Interfaith CarePartners^® promotes, sponsors, and conducts interfaith and interdisciplinary programs of scholarship, research, education, and service.

Interfaith CarePartners^®

Interfaith CarePartners^® is a non-profit organization that works with partner congregations to assist their development of service programs that manifest each congregation's commitment to member care that serves both its own families and as an outreach program in the wider community.

Interfaith CarePartners'^®   principals   created   the  Care Team^®  model  of in-home support for families with special needs in 1985. Congregation-based Care Team^® projects are linked together by Interfaith CarePartners in an interfaith network of partner congregations as a basis for team training, continuing education, and volunteer service.

A Care Team^® is a group of 12 or more laypeople from a congregation who offer support to individuals and families affected by chronic or terminal illnesses or disabilities. Care Team^® members work in groups, sharing service activities so that no team member is solely responsible for the level of care that may be required.

Care Team^® members provide a range of services, including:

• Emotional, physical, practical, and non-proselytizing spiritual support
  
• Limited transportation - to worship, shop, or clinic
  
• Friendly visits and companionship
  
• And, for caregivers of ill or disabled loved ones, respite opportunities that provide a break without worry.
  

Interfaith CarePartners^® is the original and largest Care Team^® program in the country with an emphasis on quality assurance, professional supervision, and competent and compassionate service.  AIDS Care Team^®, Second Family Care Team^®, Kids' Pals Care Team^®, Alzheimer's Care Team^®, and Interfaith Care Partners^® are registered trademarks of Interfaith CarePartners^®. The use of these marks by any other organization or person is prohibited by law.

This exemplary program achieved the milestone of 1 million hours of service in June of 2002.  The remarkable story of over 9,400 Care Team^® members who, since 1985, have tirelessly donated over 1.30 million hours of in-home care and support of care partners is an unprecedented level of compassionate caregiving.  Congratulations to each of the volunteers who have helped to make this possible!

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