Family Support Services Program
December 11, 2007 | Program Result
Family support programs emphasize strengthening individual and family functioning by empowering families to manage life's events effectively.
Social Support Services
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Cash & Counseling
National Program
Cash & Counseling is a voluntary and market-based and solution that helps our elderly population plan and budget the services they want and require.
Service Credit Banking in Managed Care
October 25, 2007 | Program Result
Service credit banking programs seek to help elderly people remain healthy, independent, and in their homes by enlisting volunteer caregivers to provide supportive services.
Strength in Numbers: King County Service Organizations Pool Their Money and Resources
June 1, 2000 | Program Result
Starting in May 1996, the King County Blended Funding Project was a cooperative effort to create a system of care to meet the needs of the most difficult-to-serve and high-cost children, youth, and their families in King County.
Spokane, Wash.
August 1, 2005 | Program Result
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.
Regional Workshops Supported Washington Coming Home Assisted-Living Projects - Lead to Development of Model Project
August 13, 2004 | Program Result
Starting in 2001, staff at Washington's Coming Home project provided free workshops in six regions of the state for agencies that finance assisted living, developers and housing sponsors.
Service Credit Banking
January 1, 2002 | Book
Susan Dentzer explores whether service credit banking--as demonstrated in the projects funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation--was a good idea that was badly timed or implemented, or whether it was simply a flawed idea.
Colorado HMO Launches Time Bank to Provide Health-Related Volunteer Services
September 1, 2000 | Program Result
The Rocky Mountain Health Maintenance Organization developed and implemented a pilot service-credit-banking program in Mesa County, Colo., called the Time Bank.
Extended Hours and Weekend Programs A Big Hit at New Day Center
September 1, 2000 | Program Result
Seattle Day Center for Adults opened its third day center for chronically disabled adults. In the two years following its opening, staff expanded the center's hours and services to include weekend, evening and drop-in care.
Service Banking Credit Program in Seattle Attracts Too Few Volunteers
September 1, 2000 | Program Result
Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound created SerVE, a service credit banking program aimed at attracting individuals who might not typically volunteer but who saw a tangible benefit in the opportunity to build credits.