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People age 50 and older represent the fastest-growing group experiencing homelessness in the United States, according to federal data. As baby boomers and members of Generation X age, that number is expected to rise. A common cause? Rent prices.

Congratulations to Logan Davis, HEC outreach & engagement manager, who was recently awarded the 2025 Perspectives Award by the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA).

In a recent press release by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA), the Age-Friendly Innovation Center’s (AFIC) Shallow Subsidy Pilot Program (SSPP) is spotlighted for its impact in providing targeted shallow subsidies for aging communities. Lead by AFIC and Principal Investigator Katie Calhoun, the research initiative was launched in July 2024 in an effort to promote housing security for low-income adult renters around Ohio.

This year’s Community Partnership Breakfast brought together students, faculty and staff to meet with community partners to reflect on the university’s many community-based collaborations. In addition to celebrating these programs’ successes, this event also held discussions about how these partnerships can continue to make a positive impact in years to come.

Since opening at The Ohio State University in 2015, the Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Drug Misuse Prevention and Recovery (HECAOD) has been developing college campus professionals who support alcohol and drug misuse prevention.

Congratulations to the Age-Friendly Innovation Center (AFIC) and the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA) for receiving a partnership award from the Ohio Association of Area Agencies on Aging.

A new program from the Center for Psychedelic Drug Research and Education (CPDRE) in The Ohio State University College of Social Work is helping prepare health care workers and first responders with tools to treat people suffering adverse reactions to psychedelic drugs.

LiFEsports is one of over 18 partners dedicated to the Million Coaches Challenge (MCC), an initiative that seeks to transform youth sport by training coaches nationwide in evidence-based positive youth development practices.

Central Ohio has seen a stark increase in the frequency of severe weather events, including extreme heat, flooding, and tornados.

Congratulations to staff member Javier Negrete Jr for his recent appointment to the Institute for Educational Leadership Education’s (IEL) Education Policy Fellowship Program (EPFP)TM Community Schools Cohort.