The Council of the Southern Mountains, Inc. was awarded $414,829 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002, administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management. The award will support 300 volunteers ages 55 and older serving in McDowell, Wyoming, Mingo, and Raleigh counties in West Virginia through March 2024. Key services include telephone reassurance calls, home visits to seniors and individuals in need of...
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 Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) operated by Marshall County, Alabama will provide volunteer engagement opportunities for approximately 400 volunteers ages 55 and older through a $766,727 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service. Under the AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 94.002) program, which supports volunteers serving community needs, 165 RSVP volunteers will contribute to economic...
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 (CNCS) awarded Family & Community Services, Inc. a $2,250,826 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002) to address root causes of poverty through senior volunteer service from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. The grantee will engage an estimated 736 unduplicated RSVP volunteers in 15 Ohio counties to serve in economic opportunity, education, and healthy futures initiatives. Volunteers...
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded a $290,703 project grant to the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Barbour County, Alabama under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) (CFDA 94.002). The three-year award will support RSVP's provision of meaningful volunteer opportunities for 136 retired or semi-retired individuals to serve local non-profit agencies through significant volunteer services. Volunteers will assist with...
The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded a $172,753 three-year Project Grant to Grundy County Council On Aging, Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002. The RSVP program supports volunteers aged 55 and older in activities that meet community needs and align with National Performance Measures. Under this award, an estimated 182 RSVP volunteers will serve from April 2021 through March 2024. Sixty-seven...
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $686,154 Project Grant to the Human Resource Development Council Of District IX, Inc. (HRDC-9) under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). An estimated 344 RSVP volunteers will serve from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024, with 248 volunteers placed in outcome assignments involving food delivery, transportation, companionship, and housing services focused on healthy futures for older adults...
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $561,543 Project Grant to Westmoreland County Community College under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002. Approximately 533 volunteers age 55 and older will deliver services through Westmoreland County CC's RSVP program over a three-year period ending March 2024. Services include meal preparation and delivery to homebound individuals to promote independent living; food pantry and soup kitchen...
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded $339,371 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) to the County of Riverside Office on Aging for its Western Riverside County RSVP program. The three-year project grant will support 200 unduplicated RSVP volunteers providing services focused on disaster services and healthy futures. By the end of the grant period, 75 volunteers will be placed at 15 senior or community centers to train 3,000...
WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND OUR RSVP PROGRAM INTO BRAXTON AND POCAHONTAS WHICH ARE UN-SEVERED COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. WE WILL HAVE 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE TUTORING OR MENTORING 100 STUDENTS WHICH INCLUDE TEENS, ELEMENTARY AND HEAD START CHILDREN AT LOCAL SCHOOLS OR LIBRARIES TO IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS SO THEY WILL BE PROPORTIONED TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL AND SCHOOL READINESS. THE FOCUS AREAS WILL BE IN EDUCATION AND THE TWO OBJECTIVES ARE SCHOOL READINESS AND K-12 SUCCESS. WE WILL HAVE 50 RSVP VOLUNTEERS THAT WILL BE POSITIVE ROLE MODELS TO CHILDREN AND IN RETURN HELP THEM WITH THEIR BEHAVIORAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS. WE WILL RECRUIT NEW STATIONS THAT WILL NETWORK WITH THE TWO COUNTIES BOARD OF EDUCATIONS, HEAD START PROGRAMS, AND LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS EDUCATION. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT PERIOD 60% OF THE CHILDREN WILL HAVE IMPROVED THEIR SKILLS TO BE PROMOTED TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND WILL BE SCHOOL READY. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $ 75,000.00 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $9404.00 THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE NOT SERVING IN THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS EMBRACE OTHER VOLUNTEER SERVICES WITH MANY OTHER COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. WE WILL HAVE 10 VOLUNTEERS IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENT FOR HEALTHY FUTURES IN OBESITY AND FOOD. THE RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL ASSIST WITH EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HOME BOUND, OLDER ADULTS, AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES THE IMPORTANCE OF LONG TERM HUNGER ISSUES AND HELP INCREASE THEIR HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY. ALMOST DAILY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES AND FORTUNATELY ARE MET BY MANY SELFLESS INDIVIDUALS WILLING TO DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND ABILITIES REQUIRED FOR THESE CHALLENGES. . WE WILL HAVE 15 VOLUNTEERS IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENT FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND OBJECTIVE WILL BE CAPACITY BUILDING AND LEVERAGE. AND RECRUIT 300 NON-RSVP VOLUNTEERS FOR PROGRAMS LIKE RED CROSS, CERT, AND COUNTY HOMELAND SECURITY TO BUILD A NETWORK OF VOLUNTEER GROUPS TO ASSIST IN THESE ORGANIZATIONS.