The National Federation makes available to individual Boards assistance in developing their organization and management. The program director is assisted by office volunteers, and works closely with coordinators from each member congregation. Dedication and experience have proven to be more valuable than academic or professional achievement. The National Federation is available to provide guidance and additional training for new program directors. Specific denominational affiliation is not a requirement to serve as an interfaith volunteer.
Volunteers are the heart of an interfaith caregivers program.
To the people they serve, they are first and foremost a good friend, caring and dependable. The Volunteers are prepared and encouraged to become first a friend to people needing assistance, and then to bring to the friendship a new source of social and personal support. There is no formal list of the kinds of help that one friend can give another. Recruiting Volunteers starts with direct in-person appeals to congregation members by the program director with the approval of the clergy of the faith congregations. Preparation of Volunteers is important to enhance their sense of competence and comfort in helping others.