The Ivins Outreach Center

Staying put/faith in action: the staying put program is a fee for service program to help seniors in the bucks county area "age in place". This program assists elderly to remain in their homes when they can no longer drive or can't take care of the issues associated with home maintenance. Ivins house has entered into a funding agreement with the bucks county division of human services through arpa to provide a home sharing program to address the needs of vulnerable senior homeowners and lower income bucks county workers in an effort to keep vulnerable seniors in their homes longer while providing home seekers with affordable living arrangements, which will expire at the conclusion of 2024.

Community programs: the ivins house community programs help to provide support and coordination services offered by bucks county social services agencies through resource materials, referral options and programs and presentations. In addition, the ivins house has other community programs that consist of an intergenerational education mentoring program, older adult education program, community service projects for ajudicated youth, tuition assistance in the form of scholarships to eligible students in low-achieving schools and coordination and distribution of toys at christmas time and winter coats to area needy children.