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All Federal Grant Awards
Project Grant 16SRNMI004
Award Date
7/1/16
Completion Date
6/30/19
Dollars Obligated
$351K
Overview
Activity
6
Transactions
6
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Federal Agency
Office of Grants Management
Awardee
Senior Services Of Van Buren County, Inc. (N2Q7NQHHZB41)
Federal Grant Program
94.002
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Michigan, USA
Update #1
Update #2
ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
Posted 6/13/16
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AN ESTIMATED 140 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, AT LEAST 110 WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME BASED ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION (AGING IN PLACE), FOOD PANTRIES, TRUCKS AND MEAL DISTRIBUTION (OBESITY AND FOOD), TAX PREPARATION AND MMAP ASSISTANCE (AGING IN PLACE) AND RAMP BUILDING AND MINOR HOME REPAIR (AGING IN PLACE). THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR RSVP OF VAN BUREN COUNTY WILL BE AGING IN PLACE WITH HOPES OF AT LEAST HALF, 70 OF OUR VOLUNTEERS PLACED IN THIS AREA. AT THE END OF OUR THREE YEAR GRANT WE ANTICIPATE OVER 150,000 OUTCOMES. THE ANNUAL FEDERAL GRANT AMOUNT OF $74,338 (64%) WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $42,147 (36%) FROM NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR THIS GRANT IS HEALTHY FUTURES INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF RIDES FOR SENIORS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS (RIDE EASY), MINOR HOME REPAIR AND RAMPS BUILDING (HAMMERHEADS) AND INCREASING ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOODS THROUGH FOOD PANTRIES, FOOD TRUCKS, DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES AND PREPARATION AND SERVICE OF NUTRITIOUS MEALS. SENIOR SERVICES OF VAN BUREN COUNTY'S RSVP HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING TRANSPORTATION NEEDS FOR SENIORS FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS NOW AND HAS GIVEN OVER 2,500 RIDES TO SENIORS IN NEED. LAST YEAR ALONE WE PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 500 ROUND TRIP RIDES. PROVIDING HOUSING SERVICES IS ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY FOR VB CO RSVP, TO DATE WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED 100 HANDICAP RAMPS FOR SENIORS WITH MOBILITY ISSUES AND DONE OVER 55 MINOR HOME REPAIRS FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS GRANT SENIOR SERVICES VOLUNTEERS WERE DISTRIBUTING COMMODITIES AT TWO LOCATIONS, AS OF TODAY RSVP VOLUNTEERS ARE NOW DISTRIBUTING COMMODITIES TO LOW INCOME SENIORS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THREE LOCATIONS. WE HAVE ALSO DISTRIBUTED FOOD THROUGH TWELVE FOOD TRUCKS IN 2017 TO THOSE IN NEED, HALF OF THOSE WERE FUNDED THROUGH DONATIONS AND THE OTHER HALF BY GRANT FUNDING. THE DEMAND ON FOOD BANKS HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING AS HAS THE INCREASED NEED FOR EMERGENCY FOOD. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 8 VOLUNTEERS SERVING AT 2 FOOD PANTRIES HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP DISTRIBUTE AND COLLECT FOOD THANKS TO RSVP. THERE ARE 30 VOLUNTEERS SERVING LOW COST MEALS TO SENIORS AT 8 SENIOR CENTERS THROUGHOUT VAN BUREN COUNTY. SENIOR SERVICES, A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION SERVING OLDER ADULTS, IS GOING INTO ITS 3RD YEAR OF A THREE YEAR GRANT CYCLE AND HAS BEEN HELPING OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS RSVP VOLUNTEERS FOR 7 ? YEARS TOTAL. OUTSIDE OF THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA, SENIOR SERVICES' RSVP HAS ADDRESSED OTHER FOCUS AREAS AND CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM. SENIOR SERVICES HAS PLACED 49% (69 VOLUNTEERS) (MUST HAVE AT LEAST 25%) IN ITS PRIMARY FOCUS AREA; 33% (46 VOLUNTEERS) IN THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS; 18% (25 VOLUNTEERS) (NO MORE THAN 30%) IN THE OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITY