WRAAA Foundation

WRAAA Helps Consumers In Dire Need Through Its Foundation

The WRAAA Foundation was incorporated in 2017 and exists to support the Agency’s mission to help older adults and people with disabilities live independently in the place they want to call home.

Through the Foundation’s Independent Living Fund (ILF), WRAAA provides basic necessities for its current consumers in need, helping them to remain in their preferred community. The ILF supplies these individuals with items and services for their home, such as new furniture, mattress sets, and appliances, and helps to defray budget-breaking utility bills and home repair costs which other programs will not pay for.

A Living Example of How The ILF Helped One Consumer
When a WRAAA Care Manager recently visited one of her consumers, she noticed the client's bed was gone and had been replaced with an air mattress. Upon inquiring, the care manager learned that the bed had to be removed from the home due to a bedbug infestation. Due to financial constraints, the consumer could not afford a new mattress set. As a result, she was sleeping on the air mattress on the floor. The consumer had multiple health conditions, and sleeping on the air mattress on the floor was less than optimal, given her age and poor health.

WRAAA’s care manager connected the consumer with WRAAA's ILF, which paid for a new mattress set, bed frame, and sheets. In a matter of weeks, the new bed was installed in the consumer’s home. The extremely grateful consumer reported back to her care manager her deep appreciation and shared that not only was she pleased to be no longer sleeping on the floor, but also, she was also no longer experiencing any back pain.

At WRAAA, care managers who work with clients on a daily basis can frequently uncover necessities that cannot be financed through WRAAA’s standard programs. And it is in those scenarios where the IlF is a wonderful asset and fallback resource.

Other similar life-changing improvements that help WRAAA consumers are provided to consumers through financial gifts from donors who support the WRAAA Foundation.

Foundation Funding Priorities

Independent Living Fund: Meet the basic emergency needs of WRAAA consumers who have exhausted all other avenues.
Food Insecurity: Ensure older adults have the nutrition and the resources to stay healthy and independent in their homes.
Safety: Explore solutions for issues gripping older adults today, such as telephone scams, and fraud.