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Meals on Wheels America Grants Support CICOA Seniors and their Beloved Pets
CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions is a recipient of a 2023 Meals on Wheels Loves Pets Regional Cohort Grant, made possible by PetSmart Charities, in the amount of $7,500.00. CICOA…
Read MoreGrant Helps Seniors Live at Home Longer with Accessibility Modifications
CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions has received a grant of $10,000 from the Hoover Family Foundation to provide home safety and accessibility modifications for low-income senior homeowners through CICOA’s Safe…
Read MoreFSSA Grant Supports Aging in Place for Adults with Mental Illness
CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions has received a grant of $1.5 million from the Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Mental Health & Addiction. This funding for Area Agencies…
Read MoreUWCI Grant Provides Access to Food, Transportation, Housing
United Way of Central Indiana has awarded a Basic Needs Fund grant of $360,000 to CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions. United Way funding will help thousands of CICOA clients in…
Read More‘This is my Caryn, and she’s from CICOA’
Indianapolis woman receives comfort and support from CICOA’s CareAware caregiver support counselor Pauline Dillard wasn’t interested in dating. A single mom who had raised four kids, Pauline was focused on…
Read MoreBuilding a Better Life Begins with Nutrition and Exercise
It’s never too late to build a better life. Just ask Jan, 76, who said her life started changing for the better earlier this year when she joined a Bingocize®…
Read MoreVolunteers to Clean up Seniors’ Yards in Northeast-side Neighborhood
After seven spinal surgeries, Patricia Richardson, 68, can’t get outside to pick up branches, pull weeds or cut back shrubs. A friend takes care of the mowing, but Richardson, like…
Read MoreAt a Loss for Words: Indy Woman Loses Her Career (Not Her Spirit) to Dementia
It’s easy to imagine Becky Barton on a stage. She exudes joy as she talks about her two grandkids and her career teaching occupational therapy at the University of Indianapolis.…
Read MoreCommunity Connections Empower Indy Mom to Break out of Homelessness
Building a healthier, flourishing community for all is a vision that requires many individuals and community partners working together. Consider the case of Amber, a mother of seven children, including…
Read MoreWay2Go Transportation Reduces Worry for Cancer Patient
In a routine checkup last March, Janillia’s doctor observed that she had lost a lot of weight over the previous year—about 40 pounds. Had she been dieting? No, in fact,…
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