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Business

By Reve Van Croft

CT R E P O RTS

The CTA Foundation
Uses Tech to Connect

CTA Events
CES Unveiled Paris
October 22, 2019
Amsterdam, Netherlands

uring its Annual Board of Trustees Meeting, the CTA
Foundation voted to fund $700,000 in grants to 16 nonprofits.
Some were previous grantees and others were new, but all had
admirable programmatic ideas to help seniors or people with disabilities by integrating tech in their lives.

CES Unveiled
Amsterdam
October 24, 2019
Paris, France

CTA's Hall of Fame
Dinner
November 6
New York, NY

AARP hosted the first
Annual Pitch
Competition during
CES 2019.

CES Unveiled New York
November 7
New York, NY

CES Unveiled Las Vegas
January 6, 2020
Las Vegas, NV

CES® 2020
January 7-10, 2020
Las Vegas, NV

Connecting Via Voice

One of the new grantees is the AARP
Foundation, the philanthropic branch of
AARP, which hosted the first Annual
Pitch Competition during CES 2019.
AARP plans to use voice technology
within five to ten low-income senior communities in urban areas like New York
City with devices like Amazon's Alexa to
engage seniors who live alone.
While Alexa is often used to inform
users of the weather or news, the AARP
Foundation wants to develop a thirdparty app for the device's free marketplace, Alexa Skills. By having the
recipients conduct a self-assessment via
the AARP skill, Alexa will suggest
options to connect seniors with their
peers, reducing isolation and loneliness.

Real World VR Training

The Arc is another first-time grantee.
They are working with the Johns Hopkins
Applied Physics Laboratory to design a
virtual reality system to help adults with
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intellectual or developmental disabilities
(I/DD) better navigate the workplace and
the tasks they need to complete.
The project seeks to pave the way for
people with I/DD to live financially independent lives. The Arc also partners with
various companies or recruiters open to
hiring people with disabilities.

A Fresh Perspective on FinTech

According to the National Council on
Aging, "a study in the Journal of General
Internal Medicine reveals that out-ofpocket medical expenditures in the five
years prior to an individual's death total
more than $38,000, leaving one in four
seniors approaching bankruptcy." This
shows why it's crucial that seniors are
informed and in control of their
finances. Easterseals of Greater Houston
hope to use their BridgingApp program
to bring the benefits of fintech to people
dealing with different cognitive impairments like traumatic brain injury, a
stroke or Alzheimer's disease.

CONTACT:
For more information
on CTA events,
call 703-907-7600
or visit CTA.tech/events.

These are just a few grantees that the CTA
Foundation is funding. To learn more,
visit CTAFoundation.tech/grants.

Support the CTA Foundation

● Be recognized by the CTA Foundation
at CES 2020 and other events.
● Be highlighted on the CTA Foundation
website.
● Engage in discussions at CES and
other events.
● Receive opportunities to engage in
research or service projects.
● Gain access to staff subject matter
experts and in the CTA Foundation
network.
● Ensure your resources make a true difference to communities in need.
Support us at SupportCTAF.org. Follow
us on Twitter @CTAFoundation,
Facebook and LinkedIn.
I T I S I N N O VAT I O N

http://CTA.tech/events https://www.cta.tech/CTA-Foundation/Grants.aspx https://www.cta.tech/CTA-Foundation/Donate.aspx https://twitter.com/CTAFoundation

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