Project Grant 19SRANY002
- This federal Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) (CFDA 94.002) provides $1,572,364 to the Community Service Society of New York (CSS) to fund the approved 2025-2026 RSVP program. The grant supports recruiting, training, and deploying senior volunteers aged 55 and older to address community needs such as hunger, social isolation, and public benefits access. CSS is required to provide a 10%...
- This federal Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management provides $100,200.00 to fund the 2025-26 AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) for the Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc. The purpose of the RSVP program is to leverage the skills and experience of volunteers aged 55 and older to address critical community needs in areas such as education, healthcare, economic opportunity,...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) Office of Grants Management awarded the County of Orange $287,895 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002) for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. Under this Project Grant, the County of Orange's Orange County RSVP program, sponsored by the Orange County Office for the Aging, will utilize an estimated 525 RSVP volunteers each year to address community needs aligned with the...
- This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management provides $792,443.89 in funding to Volunteer Service Bureau of West Chester Inc., doing business as Volunteer New York!, for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. The funding supports the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), CFDA #94.002, which places volunteers age 55 and older in activities that meet community needs. Specifically, Volunteer New...
- 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 (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...
- This three-year, $1.3 million AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002 project grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management will support Friends of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Suffolk, Inc. in deploying approximately 800 unduplicated volunteers to address community needs on Long Island, New York through 2023. Primary services will focus on Healthy Futures initiatives to help the aging population access...
- This federal Project Grant award of $183,545 from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management supports the 2025-26 AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) (CFDA 94.002) administered by the Health Association Of Niagara County, Incorporated in New York. The grant will fund the organization's volunteer engagement initiatives targeting senior citizens, including activities such as friendly visitation, medical appointment accompaniment,...
- This $491,126 Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management funds the Sullivan County RSVP program for fiscal years 2022 through 2025. The grant supports the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), which provides volunteers ages 55 and older with opportunities to serve their communities through a variety of activities that address local needs and national performance measures. Sullivan County will deliver RSVP program...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded Wayne County Action Program, Inc. a $209,225 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) CFDA 94.002 to support volunteer engagement activities benefitting senior citizens. Over the three-year period from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024, an estimated 100 RSVP volunteers will provide services focused on health, including transportation assistance, tax preparation assistance valued at...
THE COMMUNITY SERVICE SOCIETY OF NEW YORK (CSS) IS AN INFORMED, INDEPENDENT, AND UNWAVERING VOICE FOR POSITIVE ACTION ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN 3 MILLION LOW-INCOME NEW YORKERS. CSS DRAWS ON 175 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE IN ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF ECONOMIC DISPARITY. OUR RICH LEGACY OF ACHIEVEMENT INCLUDES SERVING AS THE CATALYST BEHIND NEW YORK'S FIRST TENEMENT HOUSING LAWS; ESTABLISHING THE PROTOTYPE FOR THE NATIONAL FREE LUNCH PROGRAM AT SCHOOLS; DESIGNING THE CURRICULUM FOR WHAT WOULD BECOME COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK; OPENING THE CITY'S FIRST HOMELESS SHELTER FOR MEN; AND CREATING THE PROTOTYPE FOR WHAT BECAME THE NATIONAL RSVP. AN ESTIMATED 2,300 VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER 835 WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME-BASED ASSIGNMENTS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES. SOME OF THE SERVICE ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE: 1. NUTRITION/FOOD SUPPORT (THROUGH MEAL DELIVERY AND FOOD PANTRY/SOUP KITCHEN SUPPORT). 2. COMPANIONSHIP (TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS AND VETERANS). 3. COUNSELING (PUBLIC BENEFITS). 465 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE ENGAGED IN THESE SERVICE ACTIVITIES. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL HAVE ACHIEVED OUR ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR FOCUS AREAS AND WORK PLANS. THE ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES BASED ON THE SERVICE ACTIVITIES LISTED ABOVE ARE SUMMARIZED BELOW AND QUANTIFIED IN THE WORK PLANS. 1. OLDER ADULTS IN NEED OF NUTRITIOUS MEAL DELIVERY WILL FEEL MORE SOCIALLY CONNECTED DUE TO THE ACTIVITY OF RSVP VOLUNTEERS. NEW YORKERS EXPERIENCING HUNGER WILL REPORT AN INCREASED LEVEL OF FOOD SECURITY DUE TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY RSVP FOOD PANTRY AND SOUP KITCHEN VOLUNTEERS. 2. VULNERABLE OLDER ADULTS WILL FEEL LESS ISOLATED DUE TO THE COMPANIONSHIP THEY RECEIVE FROM RSVP VOLUNTEERS. HOMEBOUND VETERANS WILL FEEL AN INCREASED LEVEL OF SOCIAL SUPPORT BECAUSE OF RSVP VOLUNTEERS. 3. LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS WILL IMPROVE THEIR ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE DUE TO THE PUBLIC BENEFITS COUNSELING THEY RECEIVE FROM RSVP VOLUNTEERS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $728,668 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $900,784, WHICH INCLUDES THE MATCH AND EXCESS OF THE NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $736.2k | 3/23/21 | ||
| Not listed | $5.0k | 1/13/21 | ||
| Not listed | $736.2k | 3/13/20 | ||
| Not listed | $7.5k | 7/23/19 | ||
| Not listed | $7.5k | 7/23/19 |