Long Running Faith in Action Project Changes with the Times
May 31, 2009 | 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.
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Cultural Relevance as Program-to-Community Alignment
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examined how three local family support programs implemented state standards for cultural sensitivity. The authors used data from a large-scale evaluation that produced an ethnographic study of each program.
Bringing Coordinated Services to Soon-to-be-Released Puerto Rican Inmates in Springfield, Mass.
March 24, 2010 | Program Result
North End Outreach Network in Springfield, Mass., expanded outreach to soon-to-be-released inmates and their families and coordinated access to social and medical services once they returned to the community.
Homeless Women's Project in Cambridge, Mass., Gets New Director, Research Report on Success in the Lives of Homeless Women
June 1, 2006 | Program Result
On the Rise created a new program director position and hired a doctoral student who wrote a 2005 research report, What it Means to be Successful: Lessons from the Lives of Homeless Women.
National Study Looks at Seniors in Assisted Living
March 30, 2004 | Program Result
From 1998 to 2002, researchers at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health led by Rosalie A. Kane, D.S.W., conducted a national research study of apartment-style assisted living for seniors.
Low-Cost Equipment to Help Elderly People with Daily Tasks is of Some Benefit
March 30, 2004 | Program Result
The University of Massachusetts at Boston's Gerontology Institute conducted a research and demonstration project to encourage the use of low-cost adaptive equipment among older adult home care clients.
Ten States Test Strategy for Evaluating Self-Management of Services by Elderly
June 22, 2004 | Program Result
The National Association of State Units on Aging designed and tested a tool and process that allow states the opportunity to evaluate the extent to which they offer consumers opportunities to make choices and direct their own health care and support services.
Family-Centered Support Workers Trained to Prevent Crises, Strengthen Families
June 1, 2003 | Program Result
The Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund began to offer training and credentials in a preventive family-centered approach to family development, known as "family support."
New Coordinated Care Model Shows Promise for Chronically Ill Children
August 1, 2003 | Program Result
Children's Hospital in Boston planned and implemented the Pediatric Alliance for Coordinated Care, a clinical service delivery model that facilitates coordinated, community-based, family-centered care for children.
Volunteers Provide a Lifeline for Isolated, Elderly People in New Hampshire
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
Starting in October 1995, The Caleb Foundation provided transportation, home visiting, and other services to isolated elderly living in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.