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Peer reviewedVentura-Merkel, Catherine; Freedman, Marc – Children Today, 1988
Discusses and reviews intergenerational programs designed to help some of society's most at-risk young citizens and simultaneously enrich the lives of the older adults involved. (BB)
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Community Programs, Helping Relationship, High Risk Persons
Duggar, Margaret Lynn; And Others – 1993
This publication spotlights the success and diversity of Florida's many intergenerational programs. It describes what intergenerational programming is and the three community needs that intergenerational programs address. Statistics on older persons as well as youth and families in Florida are followed by a listing of what intergenerational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Age Groups, Community Programs
Bell, Theresa; And Others – 1987
The Mechanicsburg Area (Pennsylvania) Phone Pal Program is a telephone reassurance program in which an older volunteer calls a child who is home alone before or after school. Calls are made at the same time each day. These daily calls provide both younger and older persons with a safety verification, in addition to fellowship. Phone Pal is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Services, Elementary Education, Helping Relationship
Peer reviewedBlake, Gerald F. – Children Today, 1986
Examines Project MAIN (Mobile Assistants in Nutrition), a 12-month demonstration project and the collaborative effort of an urban university, a high school, and a senior services agency, which employed students, ages 14 to 19, to research, plan, and operate a grocery delivery and escort service for elderly and disabled citizens. (BB)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Education Work Relationship, Helping Relationship
Download full textNational Council on the Aging, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1992
Family Friends is an intergenerational program that brings senior volunteers into the lives of children with disabilities or chronic illnesses. JobStart is a training program in which volunteers help children with disabilities who are 10 years of age or older prepare to enter the world of work. A JobStart team is formed for each child in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Career Planning, Check Lists
National Council on the Aging, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1992
Family Friends is a nationwide outreach program that enlists the support of senior volunteers in providing nurturing help to children and their parents. Homeless Children is a branch of the program in which volunteers are matched to homeless families with young children, and, during biweekly visits to homeless shelters, become surrogate…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Child Advocacy, Family Problems, Family Programs
National Council on the Aging, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1992
In 1986, the National Council on Aging developed the Family Friends program, which brings older people into the homes of children with disabilities and chronic illnesses. Charter programs were implemented in eight cities. These programs are still operating, and programs in other cities are in various stages of development. Since 1989, Family…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Chronic Illness, Disabilities, Family Problems
National Council on the Aging, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
Family Friends is a program that matches senior volunteers with families of chronically ill or disabled children. Rural Family Friends, which is an outgrowth of Family Friends, focuses on rural families in distress. Rural Family Friends has established pilot programs in Arkansas, Georgia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and West Virginia. The…
Descriptors: Family Problems, Family Programs, Helping Relationship, Home Visits
