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Coalition Leadership
Bergen Family Center is the fiscal agent and sponsor of the project.
Janet Sharma, who served for 22 years as CEO of the Volunteer Center of Bergen County, is the coordinator of the Age-Friendly Englewood project. Janet was also appointed by Governor Murphy to serve on the Age-Friendly NJ Advisory Council.
Age-Friendly Englewood is a community-wide
project that is working to ensure that residents
of Englewood can age-in-place in their homes
and in the community with dignity and independ-
ence. Age-Friendly Englewood seeks to help the
community become more livable for people of
all ages, with particular attention to the rapidly
growing number of older adults. An age-friendly
community is one that is a great place to grow
up and grow old.
Age-Friendly Englewood aims to help people
throughout the community -- whether they live
in an apartment, condo, single-family home,
multi-family home or assisted-living facility --
live their lives as fully as possible, with access
to a broad range of affordable services and
amenities as they age.
Building off of the City’s Master Plan, which
was adopted in 2014, the project started in
2016with the formation of a coalition of
organizations that provide services to Engle-
wood residents, including nonprofit organiza-
tions, houses of worship, civic organizations,
the Mayor, City Council and offices of City
government.
The coalition’s first task was to assess where
Englewood is at the present time, determine
where there are needs and/or gaps in service,
and develop a plan to meet those needs over
the months and years ahead.
The most essential element of the planning
process was input from residents throughout
Englewood who are age 60 or older. This was
accomplished through surveys, administered
both online and on paper to nearly 400 older
adult residents, as well as through focus groups,
brain-storming sessions and interviews with key
stake-holders in Englewood. Interviews were
also held with directors of City governmental
offices to learn how their offices serve older
adult residents.
The results were presented at a Community
Forum at Englewood Hospital in August 2016.
(Click here to view the presentation.) Following
this presentation, the Age-Friendly Coalition
formed work groups in the areas of Housing,
Transportation, Communications, and Social
Inclusion began developing work plans to meet
the identified needs.
Information provided by the World Health Organization and AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) has helped to guide development of the Englewood project. WHO's Checklist of Age-Friendly Cities provided the framework for Age-Friendly Englewood's Plan of Work.
Click here for Age-Friendly Englewood's Five-Year-Plus Report to AARP, detailing activities from 2018-2024.
Age-Friendly Englewood is a member of Age-Friendly North Jersey, a growing alliance of advocates and change-makers dedicated to making the communities where we live, work, and play better for longer, healthier, and more equitable lives for all residents.
Age Friendly Englewood Coalition Partners
AARP
Arts for Life NJ
Arts Horizons
Bergen County Division of
Senior Services
Bergen Family Center
BergenPAC
Bergen Volunteers
Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative
Buckley's Drugs
Center for Food Action
Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic
City of Englewood
Mayor
City Council
City Manager
Community Baptist Church
of Englewood
Community Chest of Englewood
Congregation Ahavath Torah
Congregation Shomrei Emunah
Defining Moment Foundation
East Hill Synagogue
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Elks Lodge of Englewood
Encounters in Black Traditions
Chamber of Commerce of North Jersey
Englewood Dept. of Health
Englewood Health
Englewood Housing Authority
Englewood Police Department
Englewood Public Library
Englewood Rotary Club
Family Success Center
First Presbyterian Church
Flat Rock Brook Nature Association
Galilee United Methodist Church
GoGoGrandparent
Habitat for Humanity Bergen County
International Association of
Gerontology and Geriatrics
Jewish Family Service/Bergen
and North Hudson
Jewish Home Family
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
Lillian Booth Actors Fund Home
Martin Luther King Houses
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
North Jersey Villages
Northern NJ Community Foundation
Office of Concern Food Pantry
Rebuilding Together Bergen County
Saint Cecilia Parish
SeniorsTech Academy
Southeast Center for Independent
Living (SESCIL)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Urban League for Bergen County
Vantage Health System
Women's Rights Information Center
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How is the project funded?
Age-Friendly Englewood is funded by grants from the The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation. Other Bergen County communities receiving grants to develop and promote "age-friendly communities" include Fair Lawn, Garfield, Ridgewood, Teaneck and Westwood.
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