AARP is awarding 12 grants in a total of $139,000 to improve communities in Hawaiʻi, including $15,000 for a digital literacy project in Hilo as part of its AARP Livable Communities 2026 Community Challenge grant program. AARP Community Challenge since 2017 awarded more than $553,000 in grants to about 40 nonprofit organizations and local government entities throughout Hawai‘i. $2,500 to Maui Emergency Management Agency to support community workshops to teach emergency preparedness in neighborhoods across Maui County. to support community workshops to teach emergency preparedness in neighborhoods across Maui County. “There are a lot of things that localities can do to support residents of all ages.