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Community Roadmap Worksheet
Milestone 1: Review EngAging Illinois and Connect with Local Leaders
After reviewing EngAging Illinois, what focus area are you most interested in?
What leaders and experts do you need to connect with to learn more?
What are your city, town, village or community’s priorities? How are they reflected in the EngAging IL strategies and actions?
What’s already in place or being planned that can be better aligned with EngAging IL?
What initiatives matter most to the people in your community? What will make a visible, meaningful difference?
Milestone 2: Explore Local Data and Experiences
What data do you need to understand the challenge you are addressing?
What data is meaningful to the groups that you will need to engage?
Are there additional data points or insights that you need from your community to proceed?
Milestone 3: Learn More About Age-Friendly Initiatives
What (if any) age-friendly work is already underway in your community?
Are there any age-friendly programs or models that you found very inspiring?
Are there any on-going age-friendly efforts in your community that you could join or recruit to your effort?
Milestone 4: Build an Action Plan
What does success look like?
Does your plan have clear goals and SMART objectives (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bounded)?
How will you evaluate efforts?
What resources (time, volunteers, funding, etc.) are required to execute on the plan? What existing community assets, resources and networks could be leveraged for your project?
Milestone 5: Get Started!
What are your first priorities?
What resources need to be gathered?
What is the first step?
Milestone 6: Evaluate Progress
What parts of your project are going well? What could be improved?
Where are you encountering barriers and what are some ways to address those?
Are there community members or groups that you are not reaching with our efforts? How can you adjust to meet people where they are?
Do you need to adjust your goals, strategies, or tactics?
Milestone 7: Keep in Touch
We want to know how it goes! Please share your progress with EngAging Illinois so we can help promote your project.
