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Survey Assesses Strengths and Weakness of Service Agencies for the Elderly

March 1, 2003 | Program Result

In 2000, the National Council on the Aging conducted a survey among community service organizations concerning their health and social support programs for older adults.

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.

Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living

National Program

Program to provide grant support, technical assistance, and loan funds to states to create affordable models of assisted living targeted to low-income seniors and linked with existing community health care systems.

Faith in Action

May 31, 2009 | 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.

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.

Minnesota Faith in Action Project's Long Hours and Struggles Pay Off - For Now

May 31, 2009 | 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.

Interfaith Caregivers Group in Oregon Trains Volunteers to Help Elderly Residents

May 31, 2009 | 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.

Friendly Visitor Project Reaches Home-Bound Elderly in Nebraska Farming Community

May 31, 2009 | Program Result

A Faith in Action project in Nebraska negotiated the tricky terrain of providing needed help to fiercely independent elders.

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.

Ohio Circle of Friends Volunteers Reach Out to Rural Areas

May 31, 2009 | Program Result

When the Red Cross stopped providing rides to distant health appointments, a Faith in Action project in rural Ohio stepped in.

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