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Archives for March 2014

Free Legal Advice

March 31, 2014 by superadmin

Washtenaw County Bar Association’s New Lawyer section is giving 20 minutes of

FREE LEGAL ADVICE

in celebration of Law Day, USA

Date: Thursday, May 1

Time: 10 am – 4 pm

Location: Ann Arbor Community Center (upstairs), 625 N. Main Street, Ann Arbor
& Ypsilanti Library (downstairs), 229 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti

BY APPOINTMENT, walk-ins welcome as time allows.
To scheduled an appointment, please call 734.996.3229 Monday-Friday, April 16-30

Filed Under: Learn What's New

FUSE Awarded MSHDA Grant!

March 25, 2014 by superadmin

FUSE (Frequent User System Engagement) is a pilot project in a nationwide effort integrating housing, care management and health services to assist high risk adults caught in a revolving door of hospitals, emergency rooms, rehabilitation and other crisis services.

FUSE was awarded an Emergency Solutions Grant from MSHDA (Michigan State Housing Development Authority). This grant provides “bridge” housing, allowing the FUSE program to assist with rent, security and utility deposits for twenty individuals for up to four months. FUSE now has the ability to house these clients while they search for more permanent housing, avoiding a period of homelessness in the interim.

MSHDA has also included FUSE in their “Moving Up Initiative”. This new program allows people with shelter care vouchers to “move up” to a less intensive service voucher, one that does not require case management. FUSE is working with its community partners to identify good candidates for the fantastic thirty NEW vouchers designated for Washtenaw County!

Filed Under: Learn What's New Tagged With: #MSHDA #FUSE #csswashtenaw

2014 Chip In Fore Children

March 10, 2014 by superadmin

Chip In Fore ChildrenThis year’s Chip-In Fore Children golf outing on June 9 had perfect weather, a gorgeous course at Travis Pointe Country Club, generous participants, and just the right amount of smack talk between golfers to make it a wonderful event!  Raising more than $23,000 to benefit the Washtenaw Child Advocacy Center and The Father Patrick Jackson House, guests participated in prize raffles and various contests throughout the day.  A special thanks to committee member Bill Price and Dr. Bethany Mohr from the UM Child Protection Team for emceeing the afternoon’s program.  We are also grateful to our generous sponsors and prize donors for helping to make the outing a success.Click here to view event photos. 

Filed Under: Past Events

Aging With Attitude: Washtenaw County 60+ Survey

March 10, 2014 by superadmin

AGING WITH ATTITUDE: LEND YOUR VOICE TO THE WASHTENAW COUNTY 60+ SURVEY

Washtenaw County’s overall population is growing older. 12.5% of Washtenaw County residents are age 60 or older (43,000) and 9,600 seniors of this total are age 80 or older. By 2020, this number is projected to grow to 22.1%.

Local human service funders are closely watching this trend and have invested in the Washtenaw County Blueprint for Aging to develop and complete a survey that provides a baseline of data about older adult independent living factors.

Virginia Boyce, Project Manager for the Blueprint for Aging, remarks, “By the end of this May, our goal is to complete at least 600 surveys so that we have a better sense of the risks our older adults are facing in the county as well as the factors that attribute to their wellness.”

Findings from the survey will help local planners, providers and policymakers better address the challenges to independence of older adults as well as identify those programs and services that will have the greatest impact toward a senior’s independence.

The Washtenaw County 60+ Survey will be administered in March and April by University of Michigan School of Social Work graduate students as a part of an Evaluation in Social Work course. Any 60+ resident of Washtenaw County interested in taking this survey can contact 734.926.4655 to learn how to participate.

The Blueprint for Aging is a multi-agency collaboration that works to improve services, care and quality of life for older adults in Washtenaw County. The Blueprint for Aging is a program of Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County and is supported by United Way of Washtenaw County, in conjunction with the Washtenaw Coordinated Funders.

If you know of a neighbor or friend who is age 60 or older, tell them about the 60+ Survey!

You can learn more about the Blueprint for Aging by visiting www.blueprintforaging.org.

Survey distribution will take place at the following locations in the next couple of weeks:
Dexter Senior Center: Thursday, April 3rd, 9:30am-11:30am

Lincoln Golden Ages: 
Tuesday, April 15th, 10:30am-12pm

Turner Geriatric Clinic: 
Wednesday, April 2nd, Time TBD

OSHER Lifelong Learning Institute: 
Thursday, April 10th, Time: 9:15-10am
Distribution will be before Thursday Morning Lecture series, held at the Clarion Hotel on Jackson Road
An extra special thank you to the following agencies for distributing the survey directly to their clients:
Jewish Family Services
CSSW (Resource Advocates, Behavioral Health and Counseling Services, Grandparents as Parents, and The Oaks)
Ann Arbor Meals on Wheels
Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels

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Filed Under: Learn What's New Tagged With: #60+survey, #agingwithattitude, #blueprintforaging, #CSSW, #csswashtenaw, #seniors

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