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Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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.3-1-1. 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(MRC). 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), APR. Deadline: 2029 Metrics: # of seniors served annually. # of pop-up clinics annually. Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 1 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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: Develop health promotion and physical activity campaigns targeting older adults. Partners: APH, ATCEMS, ACE. Deadline: 2028 Metric: # of campaigns targeting older adults. Strategy 5: Distribute and promote newsletters (digital and print) that feature home safety tips, local fall prevention programming, and wellness resources to older adults and their caregivers. Partners: APH, ATCEMS, APR (Senior Activity Centers), ACE, MOWCTX, AGE, ASC, AAACAP, Family Eldercare, Capital City Village. Deadline: 2028 Metric: % increase in participation in fall prevention programming. 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, AAACAP. Deadline: 2029 Metrics: # of seniors served at congregate meal sites annually. Annual City budget allocation for congregate meal programs ($). Increase in frequency/# of congregate sites. Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 2 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 2026 Focus Area Two: Health, Mobility, and Accessibility Aligns with Domains: 8-Community & Health Services, 2-Transportation, and 1-Outdoors Spaces & Buildings Strategy 2: Expand home-delivered meal options and grocery delivery programs for home-bound seniors, and seniors living with disabilities. Partners: MOWCTX, AAACAP, APH. 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: Commission on Aging, APH, MOWCTX, AEI, APL, APR, Central Texas Food Bank. Deadline: 2027 Metric: # of nutrition-related educational resources available in top requested languages (Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean). 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, AEI, MOWCTX. Deadline: 2027 Metrics: Completion of District 3 food insecurity assessment. # of capacity improvements recommended. Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 3 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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 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, Austin Emergency Management (AEM), AAACAP. 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, AGE. Deadline: ongoing Metrics: Annually # of emergency preparedness training events hosted or co-hosted. Annually # of seniors that are registered on STEAR. 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, ATCEMS, APH, AEM. Deadline: ongoing Metric: # of educational trainings for emergency responders on how to be prepared to address the needs of older adults. Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 4 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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 3: Improve data collection, training, and information to ensure seniors and caregivers are efficiently identified, prepared, and cared for during extreme weather and emergencies. (continued) Strategy 4: Design and distribute materials (ex. custom door hangers) containing critical emergency resources, STEAR registration info, and local contacts directly to senior living communities and targeted neighborhoods to reach offline and homebound adults. Partners: APH, AEM, ACE, MOWCTX Deadline: Ongoing Metric: # of senior living communities and neighborhoods reached Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 5 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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. 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), APR. Deadline: 2027 Metrics : Survey completed. # of service adjustments proposed based on survey feedback. 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, AGE. Deadline: 2028 Metric : $ amount of transit-related social service contracts funded. Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 6 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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) 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. (continued) 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, APR, Movability, Drive A Senior, Chariot, engAGE, and AAACAP. Deadline: Ongoing Metrics: # of collaborative transportation summits held. # of partners participating in summits. Objective 2: Prioritize pedestrian and transit safety and increase transit usage through travel training and reduced fare outreach. Strategy 1: Advocate for and track the implementation of concrete measures (more crosswalks, traffic-slowing tools, clear signing, transit stop placement) to promote safety. Partners: CapMetro, ATPW, Commission on Aging, Capital City Village. Deadline: 2029 Metrics: # of safety evaluations completed to ensure senior accessibility and safety. # of senior-pedestrian safety improvements installed in high-need areas. # of new crosswalks/transit stops installed in target areas. Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 7 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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) Objective 2: Prioritize pedestrian and transit safety and increase transit usage through travel training and reduced fare outreach. (continued) Strategy 2: Review transit stop locations, pedestrian access routes, sidewalk gaps, lighting, and existing speed mitigation measures serving areas with highest need to identify safety risks affecting older adults. Partners: CapMetro, ATPW, Capital City Village. Deadline: 2029 Metric: % of identified high need transit corridors and roadways audited for senior pedestrian safety and accessibility annually. # 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 for pedestrian infrastructure, lighting, crosswalks, and traffic calming measures. Partners: ATPW, Commission on Aging, JIC, AEI, Capital City Village, CapMetro. Deadline: 2028 Metrics: # of listening sessions held. # of safety proposals generated and listening session attendees. Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 8 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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) Objective 2: Prioritize pedestrian and transit safety and increase transit usage through travel training and reduced fare outreach. (continued) Strategy 4: Support community outreach and popup enrollment events at spaces frequented by seniors to streamline the CapMetro Reduced fare ID (RFID) application process. Partners: CapMetro, APH, APR, AGE, APL, CARTS Deadline: 2027 Metrics: # of enrollment events held. # of older adults assisted with RFID cards annually. Strategy 5: Promote and increase awareness of Travel Training for seniors that provides support on navigating transit. Partners: CapMetro, Office of Mobility Management (OMM), APR, APL, CARTS, Commission on Aging, Mayors Committee on People with Disabilities Deadline: 2028 Metric: # of seniors supported through training. Strategy 6: Broaden the distribution of the Senior Ride Guide and physical copies of the RFID and CapMetro Access applications are available at spaces frequented by seniors and distributed to homebound older adults. Partners: CapMetro, Commission on Aging, APH, MOWCTX, APR, APL, CARTS, OMM, AGE Deadline: Ongoing Metrics: Annual % increase in RFID applications. Annual % increase in Access applications. Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 9 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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) Objective 3: Prioritize senior-specific transit needs and service adjustments within mobility planning. Strategy 1: Advocate for local transit to integrate senior-accessibility criteria into major scheduled network changes and optimize existing routes to connect seniors to essential services. Partners: CapMetro, Commission on Aging, APR, Senior Transportation Providers. Deadline: Ongoing Metrics: % of essential services accessible from a transit route. Year-over-year increase in senior ridership. # 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: Lead: Austin Transit Partnership, ATPW, CapMetro, Commission on Aging. Deadline: Ongoing Metric: Amount of funding allocated towards supporting aging in place initiatives. Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 10 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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 (ADS). 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, AAACAP, MOWCTX, Alzheimer’s Association, Austin Arts, Culture, Music and Entertainment (ACME). Deadline: 2028 Metric: # of translated resources distributed by language. 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: ASC, AAACAP, AGE, Alzheimer’s Association, AACHI, ACME, AVAMPS. Deadline: 2029 Metrics: # of caregiver education opportunities in diverse communities. # of respite vouchers distributed. Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 11 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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) Objective 2: Provide culturally responsive caregiving and respite programs. (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. Strategy 3: Increase capacity of language access services in healthcare settings so caregivers do not need to translate and perform caregiving duties simultaneously. Partners: APH, AAACAP, Central Health Deadline: 2028 Metric: # of local healthcare networks with funded dedicated language access services. Objective 3: Identify and engage isolated and underserved caregivers and connect them with support services. Strategy 1: Develop an outreach and referral system in partnership with faith-based organizations, neighborhood associations, etc., to identify isolated caregivers and connect them to resources. Partners: APH, AAACAP Deadline: 2028 Metric: # of partnerships established Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 12 of 13 August 11, 2026 Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Last Updated: July 9, 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) Objective 3: Identify and engage isolated and underserved caregivers and connect them with support services. (continued) Strategy 2: Promote and distribute financial support information specifically for caregivers (ex. utility bill assistance, stipends, information on property tax exemptions). Partners: APH, AAACAP Deadline: 2027 Metric: # of resource materials distributed Strategy 3: Design and implement inclusive programming that accommodates both caregivers and their care recipients (ex. intergenerational activities) to ensure neither is isolated and both can actively participate. Partners: APR, APL, AGE Deadline: 2029 Metrics: # of programs offered annually. # of total attendees. Excerpted from: July 9, 2026 Final Draft Age Friendly Austin Action Plan: 2026-2030 Page 13 of 13 August 11, 2026