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UCC Justice Action Alert: Stop USDA from Restricting SNAP Benefits

By CHHSM Staff | March 21, 2019

The UCC’s Justice Ministries today (March 21) sent out this action alert regarding the current threat to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Earlier this year the Administration posted a notice for proposed rulemaking through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to restrict states’ flexibility to provide vital nutrition support to people who struggle to…

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UCC-Related Advocate Aurora Health Pledge: 100 Percent Renewable Electricity by 2030

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | March 18, 2019

In keeping with its mission to help people live well, UCC-related Advocate Aurora Health announced today a commitment to power its health care operations with 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030. The health system’s 27 hospitals and more than 500 sites of outpatient care extend from Northeast Wisconsin to Central Illinois. “Clean power produces clean…

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Grants Allow Intergenerational Art Program to Continue at UCC-Related Harmar Place

By CHHSM-Member Ministry Contribution | March 18, 2019

Harmar Place, a United Church Homes community, will continue its Opening Minds through Art program for residents living with dementia thanks to two grants from the local community. The grants, totaling $2,050, came from the Marietta Welfare League and the Binkley Charitable Fund, a fund of the Marietta Community Foundation. Funding will pay for art…

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LeadingAge: Urge Senate and House to Fund New Housing for Older Adults

By Guest Contributor | March 15, 2019

As Congress deliberates funding levels for HUD programs for the next fiscal year, fiscal year 2020, legislators must hear from you about the need to expand and preserve housing funding for older adults with very low incomes. The significant need for more Section 202 homes is nationwide and only growing. Today, only 1 in every…

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Young and Old Alike Find Joy in Intergenerational Art Program with UCC-related Brewster Place

By Barb Powell | March 6, 2019

A one-week summer school camp has blossomed into a new intergenerational program for residents of UCC-related Brewster Place — an older adult community in Topeka, Kan. — and nearby Quincy Elementary School. Last summer, students in the summer program at Quincy came to Brewster Place for STEAM-themed (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) activities. They…

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Local Church Partnership Helps UCC’s Orion Family Services Better Serve Rural Wisconsin Community

By Barb Powell | March 4, 2019

Sometimes, all it takes to increase services to a wider community is the help of friends. That adage proved true in November 2018, when Orion Family Services — based in Madison, Wis. — officially opened a new outpatient mental health site in nearby rural Green County. The new clinic is located at Monroe House, owned…

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Creating Healthier Outcomes for Older Adults Key in UCC-related St. Andrew’s Resources for Seniors Collaboration

By Barb Powell | March 4, 2019

A little more than 10 years ago, two independent St. Louis-based nonprofits were looking for new ways of providing vital home health services to older adults after discharge from a rehabilitation community or hospital stay. So the UCC’s St. Andrew’s Resources for Seniors System and Bethesda Health Group partnered to create St. Andrews & Bethesda…

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UCC’s Deaconess Nurse Ministry Role in Interfaith Clinic Helps Provide Free Health Care to St. Louis Community

By Barb Powell | February 28, 2019

It all started July 19, 2008, when the doors of the first Salam Clinic of the Muslim Services for Islamic Foundation of St. Louis opened at the Lane Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church in north St. Louis. Fourteen Muslim physicians along with nurses from UCC-related Deaconess Nurse Ministry — and the church’s congregation —…

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UCC’s EdenHill Communities Receives Grant to Fund Creation of Stephen Ministry

By Barb Powell | February 27, 2019

EdenHill Communities, a UCC-related life plan community based in New Braunfels, Texas, is always looking for new ways to partner with others in service to its residents and the wider area. That desire was evident Feb. 3, when Peace Lutheran Church in New Braunfels awarded EdenHill a $4,000 grant for a new Stephen Ministry program.…

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Grant Helps Fund ‘Brain Wave’ Program at St. John’s Community Care

By Barb Powell | February 26, 2019

The UCC’s St. John’s Community Care in Collinsville, Ill., saw an underserved population in its community, but needed funding for programming. Thanks to a grant from The Retirement Research Foundation, the adult day and home services agency started Brain Wave, a program that serves older adults with early memory loss. “We have provided care for…

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