September 1, 2003
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From 2001 to 2002, staff at North Country Aging Services in Edina, Minn., collaborated with four adult day centers to develop and test a screening and referral protocol for depression among elderly clients.
July 1, 2001
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From 1997 to 2000, staff at the Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation established a retreat program for breast cancer survivors and conducted a pilot study of the retreat's effectiveness.
August 4, 2010
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ISAIAH, a faith-based community organization of 90 congregations, mobilized community activists to promote the links between transportation and access to healthy foods and to bring light-rail stops to low-income neighborhoods in the Twin Cities.
April 19, 2013
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Better Futures Minnesota provides an integrated package of housing, employment, health care, and community support to men with a history of substance abuse, mental illness, chronic unemployment, incarceration, and homelessness.
November 21, 2011
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Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth brought school-connected mental health services to immigrants and refugees in 15 communities in eight states by developing model mental health programs.
September 1, 2000
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The Rocky Mountain Health Maintenance Organization developed and implemented a pilot service-credit-banking program in Mesa County, Colo., called the Time Bank.
July 1, 2000
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The Greater Cleveland Hospital Association developed a PC-based computer program that forecasts the demand for nurses.
November 18, 2009
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Kristin Schultz, the assistant director of a local public health department in rural Minnesota, was tired of always trying to do more with less and overwhelmed by the challenges of working in public health.
May 31, 2009
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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.
October 8, 2010
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Program Result
The Access Project, Boston, analyzed a 2007 household survey of 2,000 farmers and ranchers in seven Great Plains states to examine the cost and adequacy of their health insurance and their overall financial status.