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January 25, 2013 | Program Result Report
Experience Corps engages older volunteers to tutor - with a focus on reading - and mentor low-income kindergarten through third-grade students. It expanded and became an independent nonprofit organization.
May 31, 2009 | Program Result Report
In rural Oregon, a Faith in Action project learned by trial and error how to meet the needs of isolated elderly and disabled residents.
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.
May 31, 2009 | Program Result Report
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.
May 31, 2009 | Program Result Report
On a sunny day in April with cherry blossoms in full bloom, Mark Andersen walks the streets of one of the poorest, most troubled neighborhoods in Washington.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
Sage Services of Connecticut recruited and trained volunteers to serve as "conservators of the person" and as court visitors, who assist conservators, for elderly people living in four metropolitan areas in Connecticut.
September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Rocky Mountain Health Maintenance Organization developed and implemented a pilot service-credit-banking program in Mesa County, Colo., called the Time Bank.
September 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
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.
December 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
United Seniors Health Cooperative established the Cooperative Care Network (CCN), a computerized service credit bank in the greater Washington area, to increase the availability of services for the elderly and the disabled living in their homes.
April 17, 2007 | Program Result Report
From 2001 to 2004, staff at Sherwood Faith in Action in Sherwood, Ore., recruited, trained and deployed volunteers to provide caregiver services locally to both disabled and frail elderly people.