Nonprofits
This sentence formally summarizes a nonprofit's goals, vision and clientele.
What is a mission statement?
To be eligible for MOW, you must have difficulty leaving your house, also known as this.
What is homebound?
This conceptual term refers to the loneliness a person might experience if they are living alone with limited access to people.
What is social isolation?
"Public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy."
What is advocacy?
In this spin-off show, a 'perp' got into his victim's house by pretending to be a MOW volunteer, a crime you could consider 'especially heinous.'
What is Law & Order: SVU?
This group of professionals volunteer their time to help plan the long-term goals and budget for a nonprofit.
What is the Board of Directors?
A client can get cat and dog food for free through this program.
For at-risk seniors, the lack of grab bars or the presence of unsecured rugs can lead to this life-threatening event inside the home.
What is a fall/falling?
MOWCM primarily partners with this level of government; they provide funding for us to serve their residents.
What is local/county government?
In this show about an extraterrestrial superhero's high school days, Kansas resident Martha volunteers with MOW and sometimes brings her gifted son along.
What is Smallville?
If a for-profit company has a surplus, the money would go to this group of people. For a nonprofit, the money goes back to the mission.
Who are the shareholders?
Volunteers in this program can go to the store on a client's behalf to get snacks, ingredients, or essential household items.
What is the Grocery Assistance Program/GAP?
This common health issue can lead to heart attacks and strokes, and its effects can be minimized by eating a diet low in salt.
What is hypertension/high blood pressure?
This subsidy program issues a debit card to at-risk individuals and families that they can use at the store to purchase food.
What is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/SNAP/Food stamps?
In this Netflix series, Drew Barrymore volunteers for MOW to make herself feel better about being undead... and accidentally turns her MOW client into a zombie in the process.
What is Santa Clarita Diet?
Nonprofits report their finances each year in this official statement. Nonprofits also use this publication to report on their successes that year.
What is an annual report?
If a client has issues with other elements of their life, their MOW account can be escalated to this program, which makes referrals to outside organizations on the client's behalf.
What is case management?
Most medications have this in their instructions. Therefore, food insecure seniors often don't take their medications properly.
What is "take with food"/"take with a meal"?
This program insures US residents over the age of 65.
What is Medicare?
In this long-running favorite, a father voiced by Dan Castellaneta must do required community service with MOW, until he is accused of murdering one of his clients. Spoiler alert: it was all an elaborate prank!
What is The Simpsons?
This is the tax code assigned to nonprofits, officially delegating them as tax exempt with the IRS.
What is a 501(c)3?
MOWCM's support services and case management help us to improve the client's overall quality of life, which is captured in this MOWCM tagline.
What is More than a Meal?
This disease causes a person's brain cells to degenerate, progressively destroying a person's memories and essential brain function, leading to confusion.
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
This Act, which was first established in 1965, gives funding to programs like MOW, as well as senior centers and other programs for the aging.
What is the Older Americans Act?
The 'Double R Diner' runs this creepy Washington state town's MOW program in this cult classic that got a 2017 reboot.
What is Twin Peaks?