Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc

Programs: Homecare services - home care aides and nurses provided 18,719 hours of service to seniors in the inner city. Through personal care, housekeeping and health reviews, we helped 69 seniors remain in their own homes. We extended our partnerships and collaborations with other home care agencies throughout southwestern ohio, even in a time of changing patterns in health care reimbursement by state and other government agencies. Hcat - the home care aide training program enrolled 90 individuals and graduated 84 trained aides over the year and assisted them in attaining and retaining their employment with many agencies and institutions in our area. We further supported their job success by providing a workforce job coach, who serves as a resource for our graduates as they enter the workforce, some of them employed for the very first time.

senior and supportive services - mnm serves on average 135 households per month for senior and supportive services. This included a monthly wellness day, social activities, advocacy, accompaniment to doctor visits and social and spiritual visits for those who are home bound or in a facility. A total of 469 individuals received supportive services which includes food, financial assistance for state id's, birth certificates and sometimes rent and utilities. An additional 281 individuals received referrals to other community resources. A total of 1,094 individuals received assistance to complete the ohio benefit bank quick check to determine eligibility for public support. We serve 28 individuals each month with representative payee services.

adult education - our dedicated education team of teachers and tutors helped 61 adult learners steadily increase their academic skills, provided workplace skills assessment and career coaching to 247 job seekers, and graduated 10 adults from the hospital worker readiness program.