August 1, 2005
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Washington State University School of Public Health planned and implemented an intervention to link families in faith-based congregations in Spokane, Wash., to isolated single-parent families in their communities.
March 1, 2004
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Program Result
From 1998 to 2000, the Midwest Bioethics Center (now called the Center for Practical Bioethics) developed and led Compassion Sabbath, a multi-faith initiative to help clergy and religious leaders develop tools for addressing the spiritual needs of seriously ill and dying persons in Greater Kansas City.
October 1, 2004
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Program Result
Faculty in the Department of Nursing at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., trained cosmetologists and others to deliver community-based health education and screening services.
April 1, 2003
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Program Result
In 1999, the Center to Improve Care of the Dying at George Washington University brought 40 physicians and clergy members together at a conference meant to address areas of common interest concerning the interfaith and interdisciplinary importance of end-of-life care.
July 1, 2002
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Program Result
The Mental Health Association in Hamilton County, Iowa, established a Compeer program, a nationwide program matching volunteers with people with mental illness or mental disabilities.
July 1, 2002
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Program Result
Starting in March 1998, clergy in Waterbury, Conn. developed the Waterbury AIDS Outreach Ministries Program, a project to create a series of retreats and a buddy system for people with AIDS.
July 1, 2002
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Program Result
Jewish Family Services and LifeCare joined forces to help frail and low-income elderly in Salt Lake City.
July 1, 2002
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Program Result
The Prestera Center for Mental Health Services developed the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Network to provided companionship, visiting, respite care and transportation for elderly people.
April 1, 2007
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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.
May 1, 2007
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Program Result
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast trained volunteers to provide services for the frail elderly and people with chronic and terminal illnesses in Pinellas County, Fla.
