QUALITY CARE CONNECTIONS

Johnson & Johnson/RCI Program Awards

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, Grantees.

2005 Grantees

Epilepsy Foundation of New Jersey
35 Beaverson Blvd., Suite 8A
Brick, NJ 08723
(732)262-8020
Helping Hands is an innovative community based project to improve the quality of life for families who are caring for their child who has physical or intellectual disabilities or other special needs. Mature volunteers (55 years and older) are matched with families to provide them with in-home support.

Golden Willow
P.O. Box 569
Arroyo Hondo, NM 87513
(505)776-2024
Their Across the Generations project focuses on education and support for young children and teens who are caregivers now. The project will provide specific tools to educate young children and teens, address and alleviate their fears associated with illness, dying, and death; and reduce their stress.

Memorial Health University Medical Center
4750 Waters Avenue, Suite 212
Savannah, GA 31404
(912)350-6471
The mission of their program, Success with Sickle Cell Disease in School, is to engage school and family caregivers to become educated advocates for the academic success of children with Sickle Cell Disease.

Oklahoma City Indian Clinic
4913 W. Reno
Oklahoma City, OK 73127
(405)948-4900
Their CareGivers Program will actively seek out and identify Native American caregivers to provide them with culturally sensitive resources that will help maintain traditional American Indian values within the framework of the changing nature of the modern urban American Indian family structure.

Weems Community Mental Health Center
P.O. Box 4378
Meridian, MS 39304
(601)483-4821
Their Empathy in Action program will teach empathy, communication techniques and basic caregiving skills to children ages 6-12 enrolled in an after-school intensive outpatient program. It will aslo teach seniors about issues affecting today's youth, skills for communicating with the younger generation, and information on the cognitive and physical challenges of aging.

LEADERSHIP AWARD:
SPEAK-UP PROGRAM
Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services
Westchester Public/Private Partnership for Aging Services
9 South First Avenue, 10th Floor
Mount Vernon, NY 10550
(914)813-6400
SPEAK-UP is part of the Department of Senior Programs and Services' Pre-White House Conference on Aging, and is part of the Intergenerational Relationship Caucus.