AREAS. THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS ARE AS FOLLOWS: FINANCIAL LITERACY. RSVP WILL PROVIDE TAX ASSISTANCE AND MMAP COUNSELING. LAST YEAR RSVP VOLUNTEERS PREPARED OVER 1800 INCOME TAX RETURNS FOR LOW INCOME PERSONS AND SENIORS WITH AT LEAST ONE AND A HALF MILLION BEING RETURNED TO OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC SYSTEM. OUR VOLUNTEERS ALSO ASSISTED 102 SENIORS WITH MMAP COUNSELING. FOCUS AREA: DISASTER SERVICES -- ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY AMERICAN RED CROSS, SALVATION ARMY AND VOLUNTEER CRAFTERS. RSVP WILL PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS TO STAFF CALL CENTERS AND ASSIST WITH DISASTER RELIEF. RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL HAND-CRAFT ITEMS FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS DISASTER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. WE WILL PROVIDE 15 UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS TO OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING OVER 750 HOURS OF SERVICE IN THE AREA OF DISASTER SERVICES. FOCUS AREA: OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL VOLUNTEER FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION, AND THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, HOSPICE CARE, THE ART CENTER AND MORE. MOST NON-PROFIT AGENCIES NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP FULFILL THEIR
$0
9/18/19
Not listed
AN ESTIMATED 140 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, AT LEAST 110 WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME BASED ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION (AGING IN PLACE), FOOD PANTRIES, TRUCKS AND MEAL DISTRIBUTION (OBESITY AND FOOD), TAX PREPARATION AND MMAP ASSISTANCE (AGING IN PLACE) AND RAMP BUILDING AND MINOR HOME REPAIR (AGING IN PLACE). THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR RSVP OF VAN BUREN COUNTY WILL BE AGING IN PLACE WITH HOPES OF AT LEAST HALF, 70 OF OUR VOLUNTEERS PLACED IN THIS AREA. AT THE END OF OUR THREE YEAR GRANT WE ANTICIPATE OVER 150,000 OUTCOMES. THE ANNUAL FEDERAL GRANT AMOUNT OF $74,338 (64%) WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $42,147 (36%) FROM NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR THIS GRANT IS HEALTHY FUTURES INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF RIDES FOR SENIORS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS (RIDE EASY), MINOR HOME REPAIR AND RAMPS BUILDING (HAMMERHEADS) AND INCREASING ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOODS THROUGH FOOD PANTRIES, FOOD TRUCKS, DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES AND PREPARATION AND SERVICE OF NUTRITIOUS MEALS. SENIOR SERVICES OF VAN BUREN COUNTY'S RSVP HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING TRANSPORTATION NEEDS FOR SENIORS FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS NOW AND HAS GIVEN OVER 2,500 RIDES TO SENIORS IN NEED. LAST YEAR ALONE WE PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 500 ROUND TRIP RIDES. PROVIDING HOUSING SERVICES IS ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY FOR VB CO RSVP, TO DATE WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED 100 HANDICAP RAMPS FOR SENIORS WITH MOBILITY ISSUES AND DONE OVER 55 MINOR HOME REPAIRS FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS GRANT SENIOR SERVICES VOLUNTEERS WERE DISTRIBUTING COMMODITIES AT TWO LOCATIONS, AS OF TODAY RSVP VOLUNTEERS ARE NOW DISTRIBUTING COMMODITIES TO LOW INCOME SENIORS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THREE LOCATIONS. WE HAVE ALSO DISTRIBUTED FOOD THROUGH TWELVE FOOD TRUCKS IN 2017 TO THOSE IN NEED, HALF OF THOSE WERE FUNDED THROUGH DONATIONS AND THE OTHER HALF BY GRANT FUNDING. THE DEMAND ON FOOD BANKS HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING AS HAS THE INCREASED NEED FOR EMERGENCY FOOD. