Bonaventure House in Chicago is one of two adult licensed supportive residences in the State of Illinois for people living with AIDS. Residents have access to medical case management, pastoral care, social workers/counselors, and recovery programs for substance addiction. Over 120 volunteers provide practical and supportive services for the residents. This article reports on management procedures and challenges faced by the Bonaventure House volunteer program.
Volunteerism has been the cornerstone of HIV/AIDS services since the founding of the first AIDS service organizations (ASOs) in the early 1980s. The work of volunteers continues to be an integral part of care in the face of limited resources and the spreading epidemic. As existing ASOs seek to improve and expand services, and communities seek to establish new organizations to combat the disease, guidelines for practice are necessary to facilitate the implementation of effective, efficient, and successful volunteer programs. This article provides a synthesis of a diverse literature base on the subject and describes the current practical experience at three large American ASOs.
This research has focused on a partnership between a private sector home health care entity, the Visiting Nurse Associations of America (VNAA) and the public sector Senior Companion Program (SCP) of the domestic volunteer agency now a part of the Corporation for National and Community Service. This research examined the partnerships between the two agencies in 18 local demonstration sites in order to assess how a home health agency worked. Specific areas reviewed were administration of the partnership, communication patterns between the agencies, areas of conflict, the future of the liaison, and how effectively volunteer performance matched original expectations.
Since 1989 two Saint Paul, Minnesota agencies have carried on a collaborative effort called the Befriender Volunteer Project. This project is designed to address the risk factors associated with child abuse which are often inherent in families headed by an adolescent. Between November of 1993 and October of 1994 a self-study of this project was conducted. An important objective of this study was to determine how the positive elements of a successful relationship affected the risk factors in these young families. Consistent with what we know about the effects of successful helping relationships, most significant improvements in young mothers were found in the areas of hopefulness, self-esteem, and parenting skills. Of significant note was the observation of the various ways the Befriender/young mother relationship enhanced the young mothers' potential for breaking the generational cycle of risk for child abuse and neglect.
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