{"id":647776,"date":"2023-07-21T21:52:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T01:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/?p=647776"},"modified":"2023-09-07T17:30:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T21:30:18","slug":"aarp-awards-highly-competitive-2023-community-challenge-grant-to-northern-new-jersey-community-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/647776\/","title":{"rendered":"AARP Awards Highly Competitive 2023 Community Challenge Grant to Northern New Jersey Community Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The grant supports the foundation’s initiatives to mitigate flooding in the City of Hackensack.<\/em><\/p>\n

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During Hurricane Ida, flooding occurred in the City of Hackensack. Photo Credit: Hackensack Fire Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hackensack (New Jersey): The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces the organization received a Flagship Grant through the 2023 AARP Community Challenge, one of eight grantees selected in New Jersey.\u00a0 The NNJCF, a nonprofit organization based in Hackensack, New Jersey, joined 310 organizations awarded a grant out of 3,600 applications received nationwide in the largest group of grantees awarded to date with $3.6 million funded.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With the grant award, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation plans to promote effective solutions to mitigate flooding and flood damage in the City of Hackensack.\u00a0 The Foundation’s project encourages widespread use of rain barrels, as one solution to manage stormwater in vulnerable communities.\u00a0 By using an informational approach with artistic, fun elements, the environmental initiative seeks to help Hackensack residents become educated on green infrastructure and easy implementations for addressing the effects of climate change.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The project helps to support the Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice and Flood Mitigation initiative, a long-term program aiming to address flooding issues in Hackensack.\u00a0 This program will focus on helping areas in Hackensack that are most prone to flooding during big rainfalls.\u00a0 These areas have greater concentrations of Black, Latino and low- and moderate-income residents.\u00a0 The program will also help build an alliance of community residents from these areas, who can be stronger advocates for strategies that will help protect their neighborhoods from future flooding.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation is committed to helping enhance living conditions for as many people as possible in North Jersey.\u00a0 “We are thrilled the AARP Flagship Community Challenge grant allows us to help the City of Hackensack,” said Leonardo Vazquez, Executive Director of the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation.\u00a0 “This project continues our investment over the past several years in the city to become greener, more beautiful and more enjoyable.”<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation plans to hold a kick-off event with Greater Bergen Community Action on September 23 in Hackensack to introduce the project to the public.\u00a0 More details about the event will be announced in the near future.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Support for this project is also provided by The Funders Network, Dimension Renewable Energy, Valley Bank, and The Rotary Club of Hackensack.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Previously, the NNJCF received a 2021 AARP Community Challenge grant to implement the ‘Women’s Mural Project: Celebrating Black Suffragists and Achievements of Black Women in Englewood.\u00a0 This grant supported the creation and painting of a mural by a professional artist on the Women’s Rights Information Center’s East-facing wall of the building using content input provided from Black residents and the Englewood community-at-large.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rain barrels will be painted and used to mitigate the effects of flooding in Hackensack<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2023 AARP Grantees<\/u>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This year, the AARP Community Challenge accepted applications encompassing three grant opportunities. These include existing flagship grants and new capacity-building microgrants to improve walkability and community grants. A third opportunity provides new demonstration grants to improve transportation systems, with funding support provided by Toyota Motor North America, and housing choice design competitions.\u00a0 AARP also bolstered its investment in communities, mobility innovation, transportation options, and health and food access.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Community Challenge grant program comprises part of AARP’s nationwide Livable Communities initiative.\u00a0 This initiative supports the efforts of cities, towns, neighborhoods and rural areas to become great places to live for people of all ages.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AARP Community Challenge grant projects provide funding in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.\u00a0 True to the program\u2019s quick-action nature, projects must be completed by November 30, 2023.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Other New Jersey grantees include the Borough of Glen Rock, Montclair Gateway to Aging in Place, Borough of Morris Plains, The Trust for Public Land and Unstoppable Girls Foundation in Newark, Caregiver Volunteers of Central Jersey in Toms River and The FAF in Woodbury.\u00a0 View the full list of grantees at\u00a0<\/span>www.aarp.org\/communitychallenge<\/a>.<\/span>

About Northern New Jersey Community Foundation<\/u><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Founded in 1998, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 organization based in Hackensack, New Jersey, works with local governments, school districts, businesses, non-profit organizations, and citizen groups to improve community life.\u00a0 Through collaborative partnerships, regional problems are identified and resolved.\u00a0 Opportunities are discovered and explored by talking and learning from each other and sharing ideas, best practices, services and resources.\u00a0 The Foundation’s primary areas of work are the environment, arts and culture, public health, education, civic engagement and philanthropy.\u00a0 For more information, visit\u00a0www.nnjcf.org<\/a>, send an email to\u00a0nnjcf@nnjcf.org<\/a>, or call 201-568-5608.<\/p>\n

About ArtsBergen<\/u>
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation\u2019s ArtsBergen initiative, a regional arts alliance, works with various stakeholders.\u00a0 These stakeholders encompass artists, arts organizations, businesses and municipal leaders, who use the arts to shape the social, physical, cultural, and economic identity of communities.\u00a0 Creative placemaking, a community-led, arts-driven approach, is used to increase vibrancy, spur economic development, and build capacity among residents to take ownership of their communities.<\/span>

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ArtsBergen is the only initiative in Bergen County, New Jersey offering a range of services in creative placemaking.\u00a0 The initiative has partnered with multiple municipalities facilitating creative teams, developing public art and creative placemaking plans, and directing and managing public art projects to preserve and express community culture.\u00a0 For more information about the ArtsBergen initiative, visit\u00a0<\/span>www.nnjcf.org\/artsbergen\/<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The grant supports the foundation’s initiatives to mitigate flooding in the City of Hackensack. Hackensack (New Jersey): The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces the organization received a Flagship Grant through the 2023 AARP Community Challenge, one of eight grantees selected in New Jersey.\u00a0 The NNJCF, a nonprofit organization based in Hackensack, New Jersey, joined 310 organizations awarded a grant out of 3,600 applications received nationwide in the largest group of grantees awarded to date with $3.6 million funded.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With the grant award, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":647778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-647776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647776"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647782,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647776\/revisions\/647782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}