Project Grant 19SFAPA004

AN ESTIMATED 42 FOSTER GRANDPARENT VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 40 FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. THE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE WORKING ONE-ON-ONE WITH ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN OR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL AND/OR EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS. THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: PRE-SCHOOL LEARNING ACTIVITIES, TEACHING LANGUAGE SKILLS, READING TO CHILDREN, ASSISTING WITH MAKE-UP WORK, ACADEMIC DRILL WORK, LISTENING TO CHILDREN READ, ASSISTING WITH REMEDIAL READING, AND PROVIDING COMFORT AND SUPPORT. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH A NETWORK OF APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN VOLUNTEER SITES. THESE SITES ARE COMPRISED OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, EARLY HEAD START/HEAD START CENTERS AND NON-PROFIT DAYCARE CENTERS THROUGHOUT YORK CITY AND COUNTY. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE CHILDREN WILL IMPROVE: ACADEMIC SKILLS SUCH AS READING, WRITING AND SPELLING; SOCIAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS; SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-CONFIDENCE; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SKILLS; GROUP AND CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR; PRE-ACADEMIC SKILLS AND SCHOOL READINESS. THE CNCS INVESTMENT OF $240,854 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $26,760 IN LOCAL SUPPORT.