Intergenerational Program Database

A Little Help is a Colorado nonprofit that connects neighbors of all ages to empower older adults to thrive in their homes and communities. Using the evidence-based national Village Movement model, A Little Help mobilizes community volunteers provide non-medical services to neighbors while forging meaningful connections. Older adults receive help with a variety of services, including transportation, housework, and friendly visits, and are invited to engage in regularly scheduled local and intergenerational events and programming. Intergenerational connection is at the heart of each service and event provided by A Little Help, and we also create intentional intergenerational programming. Programs like Teen Team, which pairs middle/high school students with older mentors, highlight the reciprocity of intergenerational relationships. Both older and younger neighbors are providing value and support to one another, with students helping around the home and yard and older members sharing stories and providing mentorship, and both feel that they are the volunteer. A Little Help strives to break down the siloes that segment our society and strengthen community for people of all ages. Reciprocity exemplified when our older neighbors provide presence, rootedness, mentorship, and wisdom to younger members of A Little Help. Intergenerational interdependence creates a beautiful community.

Mundi Project, a community music nonprofit organization based in Salt Lake City, provides intergenerational music programming for the clients of Neighborhood House. Neighborhood House, founded in 1894, provides affordable quality daycare and support services for youth and adults of low-income families. The purpose of our intergenerational music program is to encourage youth and seniors to make music together while fostering meaningful connections and social empathy. By partnering with Neighborhood House, Mundi Project provides kidfriends and grandfriends the experience of learning music together! Keyword: Music

The Heart of Los Angeles Intergenerational Orchestra (HOLA IO) unities multigenerational musicians from multicultural backgrounds to share the joy of music making and progressing toward a common goal of artistic excellence across a diverse musical repertoire.

Through our SESSIONS Life Enrichment Program, Cadence Living® supports the totality of life with engaging activities designed to keep your loved one happy and healthy. With arts and crafts classes, music classes, lecture series and intergenerational exchanges with the local schools and youth programs, including our Intergenerational Garden Club where children and elders plant, tend and harvest together, we activate every part of the mind and body. Keyword: Shared Site

Innovative programming aimed at fostering the critical factors a young person needs to thrive, achieve and develop into caring, competent adults. Support and Resource Services including peer support groups, crisis assistance and linkage services that address immediate needs in the home and child’s life, foster resiliency and strengthen these non-traditional families. Trainings, community outreach and online/offline resources for grandparents and other adult caregivers. Advocacy at the grassroots and government levels for the rights and concerns of adult caregivers and the youth for which they are responsible.

State-licensed programs for children ages 12 months to age 5. Summer program for children ages 5-8. Children thrive in our self-directed learning curriculum and our unique intergenerational programming. We offer care Monday through Friday and encourage parental involvement. Keyword: Shared Site

Our intergenerational child care philosophy is learning through play and exploration. We offer a unique program that brings multiple generations together in a stimulating environment. As children and older adults share memories, play games and create together an unmistakable bond forms that transcends generations. For children who do not live near their own grandparents, these connections can be especially poignant and meaningful. They’ll understand more about life and discover many similarities between themselves and their “Grand-friends”. This understanding and love will lay a foundation for celebrating diversity, a skill that they will use throughout their lives. Our program has been designed to give daily opportunities to interact and build friendships through our staff-supervised activities such as; read-a-long time, gardening, bingo, lifelong learning music program, walks around our senior campus, inclusion in the weekly programs for entertainment and special meals together. Keyword: Shared Site

Everlasting Knowledge Academy (EKA) is a newly founded nonprofit organization passionate about service. We are an intergenerational, faith-based learning center positively impacting the future by creating mutual understanding and appreciation of all generations. Our pursuit is to serve all ages, like a community center, teaching The Word as well as life skills and enrichment education. We have witnessed the adverse effects of the majority of young people not being taught and our elders not being treasured. We believe our multi-faceted approach will combat these issues while providing fun and affordable learning opportunities. Keyword: Shared Site

Music students from the Music Institute of Chicago give back through their local community by using music as a tool for connection. Students in this program connect with isolated older adults and other at-risk populations including the homeless and individuals with disabilities. Service programs include Musical Pen Pals, a 1-on-1 social and musical connection program conducted both in person and virtually, group performances at older adult living centers, and student music performances as part of Meals on Wheels food delivery.

ARECMA focuses on community self-management, cooperation and solidarity, and individual and collective social responsibility across generations. It serves the residents of the Mariana neighborhood in Humacao, Puerto Rico, by providing services and facilities that bring residents of all ages together. In particular, ARECMA promotes education and economic development through a summer camp, health and job fairs, recreational activities, and community events including the annual Breadfruit Festival. In 2020, The Eisner Foundation awarded ARECMA the Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence. Keyword: Shared Site Keyword: Program of Distinction