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  Faith in Action

   CarrierLink

 

About CarrierLink

CarrierLink is a program in the Newberg/Dundee/ St. Paul area for elderly adults and adults with disabilities who live alone.  CarrierLink offers the comfort of knowing that someone who visits your home regularly will call for help if you need it.  See www.carrierlink.org for more information about CarrierLink in five northwest Oregon counties.

How Does it Work?

If you register with CarrierLink, your letter carrier will provide a special service for you.  If your carrier notices an accumulation of mail or ay other signs that might suggest you are in distress, he/she will report it to Faith in Action.  Faith in Action will try to contact you by phone.  If you cannot be reached, they will call the individuals you list as emergency contacts. Failing to reach any of these contacts, Faith in Action will contact the appropriate authorities to check on you.  All information you give is confidential. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who can request services?

Any older adult or adult living with disabilities in the Newberg/Dundee/St. Paul, Oregon area.

How to enroll?

Call the Faith in Action office at 503-537-0590 to ask for a registration form to be mailed to you or download a registration form here.  Then ask friends, neighbors or relatives if they will be your emergency contact and be able to stop by your home, if necessary, to check on you.  You may want them to have a key to your home.   Return the registration form to the address on the form.

What is the cost?

There is no charge to participants for services.  CarrierLink is offered as a courtesy of Faith in Action, the National Association of Letter Carriers, the National Rural Letter Carriers, and the U.S. Postal Service.