The WNC Health Policy Initiative has held several listening and working sessions relating to the needs and challenges facing aging adults, children in the foster care system, and affordable housing. Bridge Meadows, a multigenerational housing community in Oregon, offers an example of how to build intersectional, supportive environments to address these and other such issues.

On May 30, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services, through its Administration for Community Living, released its “Aging in the United States: A Strategic Framework for a National Plan on Aging” report, which “lays the groundwork for a coordinated effort…to create a national set of recommendations for advancing healthy aging and age-friendly communities that value and truly include older adults.”