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Family Friends Program in Philadelphia Provides Helpful Surrogate Grandparents

July 1, 2002 | Program Result

Starting in 1996, this project supported the expansion of the Family Friends program, which matched older volunteers with children who have severe disabilities or chronic illness and with their families.

Panel Recommends Financial Incentives to Help Disabled Workers Return to Work

July 1, 2000 | Program Result

The National Academy of Social Insurance, Washington, made recommendations to improve the nation's Social Security disability benefit programs in a 1993-1996 project.

Forums Educate Funders about Disability Policy Issues

September 1, 2000 | Program Result

Starting in May 1995, the Council on Foundations, Washington, and the Dole Foundation, Washington, carried out two series of forums on grantmaking and disability policy and produced related publications.

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.

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.

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.

Project in Alaska City Struggles with Faith in Action Name

May 31, 2009 | Program Result

Sitka is a coastal island city accessible only by boat or air. A number of the 8,800 residents of this isolated community do not have family members or close friends nearby to rely on in times of need.

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.

Long-Term-Care Housing and Supportive Services

December 1, 2006 | Program Result

Thomas's RWJF audience included program officer David C. Colby, Ph.D., a member of what was then the foundation's Supportive Services Team. The team's portfolio included long-term care, and Colby was on the lookout for promising new approaches that ...

Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care

December 1, 2006 | Program Result

Thomas's RWJF audience included program officer David C. Colby, Ph.D., a member of what was then the foundation's Supportive Services Team. The team's portfolio included long-term care, and Colby was on the lookout for promising new approaches that ...

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