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Faith in Action Projects Receive Awards for Transportation Projects

May 31, 2009 | Program Result

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.

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.

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.

Funding Revitalizes a Project that Serves the Elderly in D.C.

July 1, 2002 | Program Result

The Emmaus Services for the Aging, in Washington, revitalized its programming and adding more volunteers and services.

Faith in Action: Replication of The Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Program

National Program

Program to help support the establishment of approximately 1,100 interfaith volunteer caregiver projects for all ages with chronic health conditions.

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.

Interfaith Caregivers Group in Oregon Trains Volunteers to Help Elderly Residents

May 31, 2009 | Program Result

In rural Oregon, a Faith in Action project learned by trial and error how to meet the needs of isolated elderly and disabled residents.

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.

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