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 8 VOLUNTEERS SERVING AT 2 FOOD PANTRIES HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP DISTRIBUTE AND COLLECT FOOD THANKS TO RSVP. THERE ARE 30 VOLUNTEERS SERVING LOW COST MEALS TO SENIORS AT 8 SENIOR CENTERS THROUGHOUT VAN BUREN COUNTY. SENIOR SERVICES, A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION SERVING OLDER ADULTS, IS GOING INTO ITS 3RD YEAR OF A THREE YEAR GRANT CYCLE AND HAS BEEN HELPING OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS RSVP VOLUNTEERS FOR 7 ? YEARS TOTAL. OUTSIDE OF THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA, SENIOR SERVICES' RSVP HAS ADDRESSED OTHER FOCUS AREAS AND CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM. SENIOR SERVICES HAS PLACED 49% (69 VOLUNTEERS) (MUST HAVE AT LEAST 25%) IN ITS PRIMARY FOCUS AREA; 33% (46 VOLUNTEERS) IN THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS; 18% (25 VOLUNTEERS) (NO MORE THAN 30%) IN THE OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITY AREAS. THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS ARE AS FOLLOWS: FINANCIAL LITERACY. RSVP WILL PROVIDE TAX ASSISTANCE AND MMAP COUNSELING. LAST YEAR RSVP VOLUNTEERS PREPARED OVER 1800 INCOME TAX RETURNS FOR LOW INCOME PERSONS AND SENIORS WITH AT LEAST ONE AND A HALF MILLION BEING RETURNED TO OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC SYSTEM. OUR VOLUNTEERS ALSO ASSISTED 102 SENIORS WITH MMAP COUNSELING. FOCUS AREA: DISASTER SERVICES -- ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY AMERICAN RED CROSS, SALVATION ARMY AND VOLUNTEER CRAFTERS. RSVP WILL PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS TO STAFF CALL CENTERS AND ASSIST WITH DISASTER RELIEF. RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL HAND-CRAFT ITEMS FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS DISASTER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. WE WILL PROVIDE 15 UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS TO OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING OVER 750 HOURS OF SERVICE IN THE AREA OF DISASTER SERVICES. FOCUS AREA: OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL VOLUNTEER FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION, AND THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, HOSPICE CARE, THE ART CENTER AND MORE. MOST NON-PROFIT AGENCIES NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP FULFILL THEIR
$500
12/26/18
Not listed
AN ESTIMATED 140 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, AT LEAST 110 WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME BASED ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION (AGING IN PLACE), FOOD PANTRIES, TRUCKS AND MEAL DISTRIBUTION (OBESITY AND FOOD), TAX PREPARATION AND MMAP ASSISTANCE (AGING IN PLACE) AND RAMP BUILDING AND MINOR HOME REPAIR (AGING IN PLACE). THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR RSVP OF VAN BUREN COUNTY WILL BE AGING IN PLACE WITH HOPES OF AT LEAST HALF, 70 OF OUR VOLUNTEERS PLACED IN THIS AREA. AT THE END OF OUR THREE YEAR GRANT WE ANTICIPATE OVER 150,000 OUTCOMES. THE ANNUAL FEDERAL GRANT AMOUNT OF $74,338 (64%) WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $42,147 (36%) FROM NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR THIS GRANT IS HEALTHY FUTURES INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF RIDES FOR SENIORS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS (RIDE EASY), MINOR HOME REPAIR AND RAMPS BUILDING (HAMMERHEADS) AND INCREASING ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOODS THROUGH FOOD PANTRIES, FOOD TRUCKS, DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES AND PREPARATION AND SERVICE OF NUTRITIOUS MEALS. SENIOR SERVICES OF VAN BUREN COUNTY'S RSVP HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING TRANSPORTATION NEEDS FOR SENIORS FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS NOW AND HAS GIVEN OVER 2,500 RIDES TO SENIORS IN NEED. LAST YEAR ALONE WE PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 500 ROUND TRIP RIDES. PROVIDING HOUSING SERVICES IS ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY FOR VB CO RSVP, TO DATE WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED 100 HANDICAP RAMPS FOR SENIORS WITH MOBILITY ISSUES AND DONE OVER 55 MINOR HOME REPAIRS FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS GRANT SENIOR SERVICES VOLUNTEERS WERE DISTRIBUTING COMMODITIES AT TWO LOCATIONS, AS OF TODAY RSVP VOLUNTEERS ARE NOW DISTRIBUTING COMMODITIES TO LOW INCOME SENIORS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT THREE LOCATIONS. WE HAVE ALSO DISTRIBUTED FOOD THROUGH TWELVE FOOD TRUCKS IN 2017 TO THOSE IN NEED, HALF OF THOSE WERE FUNDED THROUGH DONATIONS AND THE OTHER HALF BY GRANT FUNDING. THE DEMAND ON FOOD BANKS HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING AS HAS THE INCREASED NEED FOR EMERGENCY FOOD. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 8 VOLUNTEERS SERVING AT 2 FOOD PANTRIES HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP DISTRIBUTE AND COLLECT FOOD THANKS TO RSVP. THERE ARE 30 VOLUNTEERS SERVING LOW COST MEALS TO SENIORS AT 8 SENIOR CENTERS THROUGHOUT VAN BUREN COUNTY. SENIOR SERVICES, A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION SERVING OLDER ADULTS, IS GOING INTO ITS 3RD YEAR OF A THREE YEAR GRANT CYCLE AND HAS BEEN HELPING OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS RSVP VOLUNTEERS FOR 7 ? YEARS TOTAL. OUTSIDE OF THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA, SENIOR SERVICES' RSVP HAS ADDRESSED OTHER FOCUS AREAS AND CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM. SENIOR SERVICES HAS PLACED 49% (69 VOLUNTEERS) (MUST HAVE AT LEAST 25%) IN ITS PRIMARY FOCUS AREA; 33% (46 VOLUNTEERS) IN THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS; 18% (25 VOLUNTEERS) (NO MORE THAN 30%) IN THE OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITY AREAS. THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS ARE AS FOLLOWS: FINANCIAL LITERACY. RSVP WILL PROVIDE TAX ASSISTANCE AND MMAP COUNSELING. LAST YEAR RSVP VOLUNTEERS PREPARED OVER 1800 INCOME TAX RETURNS FOR LOW INCOME PERSONS AND SENIORS WITH AT LEAST ONE AND A HALF MILLION BEING RETURNED TO OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC SYSTEM. OUR VOLUNTEERS ALSO ASSISTED 102 SENIORS WITH MMAP COUNSELING. FOCUS AREA: DISASTER SERVICES -- ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY AMERICAN RED CROSS, SALVATION ARMY AND VOLUNTEER CRAFTERS. RSVP WILL PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS TO STAFF CALL CENTERS AND ASSIST WITH DISASTER RELIEF. RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL HAND-CRAFT ITEMS FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS DISASTER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. WE WILL PROVIDE 15 UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS TO OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING OVER 750 HOURS OF SERVICE IN THE AREA OF DISASTER SERVICES. FOCUS AREA: OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL VOLUNTEER FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION, AND THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, HOSPICE CARE, THE ART CENTER AND MORE. MOST NON-PROFIT AGENCIES NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP FULFILL THEIR
$74.3k
6/6/18
Not listed
THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR THIS GRANT IS HEALTHY FUTURES INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF RIDES FOR SENIORS TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS (RIDE EASY), MINOR HOME REPAIR AND RAMPS BUILDING (HAMMERHEADS) AND INCREASING ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOODS THROUGH FOOD PANTRIES, FOOD TRUCKS AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIES. SENIOR SERVICES OF VAN BUREN COUNTY'S RSVP HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN MEETING TRANSPORTATION NEEDS FOR SENIORS FOR OVER SIX YEARS NOW. IN 2010 RSVP PROVIDED 18 ONE WAY RIDES IN ITS FIRST FEW MONTHS OF OPERATION; THIS YEAR WE ARE ON TRACK TO PROVIDE OVER 600 ONE WAY RIDES. PROVIDING HOUSING SERVICES IS ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY FOR VB CO