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Help for Youth Caregivers

June 10, 2013 | Program Result Report

The Caregiving Youth Project provided in-school and out-of-school support for middle-school and high-school students in Palm Beach County, Fla., caring for elderly, ill, or disabled household members.

Partners in Caregiving: The Dementia Services Program

September 1, 2009 | Program Result Report

Partners in Caregiving: The Dementia Services Program was a 4.5-year, $2.5-million national program to build on the lessons from a prior program called the Dementia Care and Respite Services Program.

Project in Alaska City Struggles with Faith in Action Name

May 31, 2009 | Program Result Report

Sitka is a coastal island city accessible only by boat or air. A number of the 8,800 residents of this isolated community do not have family members or close friends nearby to rely on in times of need.

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.

National Adult Day Services Association Becomes Independent Organization, Expands Outreach Through New Materials, Conferences and Member Hotline

March 1, 2007 | Program Result Report

Staff of the National Adult Day Services Association worked to reorganize the association, raise its profile nationally and make it self-sustaining.

Adult Day Care Center for Alzheimer's Patients Reached Breakeven a Year Ahead of Schedule

January 25, 2007 | Program Result Report

From 1993 to 1995, Nevins Family of Services expanded its existing adult day health services by opening an Alzheimer's Adult Day Care Center in Methuen, Mass. It center also achieved financial self-sufficiency.

Interfaith Program in Arkansas Trains Volunteers, Streamlines Provision of Services

December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

The Washington Regional Medical Foundation established an interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Project to organize and train volunteers to provide services for people in a four-county area in northwest Arkansas.

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.

Rev. Micheal Elliott, MDiv, MSW

June 1, 2006 | Story

In 2000, Micheal Elliott won a Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award, one of only 10 awarded each year to grassroots health leaders around the country.

Lessons Learned: Sustainability of Partners in Caregiving - The Adult Day Services Program

May 25, 2006 | Program Result Report

The report provides information on the three phases of the program and then describes the work of the Partners in Caregiving national program office in the post-RWJF funding period as it has achieved financial self-sufficiency.

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