This $185,133 three-year AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service will support volunteer engagement through the South Georgia Partnership to End Homelessness, Inc. Approximately 120 volunteers age 55 and older will provide services focused on health, education, and ending homelessness in 18 southeast Georgia counties. Volunteers will assist food pantries and soup kitchens, deliver home meals, tutor...
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $382,260 three-year AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Project Grant to the Megiddo Dream Station in Graniteville, South Carolina. The RSVP program provides grants to support volunteers aged 55 and older in meeting community needs through diverse volunteer activities aligned with National Performance Measures. Under this award, the Megiddo Dream Station will place 150 volunteers in outcome-focused...
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded Region 10 League For Economic Assistance & Planning Inc. a $869,434 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. The grant will support RSVP volunteers aged 55 and older serving an estimated 500 community members through activities such as delivering home meals to seniors and veterans, assisting at local food banks, providing transportation to older adults,...
This Project Grant award of $214,354 from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management supports the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) administered by the Applachian Community Action & Dev Agency Inc. doing business as RADA. Under the three-year grant period from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024, an estimated 56 RSVP volunteers will provide services focused on healthy futures initiatives. Specifically, 47 volunteers will assist...
The Lafayette County RSVP received a $197,130.12 three-year Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). The RSVP will use the funding to support volunteer activities focused on healthy aging and independent living for homebound seniors and disabled individuals. Services will include delivering food, providing access to technology classes, and increasing social support through...
This Project Grant award of $343,936 from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management supports the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) in Herkimer County, New York through March 2024. Under the RSVP program, an estimated 179 volunteers age 55 and older will provide services through 25 stations located in Herkimer County and one station in adjacent Oneida County. Services will include food distribution, medical transportation,...
The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Genesee County, NY a $195,896 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002. The grant will fund Genesee County's approved 2022-23 RSVP program, which supports volunteers ages 55 and older providing services to meet community needs through March 2025. The RSVP program statutory match requirement is 30% and Genesee County's budgetary match is 43.9%. As described...
The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded the Senior Citizens Association in Florence County $215,243 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP; CFDA 94.002) Project Grant. The three-year award running from April 2021 through March 2024 will support volunteer activities focused on increasing social support and food security for older adults as well as access to primary and preventative healthcare for veterans....
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded Davis County Government $802,713 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002 to facilitate volunteer services through March 31, 2024. Davis County RSVP will coordinate 375 volunteers providing services through 29 volunteer stations, delivering services to older adults, people with disabilities, children, veterans and their families. Services will focus on increasing social connectedness and access to...
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded a $644,105 Project Grant to the County of New Hanover, North Carolina under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). The grant will support an estimated 500 RSVP volunteers over three years to deliver services that increase food security, social support, health knowledge, disaster readiness, and tax preparation savings for senior clients. Key services include delivering meals to homebound...
LEGACY LINK, AREA AGENCY ON AGING (AAA) PROJECTS 275 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE IN THE GEORGIA MOUNTAINS RSVP SERVICE AREA, A DIVERSE ELEVEN COUNTY REGION IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS (BANKS, DAWSON, FORSYTH, FRANKLIN, HALL, HABERSHAM, HART, LUMPKIN, TOWNS, UNION AND WHITE). THE SERVICE AREA ENCOMPASSES OVER 2600 SQUARE MILES WITH 60 MUNICIPALITIES AND 70 ZIP CODES. MOST COUNTIES ARE RURAL AND INCLUDE TWO SMALL CITIES AND A SUBURBAN METRO AREA. AS THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING, LEGACY LINK IS AN AGENT TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST THE INDEPENDENT LIVING OF THE REGION'S AGING POPULATION. THE MISSION OF THE NON-PROFIT AGENCY IS TO FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH ENHANCES AND FACILITATES INDEPENDENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF OLDER INDIVIDUALS. LEGACY LINK PROVIDES SERVICES, ASSISTANCE, INFORMATION, AND REFERRALS THAT ENABLE OLDER ADULTS TO "AGE IN PLACE", THUS ELIMINATING OR POSTPONING THE NEED FOR MORE COSTLY ASSISTED LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OR NURSING HOMES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE GEORGIA MOUNTAINS RSVP PROGRAM IS TO SERVE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE HEALTHY FUTURES FOCUS AREA WITH ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT "AGING IN PLACE" AND ACCESS TO CARE FOR OLDER ADULTS AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES. THE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DELIVERING FOOD AND COMPANIONSHIP TO HOMEBOUND INDIVIDUALS, PROVIDING RESPITE TIME FOR CAREGIVERS, AND PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFIT INFORMATION. OTHER RSVP VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES WILL SUPPORT THE OTHER FOCUS AREAS OF VETERANS AND MILITARY, DISASTER SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND CAPACITY BUILDING. SERVICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEER STATIONS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE ELEVEN COUNTY AREA. AT THE END OF THE THREE YEAR GRANT PERIOD, EXPECTED OUTPUTS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE AS FOLLOWS: 1300 CLIENTS SERVED WITH MEAL DELIVERY, 100 CLIENTS SERVED WITH COMPANIONSHIP, 30 CAREGIVERS WITH RESPITE TIME, 1000 CLIENTS WITH HEALTH BENEFITS ASSISTANCE AND COUNSELING, 20 STUDENTS WITH MENTORS, DISASTER PREPARATION READINESS FOR 200 SENIORS, AND 300 MILITARY MEMBERS RECEIVING RECOGNITION OF THEIR SERVICE. PROGRAM OUTCOMES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 50 HOME DELIVERED MEAL RECIPIENTS WITH INCREASED SOCIAL TIES/PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT, 15 CAREGIVERS WITH INCREASED SOCIAL TIES/PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND 500 BENEFICIARIES ENROLLED IN HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAMS. ADDITIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES WILL PROVIDE IN-KIND FUNDING FOR NON-PROFITS, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS EDUCATION, AND A VARIETY OF LOCAL SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. OVER 200 UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE IN OUTCOME PRODUCING ACTIVITIES WHICH GREATLY EXCEEDS THE GRANT MANDATE OF 40. LEGACY LINK AAA REQUESTS A CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $40,000 WHICH WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $19,900 OF LOCAL DOLLARS WHICH EXCEEDS THE REQUIRED 30 % MATCH.