Mission: To improve the experience of aging for all DC community members by making improvements to the built environment, changing attitudes about age and other characteristics, and improving lifelong health and security. 

Vision: A city in which all community members have optimal health, longevity, and quality of life as they age.

Goals:

• Improve the safety, affordability, enjoyment, and access to the places in which DC community members of all ages live, work, and play.
• Enhance the quality of life of DC community members by celebrating diversity, promoting inclusion, and achieving equity for people of all ages, abilities, sexual orientations, races, and ethnicities.
• Improve the health, well-being, and safety of all DC community members by adjusting policies and programs resulting in service delivery that leads to quality prevention, healthcare, and learning opportunities.

About Age-Friendly DC

• Age-Friendly DC is an initiative of the DC Government to coordinate observations of residents with equitable actions by DC agencies and community organizations to make the District an easier place in which to live, work and play, as we all grow older. The District of Columbia was recognized as a top city in the world for Age-Friendly policy directions by the World Health Organization (WHO) and AARP.
• As an interagency initiative housed in the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, Age-Friendly DC collaborates with 26 agencies across the government. This ensures that lifelong aging is a consideration in all citywide plans, and actions.