Project Grant 18SRWTX001

NAME OF LEGAL APPLICANT: CHISHOLM TRAIL RSVP, INC. DBA RSVP: SERVING DENTON COUNTY MISSION STATEMENT: CHISHOLM TRAIL RSVP, INC. IMPROVES LIVES, STRENGTHENS COMMUNITIES AND FOSTERS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH NATIONAL SERVICE (RSVP, AMERICORPS VISTA) AND VOLUNTEERING IN DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. RSVP: SERVING DENTON COUNTY (REFERRED TO AS RSVP HEREAFTER) HAS SUCCESSFULLY PROVIDED SERVICES IN THE FORM OF VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT, PLACEMENT, AND MANAGEMENT TO NON-PROFIT AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES SINCE 1973. IT BECAME A SELF-INCORPORATED PROJECT IN 1984. IN ADDITION, IN 2013, IT BECAME AN AMERICORPS VISTA (VOLUNTEERS IN SERVICE TO AMERICA) INTERMEDIARY PROJECT. ALL BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED AT THE MAIN OFFICE IN DENTON (NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.) AN ESTIMATED 390 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE AS VOLUNTEERS IN DENTON COUNTY. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE: 1) COMBATING OPIOID CRISIS: TAKE BACK PRESCRIPTION DISPOSAL EVENTS 2) DELIVERING MEALS TO HOME BOUND ELDERLY AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS, 3) SERVING MEALS TO THE HOMELESS AT SOUP KITCHENS AS WELL AS DISTRIBUTING FOOD AT FOOD BANKS, 4) READING AND MENTORING PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PRE-KINDERGARTEN THRU THIRD GRADE, 5) AND TEACHING GRAND PARENTING 101 FOR THOSE WANTING TO UPDATE PARENTING SKILLS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS EDUCATION: K-12 SUCCESS. THE OUTPUT IS ED2: NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT COMPLETED PARTICIPATION IN CNCS-SUPPORTED K-12 EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE OUTCOME IS ED 27: NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE MENTORING OR TUTORING OR OTHER EDUCATION PROGRAM, INCLUDING CNCS-SUPPORTED SERVICE LEARNING, WHO DEMONSTRATED IMPROVED ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT. BY THE CONCLUSION OF THE THREE YEAR GRANT, RSVP WILL PLAN TO RECRUIT AND PLACE 49 VOLUNTEERS IN THIS PRIMARY FOCUS AREA. THEY WILL BE PLACED AT 30 STATIONS. OF THOSE 49, 40 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL READ TO CHILDREN THROUGH THE ROCKIN' READER PROGRAM AND 9 WILL SERVES AS TUTORS/MENTORS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 750 STUDENTS WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT (SELECTED FOR OUTCOME). THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $48,563 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $110,458 WHICH INCLUDES REQUIRED MATCH AND EXCESS RESOURCES. THE GRANTEE SHARE OF $21,712 IN MATCH SUPPORT IS BROKEN DOWN: TEXAS DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES $20,644 AND TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND$ 1,068.