May 31, 2009
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Program Result
Providing rides to a doctor's office, the grocery store and other essential places became one of the central activities of many Faith in Action projects.
September 1, 2006
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Program Result
Northeast Columbus Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services locally to elderly people and people with disabilities.
July 1, 2002
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Program Result
Starting in 1996, this project supported the expansion of the Family Friends program, which matched older volunteers with children who have severe disabilities or chronic illness and with their families.
July 1, 2002
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Program Result
The Emmaus Services for the Aging, in Washington, revitalized its programming and adding more volunteers and services.
National Program
Program to help support the establishment of approximately 1,100 interfaith volunteer caregiver projects for all ages with chronic health conditions.
May 31, 2009
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Program Result
From 1983 to 2008, RWJF funded more than 1,700 projects across the country to support interfaith volunteer caregiving through three national programs.
May 31, 2009
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Program Result
One of the first Faith in Action projects, located in Boston, has survived, struggled and sometimes thrived since its initial funding in 1983.
May 31, 2009
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Program Result
Pam Determan, the executive director of VINE Faith in Action in Mankato, Minn., had all the right qualifications to lead the project - and it was still a struggle to establish and build the organization.
May 31, 2009
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Program Result
In rural Oregon, a Faith in Action project learned by trial and error how to meet the needs of isolated elderly and disabled residents.
May 31, 2009
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Program Result
A Faith in Action project in Nebraska negotiated the tricky terrain of providing needed help to fiercely independent elders.