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.
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Washington, D.C. Project Organizes Elders in Community Activism
May 31, 2009 | Program Result
On a sunny day in April with cherry blossoms in full bloom, Mark Andersen walks the streets of one of the poorest, most troubled neighborhoods in Washington.
Houston Coalition Launches Volunteer Caregivers Initiative as Part of RWJF's Faith in Action Program
August 1, 2006 | Program Result
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.
Ohio Churches Replicate Volunteer Caregivers Model as Part of RWJF's Faith in Action Program
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
Northeast Columbus Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services locally to elderly people and people with disabilities.
Interfaith Program in Arkansas Trains Volunteers, Streamlines Provision of Services
December 1, 2006 | Program Result
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.
Washington-Based Food & Friends Program Expands Outreach of Meals Delivery Through RWJF Faith in Action Initiative
January 1, 2007 | Program Result
From July 2001 until January 2004, staff of the Washington, D.C.-based Food & Friends recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to prepare and deliver food to people with HIV/AIDS, cancer, dementia and other life-challenging illnesses.
Oregon Hospital Helps Establish Faith in Action Volunteer Caregivers Program
April 1, 2007 | Program Result
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.
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.