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Call for Social Engagement Innovations

January 6, 2026

Submissions due Friday, January 30, 2026
Submit your innovation

ACL’s Commit to Connect initiative,in collaboration with engAGED: The National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults, is launching a Call for Innovationsto identify model interventions, programs, and services addressing social isolation and loneliness.

All submissions will be considered for inclusion in the Social Engagement Innovations Hub— a searchable clearinghouse of best practices and data-driven interventions, programs, and services promoting social connections across populations. Contributing to this hub will encourage adoption, replication, and awareness of programs to address social isolation and loneliness.

The current Call for Innovations is open through January 30. Before submitting your social connection examples, please read through the eligibility criteriaand submission questions.  

Questions? Contact Commit to Connect at info@committoconnect.org.


Last modified on 01/06/2026


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