Aarp foundation gets $10 million grant from google. Org

Through the grant from Google.org, AARP Foundation aims to address some of these disparities and help 25,000 lower-income older adults — particularly women and people of color — improve

their technology skills. Through the Digital Skills Ready@50+ initiative, AARP Foundation, in collaboration with Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP, will provide programs and

services that offer training designed to build workplace skills, including how to use online job search and networking tools as well as how to use various types of office productivity

software. The funding also will support digital training in tools for starting a business, such as social media marketing, crowdfunding, mobile payment services and graphic design. GAIN

IN-DEMAND SKILLS WITH AARP SKILLS BUILDER FOR WORK. TRY A FREE COURSE TODAY. “This transformational grant will enable older adults living with low incomes to obtain the digital confidence

and skills they need to increase their long-term financial stability, especially for those who have been most affected by systemic racism and discrimination,” said AARP Foundation President

Lisa Marsh Ryerson. “Offering vulnerable older adults critical technology skills training can further close the digital divide, help build economic security and resilience, and help people

live independently as they age.”  The programs will launch in more than a dozen cities beginning in March 2022 and continue to roll out over the next two years in eight states: Arizona,

Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas. The training will be conducted through community organizations that will use sessions designed by AARP

Foundation and OATS’ Senior Planet instructors. Based on the results of these initial efforts, AARP Foundation plans to create a scalable model to expand the program nationally.