(These recent grants were predicated on work that began before The Retirement Research Foundation transitioned to its 2009 Strategic Plan.)
Comprehensive Community Programs
for Independent Living
Alivio Medical Center
$255,000
Chicago, Illinois
Three-year grant to design and implement a chronic disease self-management program for seniors.
Arab American Family Services
$82,644
Burbank, Illinois
Second-year grant to expand case management services to Arab/Muslim-American older adults.
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago-St. Scholastica Monastery
$40,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to install a new nurse call system and door alarms for the infirmary.
Boca Institute for Quality Aging
$50,000
Boca Raton, Florida
One-year grant to develop and pilot test a program to improve the quality of life and care for older people by addressing the transition between the acute hospital and home.
Center on Halsted
$50,000
Chicago, Illinois
Second-year grant for expanded services, programming, and outreach to older adults in Metro Chicago, including education on aging issues, social activities, cultural enrichment, linkage and referral, and mental health services.
Central Kentucky Community Action Council, Inc.
$10,000
Lebanon, Kentucky
One-year grant to build 10 ramps and modify five bathrooms for low-income seniors 62 years and older.
ChildServ
$75,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to expand programs serving grandparent-headed families.
CJE SeniorLife
$150,000
Chicago, Illinois
Three-year grant to adapt, implement, and evaluate an aging in place service model for Orthodox Jewish elderly.
East Carolina University Foundation Inc.
$115,206
Greenville, North Carolina
Two-year grant to examine the effects of a model music program for promoting new cognitive skills and enhancing self-efficacy among seniors.
Embarras River Basin Agency, Inc.
$52,000
Greenup, Illinois
One-year grant to purchase two vehicles for home-delivered meals for the elderly.
Esteem Music, Inc.
$30,000
Lakeland, Florida
Second-year grant to continue a program offering group music instruction to low-income seniors at three senior centers in South Florida.
Family Caregiver Alliance
$148,650
San Francisco, California
An 18-month grant to facilitate advocacy around state and federal policies designed to assist caregivers through organization and dissemination of policy and resources.
Galata, Inc.
$160,000
Homestead, Florida
Two-year grant to expand health education, recreation, and social services to immigrant and minority elderly in Florida's Deep South.
Hamdard Center for Health and Human Services
$40,000
Addison, Illinois
Two-year grant in partial support for a full-time staff position to manage the adult day program located on the far north side of Chicago.
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
$140,000
Chicago, Illinois
Eighteen-month grant for research, coalition building, and advocacy in support of state plans for rebalancing Illinois' long-term care system.
Housing Action Illinois
$50,000
Chicago, Illinois
Third-year grant to organize community-based organizations serving older persons to develop and implement an affordable senior housing advocacy agenda for Illinois.
Humanitarian Service Project
$10,000
Carol Stream, Illinois
One-year grant to provide monthly food boxes to senior citizens.
Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Ministries
$150,000
Chicago, Illinois
Three-year grant to develop services for two new immigrant populations of senior refugees and add a mentoring component to the program.
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
$100,000
Des Moines, Iowa
Two-year grant for the Rural Seniors Environmental Health Justice Project, which empowers rural seniors to protect their property from the negative impact of factory farms and improve the quality of life for all Iowans at risk due to toxins in the soil, air, and water emitted by growing numbers of large-scale livestock facilities.
ITN Bluegrass Inc.
$40,000
Lexington, Kentucky
Second-year support to continue implementation of a new affiliate of the Independent Transportation Network, a program in which older or visually-impaired persons needing rides can call in 24/7.
Jane Addams Senior Caucus
$25,000
Chicago, Illinois
Second-year grant to continue working on full implementation of Illinois HB 652, The Back Home Project, a state initiative to assist seniors to move out of nursing homes.
Jewish Family and Children's Services of Sarasota-Manatee
$90,441
Sarasota, Florida
Two-year grant to launch two aging-in-place programs for low-income seniors in an underserved area of southern Sarasota County.
Lakeside Community Development Corporation
$25,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant for a pilot program designed to offer group and individual counseling on reverse mortgages to low- and moderate-income seniors in eight diverse neighborhoods on the Far North Side of Chicago.
Layton Boulevard West Neighbors
$30,000
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Third-year support of The Senior Home Repair Project, which targets seniors 60 years of age and older who require modest repairs/improvements to remain in their homes.
Mae Volen Senior Center, Inc.
$30,000
Boca Raton, Florida
One-year grant to continue a program which supports early stage Alzheimer's clients and their caregivers.
Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County, Inc.
$75,000
West Palm Beach, Florida
Webster H. Hurley Endowment for senior-focused programs and services to promote mental health.
Metropolitan Tenants Organization
$70,000
Chicago, Illinois
Two-year grant to help seniors living in HUD-subsidized buildings advocate for improvements.
Muslim Women Resource Center
$25,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to hire a part-time social services director to expand outreach to older women.
National Council on Aging, Inc.
$280,028
Washington, DC
Three-year grant to facilitate and accelerate the large-scale replication of two evidence-based programs for older adults (one on fall prevention and one to treat depression) and to evaluate an innovative tool for helping agencies assess their readiness for and ability to implement new programs.
