Information About Your Community McMinnville - Warren County Senior Center.                                         

The McMinnville Warren County Senior Center, Inc. offers a multitude of 
services/activities including: information & assistance (linking seniors citizens with 
other services available in the community); outreach, friendly visitation, telephone 
reassurance, education programs, recreational & leisure activities, homemaker side 
services, health promotion, physical fitness & exercise room. We also provide RAPP 
support group, volunteer opportunities, income tax assistance, adult day care, food 
bank, and volunteer respite program and errand services for homebound senior 
citizens.
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The mission and vision of the Warren County RAPP (Relatives as Parents Program) 
is to be recognized in the community as the leading resource providing support and 
advocacy for grandparents and relatives raising children. Our purpose is to provide 
empowerment to caregivers facing a variety of problems such as legal, social, 
financial aad emotional or physical health, in their efforts to raise a grandchild, 
niece or nephew, etc...
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Faith In Action CARES 

Tish Watson, Program Director 
Phone: (931) 473-6559 Email: fia@srctr.org 

Goal
The goal of Faith In Action CARES is to develop a county-wide volunteer base to serve elderly or disabled persons needing in-home services. The purpose of our program is to help low income, minority, rural, handicapped / frail, & isolated elder and disabled persons.
Mission Statement
To improve the quality of life for individuals with long-term health needs, including the elderly and disabled, to guard against feelings of isolation by helping them live independently with dignity in their own homes for as long as possible.
This is a new service offered in Warren County. 
We are in need of volunteers willing to work 3 to 4 hours per month.

This program sponsored in part by:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
www.fiavolunteers.org 

Baptist Healing Trust
www.baptisthealingtrust.org 

Special thanks to our advisory board, The InterFaith Coalition of Warren County.
If you are interested in becoming a member of our board, please call for more information!
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The RAPP Program (Relatives as Parents Program) provides educational programs 
& support groups for relatives who are primary care-givers for children. To provide 
assistance in finding legal, financial, and emotional support systems.
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The mission of the Sunny Day Adult Day Care Program will provide an organized 
program of services to activate and motivate adults 60 years of age or older. The 
program is designed for persons who need daytime supervision or seeks a program 
offering an option of living more fully without isolation and loneliness. Within a 
home-tike setting, weekly programming will strive to help participants regain and 
maintain their individual dignity, quality of life for participants and their families 
will be enhanced by the existence of the program.
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The goal of the Warren County CARES Program is to help low income, low income 
minority, rural, handicapped, frail, isolated elders live independently and with 
dignity in their own home. The services are available to person*s age 60 and older. 
There is no charge for this service, but donations are accepted. CARES objectives 
are to help rural elderly live independently and with dignity by offering grocery 
shopping, commodities/medicine pick-up and to delivery. To offer outreach for 
individuals with illness, frailty, social isolation and for people who have no effective 
support system in place. To target minorities and to provide links to individuals to 
the opportunities and services that are available.
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The Homemaker Aide Program provides in-home services to individuals who otherwise 
might be institutionalized improving their quality of fife while affording them the 
opportunity to live imdependently This service assists eligible consumers who are unable to 
perform household and management tasks, and yet wish to remain in their own homes. 
Routine light housekeeping duties may include: sweeping, mopping, dusting, vacuuming, 
cleaning kitchens, bathrooms, changing linens, prcparirig meals, laundry, grocery shopping 
and picking up medications.