Technology & Digital Inclusion Subcommittee
Priorities:
Goals:
Purpose:
Bring together community stakeholders, digital inclusion practitioners and policymakers in a unified voice, advocating for broadband access, devices, digital skills training, and tech support for unconnected and under-connected diverse older adults and family caregivers in Los Angeles region.
Responsibilities:
Work collaboratively to advance Digital Equity for older adults and family caregivers
Assess digital inclusion needs.
Identify and/ or develop strategies to support and promote digital inclusion.
Inform and educate community stakeholders, digital inclusion practitioners and policymakers about policy priorities that impact digital inclusion for older adults and family caregivers.
Identify and engage elected official (s) as Older Adult Digital Inclusion Champion (s).
Identify and engage policy makers and digital inclusion practitioners as partners.
Assist and support LAACHA efforts to identify, promote and /or implement tech- supported solution.
2025-2027 Priorities and Recommendations
Technology Pop Ups and Toolkit
Tech Supported Social Connectivity Strategies
Expand access to education, training, and best practices on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to support providers serving older adults
Recommendations:
Lead and work in close partnership with the Los Angeles County Aging and Disabilities Department, cross-sector partners, and local, state, and national experts to reach agreed upon goals.
Short-term: Identify best practice models and/or strategies for facilitating older adult technology and digital inclusion. Test pilot two (2) strategies to ensure the identified models are age and culturally appropriate and meet tech literacy needs of diverse older adults.
Mid-term: Form a multi-sector work group to provide input into the development of an older adult Technology and Digital Inclusion Action Plan. Seek and secure funding to support the implementation of the Technology & Digital Inclusion Action Plan.
Long-term: Establish a County - supported designated Older Adult Technology & Digital Inclusion Coordinator. Implement and Evaluate Older Adult Technology and Digital Inclusion Action Plan.
We created a Tech Pop-Up Toolkit for organizations and agencies that have an interest in providing tech inclusion to their clients. The Toolkit not only offers tech support for older adults, but it engages volunteers, can be used for social engagement, and helps to shrink the digital divide. The toolkit comes with sample flyers, best practices for volunteer recruitment, a slide deck for training your volunteers, and more.
If you are interested in ensuring that older adults and caregivers have access to technology and are part of digital inclusion spaces, Contact Us!
We meet virtually the 3rd Thursday of the month at 4pm-5pm.
We’d love to have you!
The Technology & Digital Inclusion Subcommittee includes the following LAACHA members:
