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Just in Time: Program Gives Emergency Help for People with Disabilities in Alameda County, Calif.

June 22, 2004 | Program Result Report

The County of Alameda Social Services Agency developed a "rapid response" program to provide emergency and short-notice personal assistance services to people who are disabled.

Which Early Intervention Services Help Young Kids with Disabilities the Most?

June 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

Rutgers University completed and partially disseminated the results of the Early Intervention Systems Study, a longitudinal study of early intervention for young children with developmental disabilities and chronic medical conditions.

Three-State Study Reveals Unexpected Barriers to Work for the Disabled

August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The Oregon Health Policy Institute conducted an evaluation of five demonstration projects designed to implement and evaluate state efforts to remove barriers to employment for disabled people by increasing access to health care.

Partnership Streamlines Care for Families with Disabled Children in Rural Missouri

August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

From 1998 to 2002, staff at University of Missouri's School of Medicine developed and implemented the Missouri Partnership for Enhanced Delivery of Services (MO-PEDS).

Interfaith Volunteers Provide Caregiving to the Elderly in Huntington, W.Va.

July 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

The Prestera Center for Mental Health Services developed the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Network to provided companionship, visiting, respite care and transportation for elderly people.

Independent Choices: Enhancing Consumer Direction for People with Disabilities

National Program

Program to foster the development of consumer-directed home and community-based services for people of all ages with chronic disabilities.

Network Coordinates Housing and Medical Services for Disabled and Chronically Ill Adults

June 30, 2006 | Program Result Report

The Corporation for Supportive Housing in Oakland, Calif., developed the Health, Housing and Integrated Services Network, which brought together more than 30 public and private nonprofit agencies.

Study Finds Canes, Crutches and Wheelchairs Greatly Reduce Need for Human Help

September 1, 2006 | Program Result Report

Researchers at Brown University studied how well personal assistance and technological assistance (canes, crutches, walkers and wheelchairs) work for adults with chronic conditions who need help with everyday activities.

Consumer Choice in Long-Term Care

January 1, 2002 | Book

An examination of the Foundation's consumer choice programs and preliminary lessons learned from each.

Family Friends Program in Philadelphia Provides Helpful Surrogate Grandparents

July 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

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.

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