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ACL Awards Grant to Establish National Volunteer Care Corps
ACL awarded a five-year cooperative agreement to the Oasis
Institute for $3,800,578 annually to establish a National Volunteer Care
Corps. The Oasis Institute, in partnership with the Caregiver Action
Network, the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and Altarum
will foster innovative models in which volunteers assist family caregivers,
older adults or persons with disabilities with non-medical care in order to
maintain their independence.
This initiative will create an inclusive Steering Committee to
ensure input from a diverse group of stakeholders; develop a process to
establish, expand or enhance volunteer programs; evaluate the effectiveness
of funded models in different communities nationally; assist funded
projects create sustainability plans that span multiple markets: and share
project findings, new solutions, and best practices that emerge from the
project.
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