Item 4: Age Friendly Austin Action Plan Focus Area Two — original pdf

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Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: June 8, 2026 Focus Area Two: Health, Mobility, and Accessibility Aligns with Domains: 8-Community & Health Services, 2-Transportation, and 1-Outdoors Spaces & Buildings Goal 1: Increase awareness and access to health, safety, and accessibility resources. Objective 1: Reduce use of non-urgent emergency services among seniors. Strategy 1: Support and increase capacity of the Senior Home Safety Program. Partners: Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services (ATCEMS), Commission on Aging, Austin Fire, Austin Police. Deadline: 2029 Metric: Year-over-year % decrease in non-injury fall calls for residents 55+. Strategy 2: Develop partnerships to recruit and train volunteers to conduct initial basic home assessments. Partners: University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, ATCEMS, Austin-Travis County Medical Reserve Corps. Deadline: 2029 Metrics: # of partnerships developed. # of assessments completed by volunteers annually. Strategy 3: Implement senior specific pop-up resource clinics. Partners: ATCEMS, APH Mobile Van Program and Community Health Worker Hub. Deadline: 2029 Metric: # of seniors served annually. Excerpted from: June 8, 2026 version of the Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 1 of 8 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: June 8, 2026 Focus Area Two: Health, Mobility, and Accessibility Aligns with Domains: 8-Community & Health Services, 2-Transportation, and 1-Outdoors Spaces & Buildings Goal 1: Increase awareness and access to health, safety, and accessibility resources. (continued) Objective 2: Reduce the food insecurity score for seniors. Strategy 1: Advocate for increased funding for congregate meal programs at trusted locations of seniors such as senior activity centers, recreation centers, and community centers. Partners: APH, APR, MOWCTX. Deadline: 2029 Metric: # of seniors served at congregate meal sites annually. Strategy 2: Expand home-delivered meal options and grocery delivery programs for home-bound seniors, and seniors living with disabilities. Partners: MOWCTX. Deadline: 2029 Metric: # of home-delivered meals provided to seniors annually. Strategy 3: Distribute multilingual resources on nutritious meal choices through trusted City partners, City spaces most visited by seniors, and Austin Public Health sites and community health workers. Partners: APH, MOWCTX, APL, APR, Central Texas Food Bank. Deadline: 2027 Metric: # of nutrition-related educational resources available in top requested languages (Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean). Excerpted from: June 8, 2026 version of the Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 2 of 8 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: June 8, 2026 Focus Area Two: Health, Mobility, and Accessibility Aligns with Domains: 8-Community & Health Services, 2-Transportation, and 1-Outdoors Spaces & Buildings Goal 1: Increase awareness and access to health, safety, and accessibility resources. (continued) Strategy 4: Initiate a focused task force to examine and address food insecurity among older adults in City Council District 3, identifying service gaps and recommending capacity improvements. Partners: Commission on Aging, APH, Austin Equity and Inclusion. Deadline: 2027 Metric: Completion of District 3 food insecurity assessment. Objective 3: Improve data collection, training, and information to ensure seniors and caregivers are efficiently identified, prepared, and cared for during extreme weather and emergencies. Strategy 1: Audit and update the State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) local data intake process to mandate or highly encourage Date of Birth collection, ensuring older adults are accurately counted. Partners: APH, AEM. Deadline: 2027 Metric: % decrease in missing Date of Birth fields in local STEAR registry data. Strategy 2: Provide emergency preparedness training that includes promotion of existing registries to seniors and caregivers at places frequented by seniors. Partners: APH, engAGE Travis County, AEM, APR. Deadline: ongoing Metrics: Annually # of emergency preparedness training events hosted or co-hosted. Annually # of seniors that are registered on STEAR. Excerpted from: June 8, 2026 version of the Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 3 of 8 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: June 8, 2026 Focus Area Two: Health, Mobility, and Accessibility Aligns with Domains: 8-Community & Health Services, 2-Transportation, and 1-Outdoors Spaces & Buildings Goal 1: Increase awareness and access to health, safety, and accessibility resources. (continued) Strategy 3: Ensure emergency responders are trained in Age-Friendly best practices to be prepared to respond to the needs of older adults during emergency events. Partners: Austin Fire, Austin Police, Austin/Travis County EMS, APH, AEM. Deadline: ongoing Metric: # of educational trainings for emergency responders on how to be prepared to address the needs of older adults. Goal 2: Enhance the independence of older adults and their caregivers by investing in a safer, more accessible, and well-funded transportation network. Objective 1: Establish formal partnerships with local transit (CapMetro and CARTS) and senior transportation providers to increase on-demand rides for older adults and caregivers in underserved areas. Strategy 1: Design and distribute a survey through community partners to identify the causes of low transportation