qtr.)
Steps/Status:
Working on 5 possible locations for this year – have at least 3 meetings in the community
(On-going- 2011)
Post meeting agenda on DCOA website. (1st Qtr. and on-going)
Share senior demographic information with Council members
(1st qtr. and on-going)
Concentrate on outreach related to Veterans (On-going)
Work with Denver Office on Aging on “Spring into Health” planning – 2nd Qtr.
Attend Women’s Commission Legislative Breakfast. (1st Qtr.)
2011 Booth - Spring into Health, (2nd Qtr.)
Booth - Elder Abuse Awareness Day (2nd Qtr.)
DCOA/ Office on Aging Booth - “Salute to Seniors” (May – 2nd Qtr.)
DCOA/Office on Aging Booth - District 1 Resource Fair. (4th Qtr.)
Mayor’s Gala Ball w/Office on Aging (4th Qtr.)
Participation with other booths as appropriate. (On-going)
All DCOA members participate in at least, two outreach events/year. (0n-going)
Work with the Office on Aging on Community Conversations or similar events related to Age Matters. (On-going)
Develop a questionnaire to take to meetings to find out what seniors need. (TBD)
Distribute bookmarks to Denver area bookstores and at Elder Abuse Awareness Day event. (2nd Qtr.)
Work with Denver Public Schools - intergenerational art project: DCOA logo contest. (1st Qtr.)
Develop additional project with youth. (TBD)
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Action/Plan:
Review messaging and desired image of DCOA.
Review DCOA website for possible additions in conjunction with the Office on Aging.
Identify/create presentation opportunities for DCOA.
Collaborate with Outreach in offering regular communication vehicles (e.g., articles in Your Hub, e-newsletters, etc.)
Poll DCOA Commissioners to determine current personnel resources in identifying potential partners.
Action Plan:
Representation at HRCR Advisory Committee meetings
Prioritize partnerships according to DCOA needs and goals.
Provide prioritized groups with educational information on aging issues as related to their areas of interest and need.
Finish development of assessment tool for existing and potential partnerships based on needs and goals.
Explore the possible use of volunteers to create an Ambassador program (senior volunteers from the community to partner with the commission).
Begin to identify and define a project that measurably demonstrates the DCOA and Office on Aging are increasing livability for Denver seniors (e.g., increasing use of 311 as a useful tool for answering questions and getting information for older adults in Denver) to become a full commission goal in 2012.
Budget: $50 materials/duplicating costs reimbursement
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Steps/Status:
Collaborate with Outreach Committee which will eventually oversee specific branding work.
Develop talking points and PowerPoint presentation for commissioners to use.
Explore development of a Speaker’s Bureau to raise the visibility of the DCOA .
Status/Steps:
Benita Munez is the DCOA representative and Lee Ragon is the alternate. (On-going)
Continue regular communication with prioritized Commissions: Latino, Women, GLBT, Disabilities (On-going from 2010)
Continue regular communication with prioritized County Councils on Aging: Arapahoe, Jeffco, Adams/Douglas and Broomfield (On-going from 2010)
Monthly - DCPD
2nd Qtr.
3rd qtr. and 4th qtr.
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