Project Grant 17SFWNM009

SER DE NEW MEXICO FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM AN ESTIMATED 67 FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE THE PROGRAM. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE: 1. ASSIST TEACHERS BY HELPING IMPLEMENTING TEACHER APPROVED ACTIVITIES THAT FOCUS ON CHILDREN ACHIEVING READING, MATH AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR GOALS AS IDENTIFIED. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE PROVIDED FIVE DAYS A WEEK ON A ONE TO ONE STUDENT TO FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM VOLUNTEER RATIO. THESE STUDENTS ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE TEACHER AS NEEDING ASSISTANCE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM GOALS. 2. FOSTER GRANDPARENT VOLUNTEERS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS DEVOTE AN AVERAGE OF 30 HOURS PER WEEK PROVIDING THE ONE TO ONE INTERVENTION WITH STUDENTS. THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF STUDENTS REACHED DURING THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IS 225. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS OF THIS PROJECT ARE: 1. READING 2. LITERACY 3. MATH SKILLS AT THE END OF THE THREE YEAR GRANT, THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO HAVE IMPROVED THE; READING, LITERACY AND MATH SKILLS OF THE PROGRAM PARTICIPATING STUDENTS. THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS SHALL WORK AT 11 VOLUNTEER SITES THROUGHOUT VALENCIA COUNTY. EACH STUDENTS IDENTIFIED BY THEIR TEACHER OR SUPERVISOR AS NEEDING ASSISTANCE IN READING, LITERACY, MATH, WRITING, COGNITIVE, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND MENTORING SKILLS SHALL RECEIVE ONE TO ONE ASSISTANCE FROM THE FGP VOLUNTEER, OR IN SOME CASES MAY BE GROUPED INTO SMALLER GROUPS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SKILLS. THE GOAL WITH THIS TYPE OF INTERVENTION IS TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS? QUALITY OF LIFE IN GENERAL. THE VALENCIA COUNTY SCHOOLS SHALL PROVIDE AN IN KIND 10% MATCH EQUAL TO $33,832 OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE FEDERAL GRANT OF $318,314.