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Ohio Churches Replicate Volunteer Caregivers Model as Part of RWJF's Faith in Action Program

September 1, 2006 | Program Result

Northeast Columbus Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services locally to elderly people and people with disabilities.

If a Church Can Adopt a Needy Child, Why not a Recovering Addict?

May 1, 2000 | Program Result

The One Church-One Addict was established as a program that organizes and trains volunteer teams to support people in recovery from alcohol addiction and substance abuse and help them get necessary treatment.

Mobilizing the Power of Religious Organizations for Children's Health Care

September 1, 2000 | Program Result

The Children's Defense Fund enlisted support of the nation's religious community in a national campaign to ensure health care for all children.

Washington-Based Food & Friends Program Expands Outreach of Meals Delivery Through RWJF Faith in Action Initiative

January 1, 2007 | Program Result

From July 2001 until January 2004, staff of the Washington, D.C.-based Food & Friends recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to prepare and deliver food to people with HIV/AIDS, cancer, dementia and other life-challenging illnesses.

Houses of Worship Minister to Congregations' Health Care Needs

August 1, 1999 | Program Result

From 1997 to 1998, staff from St. Mary's Manassas, Alabama Redevelopment Team (SMART) helped establish a network of parish nurse programs in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Memphis, Tenn.

The Midwest Immigrant Health Project

June 27, 2011 | Program Result

The Center for New Community conducted a grassroots effort to address health and related problems of immigrants working in meatpacking and poultry-processing plants in 12 rural communities in Missouri, Iowa and Minnesota.

Faith in Action: Replication of The Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Program

National Program

Program to help support the establishment of approximately 1,100 interfaith volunteer caregiver projects for all ages with chronic health conditions.

Re/Storing Nashville: Connecting Community Groups and Policy-Makers to Reduce Food Deserts

August 23, 2011 | Video

RWJF will reverse the rise in childhood obesity by the Year 2015.

Regional Collaborative Networks Work to Sustain Faith in Action Sites

May 31, 2009 | Program Result

Regional collaborative networks of Faith in Action projects took on a variety of activities together to try and strengthen their work.

Washington, D.C. Project Organizes Elders in Community Activism

May 31, 2009 | Program Result

On a sunny day in April with cherry blossoms in full bloom, Mark Andersen walks the streets of one of the poorest, most troubled neighborhoods in Washington.

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