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Programs: The response started below is completed in schedule o the 34,515 total above represents grants and gifts from the home nursing agency foundation to the home nursing agency & visiting nurse association in the year ended june 30, 2014. See schedule o the foundation contributed to home nursing agency visiting nurse association to support various home health and hospice charitable needs including: hospice: emergency fund - provided funds to help individuals who are facing a life-limiting illness with emergency one-time funding for utility or fuel costs, medications, air conditioners, and other emergencies to ease the emotional and physical challenges occuring at the end of life. Hospice emergency ongoing medications/durable medical equipment - to help cover ongoing expenses of medications, treatment, equipment, and supplies that are not covered by the medicare hospice benefit (the primary payer for these services) or because the patient does not have private insurance to cover expenses. Hospice bereavement (services are offered up to 13 months or longer if needed to all families who have experienced the death of a loved one in hna vna hospice program) - dollars utilized to purchase stationary items (cards, grief support literature) for the extended mailings to bereaved families. Hospice veterans program - dollars utilized to purchase u. S. Flag lapel pins honoring veteran hospice patients throughout the year. The healing patch - children's grief program - funds to supplement overhead costs to the healing patch, a peer support, volunteer-driven program that is offered free to the community. Funding also to supplement expenses for in-school groups with children who would not otherwise have access to a center or grief resources. Hospice volunteers - provided funds to support the comfort and care of hospice patients who are in need of bed sheets, neck pillows, hospital gowns, baby monitors, or reading materials. Home health emergency fund - emergency funding for patients and families who have needs beyond normal circumstances and need assistance to purchase life's basic necessities, i. E. Nutritional supplements, bathing/safety aides, bedding and emergency medications.

the response started below is completed in schedule o the 113,900 total above represents grants and gifts from the home nursing agency foundation to the home nursing agency community services in the year ended june 30, 2014. See schedule o the foundation grants and contributions to home nursing agency community services provided funding for client services and much needed program supplies for various behavioral health and day support programs including: aids intervention projects - funds used for personal care/hygiene items, cleaning supplies, vitamins and dietary supplements, and assist homeless individuals and families dealing with hiv/aids. Nurse family partnership - funding to provide support to this evidence-based community health program that transforms the lives of first-time mothers living in poverty by improving pre-natal care and parenting skills resulting in child's healthy growth and development and to improve self-sufficiency. Nurse family partnership serves seven counties, providing care to 300 - 600 families each year. Acel - adult center for exceptional learning - dollars to support the continuation of the southern alleghenies museum of art (sama) artists-in-residence program that provides acel individuals who have cognitive and physical disabilities the opportunity to experience art, painting, dancing, and storytelling, which can improve thier quality of life. Acel - adult center for exceptional learning - funds for individuals who attend the day program but who go over his/her funding allocation cap as well as help those who have no funding available and cannot self-pay for services. Adult day services - to provide additional days of support to help families successfully manage the caring of a loved one who is living at home and is unable to independently perform self-care activities or function alone safely. Adult day services can prevent or delay institutionalization through medical monitoring, social and recreational activites and personal care. Adult day services - to support the southern alleghenies musuem of art (sama) artists-in-residence program that provides adult day services individuals with art experiences, i. E. Painting, dancing, and storytelling to improve thier quality of life. Blended case management/resource coordination - for clients of the behavioral health program who have unexpected emergencies or when an individual has minimal income and needs beyond normal circumstances. Also helps fund household and personal hygiene products, clothes for employment/school and bus passes for those starting employment. Blended case management/children and adolescents - to be used for children and adolescents who are enrolled in the children's behavioral health program who are in need of personal/hygiene products, cleaning products, food, seasonal clothing items and other daily living needs. Also to be used for start up costs for community and school based activities, such as intramural sports, boy scouts, girl scouts, and used in situations to assist children and families with no or limited income. This program currently serves more than 400 children, adolescents and families. Adult group blair (art therapy) / adult partial hospitalization (art therapy is used in treating post-traumatic stress disorders, anxiety disorders, and depression and self-esteem symptoms. The partial hospital program - offers intense therapy to individuals who are severally depressed, anxious, or experiencing psychosis. ) - dollars to support adult behavioral health program clients utilizing the art therapy as part of their treatment plan. Funding to support art supplies used in weekly art therapy sessions and an end of year art show recognizing their art. Center for counseling: funds to assist in providing treatment to more than 300 children and 1,000 individuals who are experiencing behavioral health issues and who otherwise would not receive services due to having no insurance, high co-pays/deductibles or private insurances would not cover counseling services. Multi systemic therapy (mst) - mst is an intensive family and community based treatment program that focuses on encompassing the environment of the chronic and violent juvenile offender. Funding to purchase gas for families to attend appointments (psychiatric, psychological, school and court hearings), seasonal clothing, basic household items, such as bedding and cleaning supplies and groceries. Drug and alcohol adult partial hospitalization/d & a adult outpatient - funds to help individuals seeking drug and alcohol treatment that would otherwise not receive services due to having no insurance, high co-pays/deductible or private insurances that will not pay for d & a services. Adult partial hospitalization (offers services such as group counseling (including art therapy) accompanied by psychiatry to aid the individual in remaining independent in their community and out of the hospital)- dollars to help individuals with mental health diagnosis who attend the program on a daily basis and who cannot afford co-payments related to insurance, county liabilities or financial difficulties. Children and adolescents partial hospitalization(blair and centre counties)- funds to stock the "rewards store," for children and adolescents enrolled in the school-based behavioral health program that utilizes a therapeutic incentive-based model that changes negative behaviors into positive ones with the use of a rewards system. Therapeutic staff support(tss)(provides therapeutic support to polar disorder and attention deficient hyperactivity disorders)- dollars to assist with the community activity fees for children receiving behavioral health services. Funds to purchase therapeutic activities and games, used either on-site at the children's behavioral health center or taken into the child's home. Funds will also be used to purchase activity passes for area pools, weighted vests, teddy bears for children who are experiencing sensory issues, and a sensory table to be used at the children's behavioral health center. Tartaglio home (personal care home for adults receiving services from the blair county mental health system) - funds to purchase two wooden picnic tables, two benches, and a patio set that will help promote socialization for residents and use of the outdoor space for daily and holiday events. Early intervention - funding to purchase items that parents/families could borrow from a "developmental learning library" allowing them to have a parent/child play group that would include such items as language stimulation dvds, physical therapy equipment including therapy balls and wedges, lap tables, booster seats, puzzles, and building toys. Wic (woman, infants & children)- funding to provide items to stock the "stork store" that encourages pregnant woman to seek early, regular prenatal care. Through the stork store, women are rewarded for achieving positive behaviors that contribute to the delivery of healthy full-term infants. The items for the store are considered basic items needed by wic families and include diapers, wipes, infant clothing, crib sheets, blankets, etc. Opportunity club - funding to host four special events in a stress- free, stigma-free atmosphere for people 18 years and older who are diagnosed with a mental illness or co-occurring disorder. Approximately 150 individuals attend each special event.