Adriana Jurado is a second-year Master’s of Social Work student at the University of Pittsburgh. She is working on Fulbright and Mitchell applications for post-master’s funding to engage in Human Rights practice abroad. She is passionate about uplifting her communities and being an ally and accomplice to all marginalized communities. At Generations United, she has been analyzing demographic survey data to highlight diversity and inform strategies for future diversity initiatives. She has worked on editing and updating factsheets. She shared that her time at GU was certainly meaningful and will help inform her career trajectory in the non-profit field.

Jieyi Jin is a master of regional planning student from Cornell University. She will graduate this month. Her areas of interest are child-friendly design, planning for all ages, equity, and intergenerational issues. She will continue to work in the intergenerational field either in China or the United States in the future. This Summer she has been working with us to research intergenerational housing and planning efforts. Her main focus now is collecting and updating an intergenerational housing list.

The Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network: A National Technical Assistance Center (Network) is seeking to identify and designate exemplary kinship/grandfamilies policies, practices, and programs to elevate good work and share exemplary strategies with others. The Network encourages applications from government agencies in states, tribes, and territories, as well as private kinship navigator programs and other community-based organizations that serve grandfamilies and kinship families. Apply today! Learn more.

The Network is supported by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $9,950,000 with 95 percentage funded by ACL/HHS and $523,684 and 5 percentage funded by non-government sources. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by ACL/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Power of Youth Challenge: Serve This Summer Grants are available to young people who are currently residing in the United States and between the ages of 13 and 19 years old. The grants support service projects that are youth-led and respond to an identified need in your community. Projects should not be overtly political in nature and/or relate to a specific political party. Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. Learn more.

The Community Heart & Soul Seed Grant Program provides $10,000 in startup funding for resident-driven groups in small cities and towns across the United States to implement the Community Heart & Soul model. Grant funding requires a $10,000 cash match from the participating municipality or partner organization. Applying organizations must be from communities with populations of 2,500 to 30,000. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until all grants have been awarded. Learn more.

The Department of Education posted the application for $68 million in grants to support students through Full-Service Community Schools today. Applications are due Sept. 12, 2022. Learn more.

If you have—or know of—any intergenerational funding opportunities, please send them to gu@gu.org.

We want Generations This Week to be a resource for you. Please send us any national news on intergenerational issues in addition to upcoming conferences, funding opportunities, research, reports, and webinars. You can connect with other intergenerational enthusiasts through our Facebook group. Please also let us know how we can improve! Email us at gu@gu.org. We'd love to hear from you!