Visit our Stakeholder Engagement page for an overview of work completed to date.

• Engage Maryland communities through robust outreach efforts to create awareness of LRM, and invite community members and organizations to participate.
• Expand stakeholder advisory representation to be more inclusive of Maryland’s diversity and key sectors.
• Convene regularly with stakeholders to review progress and inform next steps.
• Engage local organizations, community leaders, and residents throughout the state to share the plan, discuss opportunities for local implementation, and create collective impact from the community.
• Continue to engage AAAs as the local leaders in age-friendly and longevity supports, and build upon alignment between LRM and the State Plan on Aging to collect information about local-level collaboration through the next AAA Area Plans.
• Collaborate directly with partners throughout implementation to help identify resources that align LRM strategies with their work.
• Convene with state agency leadership to review progress and identify challenges and opportunities for state agency integration of LRM strategies.
• Partner with philanthropy networks to drive resources that advance LRM strategies.
• Maximize aging services representation across boards, commissions, and task forces to promote integration of the plan’s strategies across existing state platforms.
• Develop strategies for serving target populations through partnerships with the Older Adults’ Equity Collaborative, the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities, the Maryland Commission on LGBTQIA+ Affairs, the Maryland Commission on Health Equity, the Governor’s Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, and others to better serve those with the greatest social and economic need. 
• Expand legislative presence and visibility by continuing to build relationships with elected officials, lobbyists, and key decision makers. Testify on key bills and legislation, providing data and using strategies that align with LRM, and partner with agencies whose policy platforms support its objectives and strategies.

• Monitor participant demographics, person-centered strategies, and deployment of proactive methods to reach target populations.
• Promote the need for cross-sector data collection and integration with the LRM Data Dashboard.
• Advocate for incorporating a longevity lens in data collection by including age-specific data collection breakdowns and other longevity-related information.
• Create consumer-focused service navigation journey maps and develop cross-agency metrics to monitor local and regional coordination among social services, Maryland’s 19 Area Agencies on Aging, behavioral health providers, developmental disabilities administrations, local health departments, and others.
• Continually evaluate Maryland’s longevity readiness, building upon our initial analysis of existing data, stakeholder engagement, and state agency initiatives to further assess opportunities and challenges in Maryland.

• In partnership with state and local organizations, execute LRM’s strategies to guide partnership development, policy creation, and programmatic adaptations.
• Define calls to action on how LRM can be used at the state and local level to:
  • Identify and promote data-driven needs and opportunities;
  • Promote existing and new learning opportunities on developing best practices and evidence-informed models to advance LRM strategies;
  • Implement sector- and objective-specific opportunities for incorporating strategies;
  • Advance opportunities for advocacy, state and federal funding, and partnership building; and
  • Identify strategies for incorporating a longevity lens in the work partners are already doing.
• Develop digital platforms for information sharing to capture the needs, opportunities, and activities of partner programs, and help garner support for key initiatives throughout Maryland communities.
• Create a stakeholder directory by service area and geographical region as relationships with stakeholders, sectors, jurisdictions, and community groups across Maryland communities develop.
• Develop a longevity toolkit to help stakeholders implement program initiatives, engage communities, and advance equity for all ages, backgrounds, and abilities.
• Leverage opportunities to direct resources and improve service delivery to those with the greatest social and economic need through identified strategies within programs such as the Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments and Households (ENOUGH) initiative.

• Monitor the efficacy of programs that advance the equitable inclusion of older adults in planning, policy, resource allocation, and service delivery.
• Define measurable outcomes and track progress using validated data sources and program implementation.
• Provide stewardship and oversight to help aging networks meet Older Americans Act program requirements through holistic program management.
• Share ongoing progress through public-facing online platforms and annual reports to the legislature.