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A Clubhouse Opens Doors and Opportunities for the Mentally Ill in Webster City, Iowa

July 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

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.

Additional Funding to Coordinate Services for Elderly in Cincinnati Doesn't Improve Health Care

August 1, 2003 | Program Result Report

The Council on Aging of the Cincinnati Area developed a project to enhance care for the frail elderly by linking acute and long-term care services and improving communication and coordination among providers.

Administration, Private Foundations Announce $35 Million Initiative To Stabilize Highest-Risk Families

June 5, 2012 | News Release

New program pairs supportive housing and social services to strengthen fragile families and avert foster care placements.

Administration, Private Foundations Announce $35 Million Initiative to Stabilize Highest Risk Families

June 4, 2012 | Story

Recommended Reading Keeping Families Together: A Pilot Program and Its Evaluation Keeping Families Together The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Yo ...

Adult Day Care Center for Alzheimer's Patients Reached Breakeven a Year Ahead of Schedule

January 25, 2007 | Program Result Report

From 1993 to 1995, Nevins Family of Services expanded its existing adult day health services by opening an Alzheimer's Adult Day Care Center in Methuen, Mass. It center also achieved financial self-sufficiency.

Adult Day Care Center in Maine Becomes Financially Self-Sufficient

September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

The Kennebec Health System's Alzheimer's Care Center expanded its program of adult day services, nearly tripled its average daily attendance, and achieved financial self-sufficiency.

Adult Day Centers

January 1, 2000 | Book

Since 1987, RWJF has supported a series of programs to test the usefulness of adult day care and then to promote its replication. This chapter presents a history of the three distinct investments made by the Foundation on this topic.

Advocate Puts a New Twist on the Traditional Soup Kitchen

November 8, 2011 | Story

2011 Community Health Leader creates an organization that serves up healthy, locally grown fare to New Jersey's hungry and homeless.

A Faith in Action Database Yields a Picture

May 31, 2009 | Program Result Report

A Faith in Action project in Nebraska negotiated the tricky terrain of providing needed help to fiercely independent elders.

Affordable Assisted Living for Low-Income Seniors

June 18, 2003 | Story

Disparate local, state and federal agencies with public and private developers create affordable, assisted living residences for low-income tenants.

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