National Housing Law Project
$20,000
Oakland, California
Second-year grant for advocacy to protect low-income seniors living in subsidized housing from the impact of rising energy costs.
Northern Illinois Food Bank
$50,000
St. Charles, Illinois
One-year grant to establish a new program designed specifically to serve older adults who are unable to access the traditional food distribution sites.
Organization of New City
$150,000
Chicago, Illinois
Three-year grant to help low-income elderly families cope with safety, utility, and housing issues.
Ryegate Commons
$19,138
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Six-month grant for predevelopment costs to study the feasibility of a rural model for affordable, senior co-housing.
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Inc.
$10,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant for publication of a special issue of the legal aid journal, Clearinghouse Review, devoted to legal needs of the aging, low-income population.
Siouxland PACE, Inc.
$92,371
Sioux City, Iowa
One-year grant for equipment and renovation expenses associated with finalizing an adult day center for a new rural PACE program in western Iowa.
Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Third Order of Saint Francis
$28,328
Bartlett, Illinois
One-year grant for new furniture to increase chapel accessibility.
Southwest Suburban Center on Aging
$45,000
La Grange, Illinois
One-year grant to facilitate coordinated discharge planning for elderly hospital, rehabilitation, and nursing home patients.
Treasure Coast Hospice
$242,000
Stuart, Florida
Two-year grant to establish, in collaboration with community hospitals, a regional Palliative Care program for seniors with chronic illnesses.
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
$197,117
Two-year grant to study factors associated with successful implementation and maintenance of Chronic Disease Self Management(CDSMP) program replications in Illinois, and how well participants continue the learned health management behaviors over several months.
$10,000
One-year grant in partial support of SHAPE!, Chicago Senior Health and Fitness Walk.
University of Miami
$216,925
Coral Gables, Florida
Two-year grant to implement, evaluate, and disseminate a multi-component psychosocial intervention designed to reduce adverse health effects, enhance work performance, and improve quality of life of working caregivers of older adults.
Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development, Inc.
$75,000
Madison, Wisconsin
One-year grant to pilot an initiative to preserve the affordability and quality of housing for older adults and to bring services to residents who need assistance to continue to live independently.
Woodstock Institute
$50,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to identify the availability of affordable, innovative credit for older persons.
Independent Living\Improving Quality of Nursing Home Care
Alzheimer's Association
$308,470
Chicago, Illinois
Thirty-month grant to replicate a model of palliative care for people with advanced dementia in two skilled care facilities and Rainbow Hospice in order to improve quality of life based on comfort rather than traditional medical care.
Bethesda Southgate Skilled Nursing Facility
$4,535
Oakville, Missouri
One-year grant to purchase two Nintendo Wii Systems and related equipment for the rehabilitation program to enhance residents' functional capabilities.
Brown University
$289,435
Providence, Rhode Island
Three-year grant to study how widespread the adoption of long-term care culture change is nationally, and to assess its quality of life and quality of care outcomes.
National Religious Retirement Office
$175,342
Washington, DC
Eighteen-month grant to train 90 religious institutes in the goals and methods for implementing person-centered long-term care for frail elderly religious.
Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel at Tolentine Center
$28,237
Olympia Fields, Illinois
One-year grant in partial support of installation of fire door devices which would allow access to residents with limited ambulation.
Senior Resource Alliance
$110,727
Orlando, Florida
Eighteen-month grant to identify nursing homes in Florida that are undergoing culture change, create a database for homes to share their strategies and challenges, and work with state surveyors to address regulatory barriers.
Independent Living\Integrating the Provision of Acute and Long Term Care
Families USA Foundation
$300,087
Washington, DC
Two-year grant for support to: 1) improve the capacity of the State Health Insurance and Assistance Programs (SHIPs) to resolve systemic problems of Medicare and become better counselors for Medicare recipients and 2) build the capacity of the Health Assistance Partnership (HAP) to become a better advocate for Medicare improvements at the national level.
Planning for Elders in Center City
$210,312
San Francisco, California
Three-year grant for education and advocacy to promote safer hospital to-home transitions for older adults.
Independent Living\Maintaining Older People in Residential Settings
Brothers of the Holy Cross
$50,000
Notre Dame, Indiana
Three-month grant to install a passenger elevator to improve safety and accessibility for retired brothers.
Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth
$5,000
Des Plaines, Illinois
One-year grant to purchase digital converter boxes for televisions used by retired and infirmed Sisters.
Deborah's Place
$15,000
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to implement a project to plan and prepare for the transition of older adult tenants to more appropriate housing options as they encounter health issues that require care and assistance.
National Citizens' Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR)
$125,227
Washington, DC
One-year support to enable Citizen Advocacy Groups to develop the organizational capacity they need to become more effective advocates on long-term care issues.
Saint Benedict Parish
$87,795
Chicago, Illinois
One-year grant to install an elevator in Laboure House, a residence for low-income seniors.
Saint Leonard's Home, Inc.
$49,500
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
One-year grant for four facility projects that will enhance the quality of life of residents.
Wesley Village Senior Living Retirement Community
$75,000
Wilmore, Kentucky
One-year grant for pre-development plans to develop the "small house" model of care for residents with dementia.
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