4 HUD 202 projects Portland, Augusta, Saco, Bath. In the early 1900s, we provided full-service charity hospitals in New York and Baltimore, rest homes, and emergency food and clothing. In the 1960s, we built an infrastructure of elderly housing and nursing homes. Today, Volunteers of America is the nation's largest nonprofit provider of affordable housing for the elderly and disabled. In 1997, our professional staff of 2,500, with help from 8,500 volunteers of all ages, served over 65,000 elderly individuals in 31 states.
Times Are Changing The elderly, as a demographic group, are hard to keep up with.
Their numbers are exploding and will more than double to 80 million by 2050. Their needs are wildly diverse and always changing. Volunteers of America is quick to see what services senior citizens need-and creative in finding ways to provide them. The Margaret Chase Smith House in Augusta, Maine is a model Volunteers of America's senior-living facility. Built in Augusta's center, this facility fills the need for affordable and individualized levels of care.