An All-Faiths Effort Helps Russian Immigrants, Other Elderly in Salt Lake City
July 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
Jewish Family Services and LifeCare joined forces to help frail and low-income elderly in Salt Lake City.
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Interfaith Volunteers Provide Caregiving to the Elderly in Huntington, W.Va.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The Prestera Center for Mental Health Services developed the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Network to provided companionship, visiting, respite care and transportation for elderly people.
Frail Elders Get Up and Get Moving at Home...Others Participate in Group Exercise Programs
June 25, 2008 | Program Result Report
The national program office of Faith in Action implemented a home-based exercise program designed to improve strength, function and balance in frail older adults at 10 Faith in Action sites.
Pastoral Care Education Program Helps Clergy Provide Mental Health Interventions
January 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
To remove barriers to receipt of mental health services in low-income Hispanic communities in New York City, this project trained Hispanic clergy and lay ministers to provide short-term counseling and referrals for longer-term mental health care.
Hospice in Largo, Fla., Adds Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Program
May 31, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast trained volunteers to provide services for the frail elderly and people with chronic and terminal illnesses in Pinellas County, Fla.
Houston Coalition Launches Volunteer Caregivers Initiative as Part of RWJF's Faith in Action Program
August 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
The Faith in Action Project of Houston recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services to elderly people living in Houston's Independence Heights neighborhood.
Oregon Hospital Helps Establish Faith in Action Volunteer Caregivers Program
April 17, 2007 | Program Result Report
From 2001 to 2004, staff at Sherwood Faith in Action in Sherwood, Ore., recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services locally to both disabled and frail elderly people.
A Faith-Led Effort to Combat Childhood Obesity in Oregon
September 9, 2011 | Program Result Report
Staff at Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon built and engaged two coalitions of faith communities - in Portland and Corvallis - government agencies, advocacy groups and others to improve the health of congregations and their communities.
GET A LIFE! Combats Childhood Obesity in the Mississippi Delta
August 25, 2011 | Program Result Report
Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi created and implemented Get a Life!, an initiative to combat childhood obesity by improving access to nutritious food and increasing opportunities for safe physical activities for children in the region.
A New Light Rail Line with Stops in Low-Income Neighborhoods
August 4, 2010 | Program Result Report
ISAIAH, a faith-based community organization of 90 congregations, mobilized community activists to promote the links between transportation and access to healthy foods and to bring light-rail stops to low-income neighborhoods in the Twin Cities.