The legal name of our organization is roman catholic church of the diocese of houma- thibodaux, catholic charities foster grandparent program

The houma foster grandparent program will place 67 unduplicated foster grandparents in day care centers, head start programs, and elementary schools throughout our service area. Our primary focus area will be "education". Our foster grandparents will assist teachers in public schools. They will also assist in school readiness programs in day care centers and head start programs. We have expanded into the cities of baldwin and charenton to recruit senior and assist children on the federally recognized indian reservation of the chitimacha. There are children of the chitimacha tribe attending public schools near the reservation and there is also a day care and a PK-8 grade school on the reservation. 67 FGP volunteers will serve in day care centers, head starts programs and PK-6 grade elementary and middle schools mondays-fridays providing 69,948 service hours. They will focus on education, assisting 125 children each year with school readiness and improvement in literacy and math. At the end of the three year grant a combination of 300 children will improve in math and literacy or be prepared to enter pre-K or kindergarten. The cncs federal annual invested amount of $322,673 will be supplemented by over $35,900 annually in non-federal in-kind and cash. We will serve 35 total stations, which will include summer camps and summer enrichment program conducted in faith based organizations.