CAFE & LADAP
LOCAL AGING & DISABILITY ACTION PLANNING
The Center for Age Friendly Excellence (CAFE) a project of the Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation and is one of 15 California organizations to plan and develop local age- and disability-friendly action plans. The Local Aging & Disability Action Planning (LADAP) grantees will create local age- and disability-friendly action plans to improve their community’s livability and address the current, emerging, and future needs of California’s older adults, people with disabilities, and caregivers through cross-sector collaborations and transformational systems change. CAFE will be working with 4 cities: Brisbane, Daly City, East Palo Alto and Pacifica. CAFE partnered with each city to successfully guide them through the original Age-Friendly Cities initiative.
Background About California’s Master Plan for Aging
Aging is changing and it’s changing California. California’s over-6o population is projected to diversify and grow faster than any other age group. By 2030, 10.8 million Californians will be an older adult, making up one-quarter of the state’s population.
California’s Master Plan for Aging (MPA) affirms the priority of the health and well-being of older Californians and people with disabilities. It is a “blueprint” for state government, local government, the private sector, and philanthropy to prepare the state for the coming demographic changes and continue California’s leadership in aging, disability, and equity.
The Master Plan for Aging outlines five bold goals and twenty-three strategies to build a California for All Ages by 2030. It also includes a Data Dashboard on Aging to measure our progress and a Local Playbook to drive partnerships that help us meet these goals together.
This is not a plan simply for today’s older adults. Instead, it is a blueprint for aging across the lifespan. The Master Plan for Aging calls on all California communities to build a California for All Ages & Abilities: for older Californians currently living through the many different stages of the second half of life; for younger generations who can expect to live longer lives than their elders; for communities of all ages – family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and caregivers – surrounding older adults and people with disabilities. As Californians, we can create communities where people of all ages and abilities are engaged, valued, and afforded equitable opportunities to thrive as we age, how and where we choose.