satisfaction among caregivers, and advocate for necessary service adjustments based on the findings. Partners: CapMetro, CARTS, Transportation Empowerment Fund (TEF), Austin Transportation and Public Works (ATPW). Deadline: 2027 Metrics : Survey completed. # of service adjustments proposed. Excerpted from: June 8, 2026 version of the Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 4 of 8 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: June 8, 2026 Focus Area Two: Health, Mobility, and Accessibility Aligns with Domains: 8-Community & Health Services, 2-Transportation, and 1-Outdoors Spaces & Buildings Goal 2: Enhance the independence of older adults and their caregivers by investing in a safer, more accessible, and well-funded transportation network. (continued) Strategy 2: Advocate for increased funding for social service contracts between the City of Austin (COA) and non-profits that provide transportation as part of their suite of services for older adults. Partners: Commission on Aging, TEF, APH, Drive A Senior, Chariot, Movability, APR. Deadline: 2028 Metric : $ amount of transit-related social service contracts funded. Strategy 3: Promote continued efforts to bring local partners together around the transportation needs of older adults and encourage collaborative partnerships. Partners: TEF, CapMetro, ATPW, Commission on Aging. Deadline: Ongoing Metric : # of collaborative transportation summits held. Objective 2: Prioritize pedestrian and transit safety. Strategy 1: Implement concrete measures such as more crosswalks, traffic-slowing tools, and additional transit stops. Partners: CapMetro, Austin Transportation and Public Works. Deadline: 2029 Metric: # of new crosswalks/transit stops installed in target areas. Strategy 2: Review transit stop locations, pedestrian access routes, and lighting serving Southeast Austin to identify safety risks affecting older adults. Partners: CapMetro, ATPW. Deadline: 2029 Excerpted from: June 8, 2026 version of the Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 5 of 8 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: June 8, 2026 Focus Area Two: Health, Mobility, and Accessibility Aligns with Domains: 8-Community & Health Services, 2-Transportation, and 1-Outdoors Spaces & Buildings Goal 2: Enhance the independence of older adults and their caregivers by investing in a safer, more accessible, and well-funded transportation network. (continued) Metric: # of transit stops audited for safety in Southeast Austin. Strategy 3: Solicit feedback from historically marginalized older adult transit riders to identify and prioritize safety improvements. Partners: CapMetro. Deadline: 2028 Metric: # of listening sessions held. Objective 3: Prioritize senior-specific transit needs and service adjustments within mobility planning . Strategy 1: Advocate for local transit providers to prioritize service adjustments to connect seniors to essential services (grocery/medical). Partners: CapMetro, Commission on Aging. Deadline: Ongoing Metric: # of routes adjusted to connect seniors to essential services annually. Strategy 2: Ensure Project Connect funding prioritizes serving vulnerable populations to support aging in place. Partners: ATPW, CapMetro, Commission on Aging. Deadline: Ongoing Metric: Amount of funding allocated towards supporting aging in place initiatives. Excerpted from: June 8, 2026 version of the Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 6 of 8 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: June 8, 2026 Focus Area Two: Health, Mobility, and Accessibility Aligns with Domains: 8-Community & Health Services, 2-Transportation, and 1-Outdoors Spaces & Buildings Goal 3: Prioritize support options for caregivers of older adults. Objective 1: Streamline access to adult day health centers and caregiving resources. Strategy 1:Establish a point of contact or process to assist organizations in navigating City requirements (utilities, permitting, licensing) for establishing Day Activity Health Services. Partners: Austin Development Services. Deadline: 2027 Metric: Point of contact and/or process established. Strategy 2: Expand multilingual outreach regarding caregiver supports, including respite care programming, utilizing existing community partnerships to increase awareness and enrollment. Partners: APH, Area Agency on Aging, MOWCTX. Deadline: 2028 Metric: # of translated resources distributed. Objective 2: Provide culturally responsive caregiving and respite programs. Strategy 1: Expand culturally responsive family caregiving programs and resources, including dementia care, community respite care, and home-based supportive services. Partners: Aging Services Council, Area Agency on Aging (AAA). Deadline: 2029 Metrics: # of caregiver education opportunities in diverse communities. # of respite vouchers distributed. Excerpted from: June 8, 2026 version of the Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 7 of 8 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: June 8, 2026 Focus Area Two: Health, Mobility, and Accessibility Aligns with Domains: 8-Community & Health Services, 2-Transportation, and 1-Outdoors Spaces & Buildings Goal 3: Prioritize support options for caregivers of older adults. (continued) Strategy 2: Increase capacity of language access services in healthcare settings so caregivers do not need to translate and perform caregiving duties simultaneously. Partners: APH, AAA, Central Health. Deadline: 2028 Metric: # of local healthcare networks with funded dedicated language access services. Excerpted from: June 8, 2026 version of the Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 8 of 8