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Comprehensive Community Programs
for Independent Living
A New Day Adult Day Services, Inc.
$70,000
Auburn, Indiana
Two-year grant in support of start-up of an adult day services program.
Access Community Health Network
$49,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant in continuation funding to provide affordable, comprehensive health care for low-income seniors through a senior health center.
Alivio Medical Center
$115,586
Chicago, Illinois
Three-year grant in partial support to expand outreach to Latino/Hispanic seniors to improve their access to health care.
Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council
$50,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to purchase a bus to provide free transportation to older adults.
Cambodian Association of Illinois
$5,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant in partial support of a national meeting on mental health among Cambodian seniors.
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Palm Beach
$90,000
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
One-year grant to replace unsafe and uninsurable 15-passenger vans with two 12-passenger mini-buses.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago
$44,638
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to purchase a handicapped accessible bus for the Accolade Adult Day Health Program.
Catholic Retirement Housing, Inc.
$15,000
St. Petersburg, Florida
One-year grant for development of an affordable supportive housing community with opportunities for spiritual growth and lay ministry.
Community Catalyst, Inc.
$277,376
Boston, Massachusetts
Two-year grant to educate and involve consumers in the development and implementation of the Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plans (SNPs), a new type of coordinated care plan created under the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act.
Eastern Illinois University
$60,000
Charleston, Illinois
One-year grant to replace two meal delivery vans.
Economic Opportunity Institute
$15,000
Seattle, Washington
One-year grant to continue work on a universal retirement savings account system for the state of Washington and to advise other interested states on such policy work.
Embarras River Basin Agency, Inc.
$10,039
Greenup, Illinois
Six-month grant to conduct an assessment of the agency's senior programs and identify resources to sustain them.
Generations of Hope
$189,000
Rantoul, Illinois
One-year grant to install new carpeting and furnaces in older adult housing at Hope Meadows.
Grantmakers in Aging
$202,680
Dayton, Ohio
One-year grant to support the Hurricane Fund for the Elderly
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
$174,408
Chicago, Illinois
An 18-month grant to continue research and policy analyses in support of the Illinois Department on Aging as it implements long-term care redesign.
Hispanic Unity of Florida, Inc.
$160,389
Hollywood, Florida
Three-year grant to improve health care access, with an emphasis on preventive healthcare for immigrant seniors in southeastern Florida.
Housing Action Illinois
$100,000
Chicago, Illinois
Two-year grant to recruit senior service organizations as members of the housing coalition and train them on a new policy initiative to address the housing needs of low-income seniors.
Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
$100,000
Chicago, Illinois
Two-year grant for the Independent Seniors Initiative.
Illinois College of Optometry
$34,285
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant in partial support of a program to provide primary eye care and health education services to low-income seniors in Chicago Housing Authority senior buildings.
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
$100,000
Des Moines, Iowa
Two-year grant to empower Iowa's rural seniors to improve their quality of life and protect their property from the negative impact of factory farms.
The John Marshall Law School
$93,358
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant for research on housing discrimination against older adults in the Chicago Metropolitan area.
Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing, Inc.
$30,000
Chicago, Illinois
Third-year support of the HomeSharing program, which matches senior home providers with senior home seekers.
Layton Boulevard West Neighbors
$53,100
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Two-year grant to provide home repairs and access to resources to assist seniors to live independently in the community.
Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers
$18,629
Evergreen Park, Illinois
One-year grant to purchase a second Mobile Medical Care van to meet the rising demand for their physician home-visit service.
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
$50,000
Des Plaines, Illinois
One-year grant to purchase a 12-passenger bus to transport clients to the older adult day care program in Rock Island .
Mae Volen Senior Center, Inc.
$25,000
Boca Raton, Florida
One-year grant to provide interim program support for early stage Dementia clients and their caregivers to adjust to the development of Alzheimer's and other dementias.
Marillac Social Center
$26,615
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant in support of staff and transportation costs for a program offering outreach, assistance, and sustenance to homebound elderly residents of Chicago's west side.
Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County, Inc.
$40,000
West Palm Beach, Florida
One-year grant in support of senior education and support programs.
Metro Seniors in Action
$40,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant for an education and advocacy campaign to improve pedestrian intersection safety for older adults in the Chicago area.
Music Institute of Chicago
$16,000
Winnetka, Illinois
Nine-month grant to provide music education, performance, and art therapy for seniors.
National Housing Law Project
$15,000
Oakland, California
One-year grant for advocacy to protect older persons living in federally subsidized housing from landlords who do not lower rents to accommodate rising utility costs, as federal law requires.
Polish American Association
$50,000
Chicago, Illinois
Two-year grant to support the senior services program, which provides a full array of social services to older Polish individuals.
Public Action Foundation
$66,950
Chicago, Illinois
Third-year support of a Medicare prescription drug advocacy and education project in Illinois.
Seniors Action Service, Inc.
$37,200
Evanston, Illinois
Two-year grant in partial support of an educational program to increase the knowledge and skill level of paraprofessional caregivers.
Sertoma Centre, Inc.
$46,974
Alsip, Illinois
One-year grant for purchase of a new van.
University of Illinois at Chicago
$15,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant in partial support of SHAPE!, Chicago Senior Health and Fitness Walk.
Washington University in St. Louis
$55,000
St. Louis, Missouri
Two-year grant for the Community Outreach Program, a screening program to identify low-income older adults who are at high risk for frailty in the St. Louis area.
Wider Opportunities for Women
$249,568
Washington, DC
An18-month grant to complete the pilot phase of a project to gain broad use of a new Elder Economic Security Standard, based on reliable and realistic measures of minimum economic security for seniors.
World Relief - Chicago
$56,509
Chicago, Illinois
Second-year support for a program addressing the mental health, material, and cultural integration needs of older adult refugees.
Improving Quality of Nursing Home Care
Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart
$25,000
Frankfort, Illinois
One-year grant to provide accessibility and equipment for the elderly and handicapped sisters in the Care Center at the Motherhouse.
Little Sisters of the Poor, St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly
$105,000
Palatine, Illinois
One-year grant to upgrade their web-based payroll and email systems for 10 sites.
Mather LifeWays
$9,000
Evanston, Illinois
Ten-month grant for a Spanish translation of educational materials on person-centered care for retired religious.
National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
$5,000
Washington, DC
To support the 30th anniversary publication.
National Religious Retirement Office
$182,446
Washington, DC
Sixteen-month grant to design, implement, and evaluate a pilot training and education project in Person-Centered Care Best Practices for 75 religious institutes.
Society of the Holy Child Jesus
$24,300
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
One-year grant to meet the needs of infirm, elderly women religious.
Maintaining Older People in Residential Settings
The British Home
$5,000
Brookfield, Illinois
One-year grant in partial support for design and development of a greenhouse in the new Active Living Center.
Intercommunity Housing Corporation
$98,348
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to furnish the common spaces of Roosevelt Place, an independent living facility for older adults with modest incomes and resources.
Interdependent Living Solutions Center, Inc.
$68,000
Chicago Heights, Illinois
Third-year grant in continued support of a program to recruit, train, and place certified nurse assistants in long-term care settings.
Saint Vincent dePaul Center
$9,927
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant for purchase of a new keyless lock system and to support the activities program.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
$105,000
Champaign, Illinois
One-year grant for research to study the impact of New AGE parks on the fitness, activity level, and functional status of frail elders in an urban and a rural setting.
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