ABSTRACT
This Case Report provides a detailed overview of the CoGenerate Innovation Fellowship, a 9-month fellowship that supports leaders of intergenerational initiatives developed by the national nonprofit organization, CoGenerate. It describes the Fellowship’s recruitment and cohort development strategies, monthly meetings and community-building efforts, end-of-Fellowship celebration, and post-Fellowship support. It summarizes findings from the two-year pilot’s process and outcomes evaluation and provides recommendations to individuals and organizations seeking to support social sector innovators who are leading intergenerational initiatives.
Disclosure statement
C.H. advises CoGenerate on its research and evaluation efforts as a Senior Fellow. E.L.N. and J.O. manage the CoGenerate Innovation Fellowship.
Supplementary material
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2023.2220707
Notes
1. An archive of the Fellowship’s website in late 2022, at the time of this manuscript’s writing, can be found at https://web.archive.org/web/20220415000000*/https://cogenerate.org/innovation-fellowships/.
2. Permission was granted by these Fellows to include their names in this Case Report.