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The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC), in partnership with Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s (FSSA) Division of Aging and Division of Mental Health and Addiction, designed and implemented an initiative to bring evidence-based participatory arts programming to older adults across Indiana. The first part of the initiative trained artists and providers of services for older adults on a specific participatory arts platform, Lifelong Arts Indiana (LLA), designed around the adult learning principles and S.A.F.E. planning. (See appendices for full details on these.) The second portion of the initiative awarded funding to LLA-trained facilitators for the implementation of programming of their own designs within their own communities. In total, $514,600 was awarded to a total of 107 individual artists, older adult serving organizations and libraries across 44 Indiana counties. CAC managed evaluation activities that aimed to assess the success of the initiative in increasing the quality of life of older adults in Indiana through increased availability of participatory arts programming embracing the LLA model.

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