Carmel M. Ferrer

When Harold St. John was laid off in January 2024, he was confident he’d find a new job quickly. But as weeks turned into months with no offers, he started to worry.

His wife Susan was worried, too. When she suggested he try AARP Foundation’s BACK TO WORK 50+ program, Harold signed up and dove right in. “I immersed myself in the tools and I attended every meeting every week,” he says.

Deidre Champion, 61, is rebooting her life. Years of joblessness, caused by a layoff and the coronavirus pandemic, forced her to live with family and friends — just the latest in a series of setbacks Deidre has experienced. Then she found AARP Foundation’s Digital Skills Ready@50+™ initiative.

“I’ve got more to do than just sit around.” That’s what Joyce Lindberg told herself after debilitating knee pain forced her to leave her job and apply for disability benefits. But with help from AARP Foundation SCSEP, Joyce Lindberg found her life’s purpose.

Strength and unity. Those words characterized AARP Foundation in 2022.

Marielena Bencomo found empowerment — and a great new job — through AARP Foundation's BACK TO WORK 50+.

When Loretta Boyd thinks about how much her life has improved, more than a decade after she left the workforce to take care of her mother, she gives AARP Foundation SCSEP a lot of the credit.

Alethia Brown, 57, is an author, film producer, screenwriter, project manager, business analyst, motivational speaker, and podcaster. She’s also unstoppable.

Andrew Ziccardi had a great idea to help seniors with hand-strength issues. Work for Yourself@50+ put him on the road to success.

When COVID-19 put her job in limbo, Cynthia Fernandez turned to BACK TO WORK 50+ for help.

These two Tax-Aide volunteers lift up their communities through their love of numbers.

Retired clinical social worker Sharon Justis honors her grandmother by helping children improve their reading skills as an Experience Corps volunteer.

Dave Martz is a numbers guy. It’s a skill set he uses to full effect as a volunteer district coordinator for AARP Foundation Tax-Aide.

With volunteer John Bolton’s help, residents of this New England town can breathe a sigh of relief.

Janelle Riedl and her dedicated team of volunteers help taxpayers file nearly 5,000 tax returns a year.

Given that loneliness and isolation have been associated with a range of adverse physiological and health outcomes, as shown in AARP Foundation’s new study, A Profile of Social Connectedness in Older Adults, it’s not a stretch to say that caring for a loved one can lead to diminished health.

Kaleb Winston loved to draw. A sketchpad never far from reach, he drew constantly, hoping one day to be an architect like his grandfather.

That was before the gang sweep.

The olive branch is universally recognized as a token of peace. In Mississippi’s DeSoto County however, Olive Branch’s high school embodies zero tolerance at its worst.

Like nearly half of children with autism spectrum disorder, Krystin Polk regularly attempts to wander from safe places such as home or school. After she ran away from school twice in one day, a school resource officer was sent to help locate her. Before the day was over, Krystin was in handcuffs.

Has America’s criminal justice system inadvertently become a storehouse for people with behavioral health problems?

As the first African American president of the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO, Jos Williams views labor as part of a broader social and economic justice movement for racial equality.

An NLI grant helps Nevada advance access, diversity in oral health care.

Text messaging has been blamed for all manner of calamity, from car crashes to sex scandals. But what if its powers could be used for good—say, to treat depression? Researcher Dr. Adrian Aguilera thinks it can.