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Telecare Providers
Phone Reassurance Providers and Funding Sources
State Of Idaho
The following is a list of Idaho private organizations or state agencies that provide grants and funding for community programs. Also, we have listed automated and volunteer based programs that we found in the state of Idaho.
DSC provides a Telephone Reassurance phone system that automatically calls elderly households checking to ensure they are OK. DSC also provides individual calling services for home alone children. To obtain information about this program and age limits of children for your state, visit the Idaho latchkey kids age restrictions.
There are many communities that provide telephone reassurance programs (both volunteer based or automatic calling programs). These communities also refer to their programs as "Are You OK?"® and RUOK.*
Contact DSC to learn more about our automated phone systems. DSC welcomes the opportunity to discuss our telephone reassurance program and services. Also, if you are a Idaho based community and/or organization that provides a Telephone Reassurance program and would like to be listed here, please feel free to contact us.
Idaho Automated Phone Reassurance Providers
The following cities and communities provide telephone reassurance programs for the elderly within their Idaho communities. These programs are both automated or volunteer based community services.
- City of Lewiston Police Department - Lewiston, Idaho (208) 746-0171
Idaho Volunteer Telephone Reassurance Providers
- Boise Senior Activities Center ECHO Program - Boise, Idaho (208) 345-7777
- CCOA-Aging, Weatherization and Human Services - Caldwell, Idaho (208) 459-0063
- Faith in Action of Boise, Inc. - Boise, Idaho (208) 333-1363
- Interlink Volunteer Faith in Action - Clarkston, Washington (509) 751-9143
- Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers of the Magic Valley - Twin Falls, Idaho (208) 733-6333
State Of Idaho Potential Funding Resources
The following private and public groups are potential providers of funding for phone reassurance programs in Idaho communities.
To obtain current information about specific Idaho agencies and foundations that provide funding for phone reassurance commonly referred to by many community organizations as RUOK programs or Telephone Reassurance programs, please contact the respective grant provider listed below..
Note: DSC obtained the following names of foundations from public records. There is no assurance that these foundations provide funding for your specific telephone reassurance program or community notification system.
This information is provided to help you research funding for your project using community grants.
* Ada County, United Way
Robert W. & Bernice Ingalls Staton Foundation
The Christensen Family Foundation
The Good Works Institute, Inc.
Joseph Hyrum Foundation Trust
Harry W. Morrison Foundation, Inc.
Schreck Family Foundation
Camille Beckman Foundation, Inc.
Michael S. Engl Foundation, Inc.
Robert M. Golden Foundation
The Chall & Sally Allred Foundation
Agricultural and Environmental Research Foundation, Inc.
The Jacob Foundation, Inc.
The Susan and Richard Hare Family Foundation, Inc.
Paul I. and Charlotte P. Corddry Foundation, Inc.
The Whittenberger Foundation
Margaret W. Reed Foundation
Macauley & Helen Dow Whiting Foundation
The Leland D. Beckman Foundation
The John F. Nagel Foundation
Schneidmiller Family Foundation, Inc
J. A. & Kathryn Albertson Foundation, Inc.
Jireh Foundation
The ALSAM Foundation
Troxell Fund, Inc.
Idaho Community Foundation
Bruce Mitchell Foundation
Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, Inc.
The Christian Education Foundation of the Northwest
Harold E. & Phyllis S. Thomas Foundation
Ambrosiani-Pastore Foundation, Inc.
Micron Technology Foundation, Inc.
H. F. Magnuson Family Foundation, Inc.
J. R. Simplot Company Foundation, Inc.
Larry Barnes Foundation, Inc.
Boswell Family Foundation
Joan Leidy Foundation, Inc.
The James & Barbara Cimino Foundation, Inc.
Intermountain Gas Industries Foundation, Inc.
CHC Foundation
Helms Foundation, Inc.
* "Are You OK?"® and RUOK® are registered names of Northland Innovation Corporation. The terms "RUOK" and "Telephone Reassurance" are commonly used on many community websites that offer both automated and volunteer based telephone reassurance programs.
For a comparison with our CARE system, please visit our RUOK vs CARE web page.
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