RSVP. TO DATE WE HAVE CONSTRUCTED 82 HANDICAP RAMPS FOR SENIORS WITH MOBILITY ISSUES AND DONE OVER 50 MINOR HOME REPAIRS FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS GRANT SENIOR SERVICES VOLUNTEERS WERE DISTRIBUTING COMMODITIES AT TWO LOCATIONS, AS OF TODAY RSVP VOLUNTEERS ARE NOW DISTRIBUTING COMMODITIES TO LOW INCOME SENIORS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT FOUR LOCATIONS. WE HAVE ALSO DISTRIBUTED FOOD THROUGH TWELVE FOOD TRUCKS IN 2016 TO THOSE IN NEED THROUGH ANOTHER OUTSIDE GRANT. THE DEMAND ON FOOD BANKS HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING AS HAS THE INCREASED NEED FOR EMERGENCY FOOD. FOOD PANTRIES HAVE MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP DISTRIBUTE AND COLLECT FOOD THANKS TO RSVP. SENIOR SERVICES, A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION SERVING OLDER ADULTS, IS GOING INTO ITS 2ND YEAR OF ITS THIRD GRANT CYCLE AND HAS BEEN HELPING OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS RSVP VOLUNTEERS FOR 6 ? YEARS TOTAL. THIS PROGRAM WAS FUNDED FOR THIS COUNTY FOR THE FIRST TIME OVER SIX YEARS AGO WHEN CNCS EXPANDED RSVP TO A LIMITED FEW NEW AREAS. OUTSIDE OF THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA, SENIOR SERVICES' RSVP HAS ADDRESSED OTHER FOCUS AREAS AND CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES TO BE PART OF THE PROGRAM. SENIOR SERVICES HAS PLACED 49% (69 VOLUNTEERS) (MUST HAVE AT LEAST 25%) IN ITS PRIMARY FOCUS AREA; 33% (46 VOLUNTEERS) IN THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS; 18% (25 VOLUNTEERS) (NO MORE THAN 30%) IN THE OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITY AREAS. THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS ARE AS FOLLOWS: FINANCIAL LITERACY. RSVP WILL PROVIDE TAX ASSISTANCE AND MMAP COUNSELING. RSVP VOLUNTEER?S PLANS TO PREPARE OVER 1500 INCOME TAX RETURNS FOR LOW INCOME PERSONS AND SENIORS WITH AT LEAST ONE AND A HALF MILLION BEING RETURNED TO OUR COMMUNITY ECONOMIC SYSTEM. FOCUS AREA: DISASTER SERVICES -- ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY AMERICAN RED CROSS, SALVATION ARMY AND VOLUNTEER CRAFTERS. RSVP WILL PROVIDE VOLUNTEERS TO STAFF CALL CENTERS AND ASSIST WITH DISASTER RELIEF. RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL HAND-CRAFT ITEMS FOR LOCAL AND OVERSEAS DISASTER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. WE WILL PROVIDE 35 UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS TO OUR COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING OVER 750 HOURS OF SERVICE IN THE AREA OF DISASTER SERVICES. FOCUS AREA: OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL VOLUNTEER FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COALITION, AND THE LOCAL HOSPITAL, HOSPICE CARE, THE ART CENTER AND MORE. MOST NON-PROFIT AGENCIES NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP FULFILL THEIR MISSIONS. AT THE END OF YEAR THREE WE HOPE TO HAVE 100% OF OUR MEDICAL RIDE CLIENTS SAY THAT THEY NOW HAVE AN INCREASED SOCIAL SUPPORT SYSTEM AND AT LEAST 40 "HAMMERHEAD" CLIENTS REPORTING THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR HOMES LONGER BECAUSE OF OUR SERVICES. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $74,338 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $41,644 IN NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES. RSVP HAS EXPERIENCED GREAT SUCCESS IN ITS SHORT EXISTENCE. SENIOR SERVICES REPUTATION FOR PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICE TO SENIORS IS STRONG. IT WAS EVIDENT THAT GOVERNMENTAL UNITS TRUSTED IN SENIOR SERVICES WHEN AGREEING TO PLACE A MILLAGE ON THEIR RESPECTIVE BALLOTS SO SENIOR SERVICES COULD EXPAND COUNTY-WIDE. SENIOR SERVICES HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD IN MANAGING VOLUNTEERS. IN SIX YEARS WE HAVE GROWN FROM 20 VOLUNTEERS TO 374 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS SERVING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNIT
$74.3k
6/20/17
Not listed
ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
$3.5k
9/9/16