Project Grant 19SRNIL006
- 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 $280,004.00 to Senior Services Associates Inc. to fund their 2025-26 RSVP program in Illinois. The grant supports Senior Services Associates Inc. in engaging volunteers aged 55 and older to deliver services that address critical community needs, including providing meals, wellness checks, transportation, and friendly...
- 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,...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded $582,330 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) to the Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government in Kentucky. The RSVP program in Louisville has provided volunteer services for over 40 years, most recently focused on "Healthy Futures" initiatives including food delivery, transportation, and social outreach to support independent living for seniors. Through March 2024, volunteer activities...
- 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...
- This federal Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management provides $298,851.00 in funding for the 2025-26 AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002 to SGA Youth & Family Services, NFP, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, Illinois. The grant supports volunteer engagement for individuals aged 55 and older to address critical community needs in sectors such as education, healthcare, economic...
- 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 Senior Neighbors, Inc. (SNI) a $425,861 project grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002) to implement the RSVP program in Kent County, Michigan from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. Through this funding, SNI will actively engage 140 RSVP volunteers to provide education, health, and economic opportunity services to the community. Specifically, 85 volunteers will focus on...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $262,265 Project Grant to the Dr. Piper Center for Social Services, Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002. The grant will fund the RSVP of Lee County program from April 2021 through March 2024 to utilize 125 volunteers impacting 1,338 citizens. The program will leverage the federal funds with $33,917 in local match support for a total budget of $108,917. Ninety-five unduplicated volunteers...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded the Senior Citizens Association in Florence County $215,243 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP; CFDA 94.002) Project Grant. The three-year award running from April 2021 through March 2024 will support volunteer activities focused on increasing social support and food security for older adults as well as access to primary and preventative healthcare for veterans....
- 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...
SENIOR SERVICES ASSOCIATES, INC. HAS SERVED AS THE SPONSOR AGENCY FOR RSVP OF MCHENRY AND KANE COUNTIES, IN ILLINOIS SINCE 1987. A SUCCESSFUL GRANT APPLICATION WAS WRITTEN AND IN 2012, AND OUR PROGRAM NOW COVERS KENDALL COUNTY AS WELL, THIS GRANT APPLICATION WILL NOW BE COMBINED AND WILL COVER ALL THREE COUNTIES. THE PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT A TOTAL OF 710 VOLUNTEERS WHO ANNUALLY WILL REPORT APPROXIMATELY 104,500 HOURS OF SERVICE. THESE VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT 83 STATIONS THROUGHOUT KANE, KENDALL AND MCHENRY COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF SERVICE WHERE VOLUNTEERS WILL BE MAKING THE MOST IMPACT WILL BE "HEALTHY FUTURES" -- "INDEPENDENT LIVING" VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE: DELIVERING HOT MEALS TO FRAIL SENIORS UP TO FIVE DAYS PER WEEK, THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE AREA. THESE MEALS WILL BE DELIVERED TO HOMEBOUND AND FRAIL ELDERLY THAT HAVE BEEN ASSESSED AND CONSIDERED "AT RISK". AS THE MEALS ARE DELIVERED, A WELLNESS CHECK IS ALSO PROVIDED AS MANY OF THESE SENIORS RARELY GET OTHER VISITORS ON A DAILY BASIS. A TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS ALLOWING THEM A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE. RSVP VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE RIDES FREE OF CHARGE, ALLOWING THE SENIORS TO HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEND ON HEALTHIER FOOD AND NEEDED MEDICATIONS. TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED TO NECESSARY APPOINTMENTS AND REGULAR TRIPS TO THE GROCERY STORE AND PHARMACY. SMALL HOME REPAIRS WILL BE OFFERED BY SKILLED RSVP VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL ASSIST WITH SMALL HOME REPAIRS INSURING THE HOMES ARE KEPT IN GOOD REPAIR AND RESULTING IN A SAFE LIVING ENVIRONMENT. AS MANY SENIORS RISK ISOLATION BECAUSE OF TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, FAMILY SEPARATION, AND OTHER CAUSES, WE OFFER A FRIENDLY VISITING PROGRAM IN WHICH RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE RECRUITED, SCREENED AND MATCHED WITH HOMEBOUND SENIORS. "HEALTHY FUTURES" - "ACCESS TO CARE" -- WORKPLANS WILL INCLUDE RSVP VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING WITH EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS; MATTER OF BALANCE, FIT AND STRONG, AND TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR HEALTH. ADDITIONALLY, RSVP VOLUNTEERS ARE TRAINED SHIP COUNSELORS. SEVERAL OF THE PROGRAMS THAT RSVP VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT IN KANE, KENDALL AND MCHENRY COUNTIES SUPPORT THE ABILITY OF THE SENIORS IN OUR AREA TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT AND IN THEIR OWN HOMES, LESSENING THE RISK OF INSTITUTIONALIZATION. IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT, $93,966 CNCS FEDERAL FUNDS ARE REQUESTED. $46,483 WILL BE INVESTED BY THE STATE AND THROUGH LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $101.5k | 3/9/21 | ||
| Not listed | $5.0k | 1/26/21 | ||
| Not listed | $101.5k | 3/11/20 | ||
| Not listed | $7.5k | 7/22/19 | ||
| Not listed | $7.5k | 7/22/19 |