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AFIC and COAAA Named Recipients of Prestigious Aging Innovations Award from USAging
USAging recognized the Age-Friendly Innovation Center and Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, awarding third place to their Shallow Subsidy Program. Launched in July 2024, the initiative promotes housing security for low-income older adult renters, offering evidence-based, promising solutions to inform policy and combat rising housing insecurity both in Ohio and nationally.
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The Marysville Mary-Go-Round Paves the Way for Accessible Transportation
As part of the Age-Friendly Innovation Center’s (AFIC) efforts to make transportation more accessible for aging communities, the “Marysville Mary-Go-Round” is a free bus program that runs twice per week picking up older adults from their housing complexes and shuttling them around Marysville.
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Randomized Study Shows Coach Beyond Improves Student-Athlete Experiences
LiFEsports recently released preliminary findings from a randomized study examining the impact of Coach Beyond trainings and the Life & Leadership Through Sport student-athlete curriculum. Conducted in Fall 2025, the study is among the most rigorous evaluations of Coach Beyond to date and offers early evidence that investing in coach education can positively influence student-athlete […]
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Now Available: Million Coaches Challenge Implementation Study Report
This spring, the American Institutes for Research released Winning Beyond the Game: The Million Coaches Challenge Implementation Study, an independent, multiyear evaluation examining the impact of the Million Coaches Challenge (MCC)
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May Spotlight: Age-Friendly Innovation Center
May is Older Americans Month, and the College of Social Work would like to take this time to recognize one of its academic centers whose mission is to innovate with older adults through research, education and engagement to make central Ohio communities age friendly.
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Age-Friendly Receives 2026 Funding from The Columbus Foundation
Congratulations to the Age-Friendly Innovation Center for its recent grant from The Columbus Foundation and supporting foundation, the Isabelle Ridgway Foundation. The new funding will go toward the center’s 2026 Central Ohio Regional Assessment on Aging, which is conducted in collaboration with the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging and the Franklin County Office on Aging.
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Age Friendly and COAAA’s Shallow Subsidy Pilot Program Addresses Homelessness Among Aging Ohioans
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.
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Davis awarded AFA Perspectives Award
Congratulations to Logan Davis, HEC outreach & engagement manager, who was recently awarded the 2025 Perspectives Award by the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA).
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Shallow Subsidy Pilot Program Meets Housing Insecurity Head-On
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.
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Age-Friendly Innovation Center Recognized at Community Partnership Breakfast
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.
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