Project Grant 19SRNMI003
- The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded Mecosta County Council on Aging $446,121 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002) federal grant program. Over the three-year project period from April 2021 through March 2024, an estimated 233 retired senior volunteers will provide services in Mecosta, Osceola, and Lake Counties in Michigan. Approximately 111 volunteers will be placed in outcome assignments focusing on healthy...
- 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...
- This federal Project Grant award of $135,786.00 from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) funds the 2025-26 AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002. The award will support volunteer engagement for individuals aged 55 and older in Michigan to address critical community needs in areas such as education, healthcare, economic opportunity, disaster services, and non-profit capacity building. The 3-year project period runs from April 1, 2025 to...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Genesee County, NY a $195,896 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002. The grant will fund Genesee County's approved 2022-23 RSVP program, which supports volunteers ages 55 and older providing services to meet community needs through March 2025. The RSVP program statutory match requirement is 30% and Genesee County's budgetary match is 43.9%. As described...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded a $172,753 three-year Project Grant to Grundy County Council On Aging, Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002. The RSVP program supports volunteers aged 55 and older in activities that meet community needs and align with National Performance Measures. Under this award, an estimated 182 RSVP volunteers will serve from April 2021 through March 2024. Sixty-seven...
- The Human Resource Authority (HRA), doing business as Menominee-Delta-Schoolcraft Community Action Committee, received a $134,586 Project Grant award from the Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), CFDA 94.002, effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2028. This award represents Year 2 of a multi-year grant cycle and funds HRA's continued mobilization of volunteers aged 55 and older to address community needs across Menominee,...
- This $586,542 three-year Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP 94.002) will support Old Colony Elder Services, Inc. (OCES) in operating the RSVP of Plymouth County program. An estimated 300 volunteers age 55+ will contribute 134,000 hours annually delivering critical services like meals, medical transportation, financial literacy education, and student tutoring. OCES will use the...
- 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...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $545,390 Project Grant to South Arkansas Regional Health Center, Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). An estimated 150 RSVP volunteers will serve through the Tri County RSVP program in Columbia, Union, and Ouachita Counties, Arkansas. 126 volunteers will be placed in outcome assignments providing transportation for older adults, companionship and meals to homebound individuals,...
- 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...
OTSEGO COUNTY IS LOCATED IN MICHIGAN'S LOWER PENINSULA ABOUT 250 MILES NORTH OF DETROIT. IT IS A VERY RURAL AREA. RESIDENTS 65 AND OLDER COMPRISE 19% OF OUR POPULATION. THIS IS 4% HIGHER THAN MICHIGAN OVERALL. "HEALTHY FUTURES" IS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR THIS RSVP GRANT APPLICATION. WITHIN THAT OVERALL HIGH-IMPACT AREA, EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED UPON THE "AGING IN PLACE" H8. RSVP OF OTSEGO COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS 78, AND BY THE END OF GRANT YEAR THREE WILL HAVE OVER 80 VOLUNTEERS, UNDER WORK PLANS THAT WILL PROVIDE NON-EMERGENT MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION AND NECESSARY HOME REPAIRS TO ALLOW OLDER ADULTS, THE DISABLED, AND THE HOMEBOUND TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. THERE ARE 329 RSVP TOTAL VOLUNTEERS IN RSVP OF OTSEGO COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, 50 VOLUNTEERS WILL BE IN A ?NON-WORK PLAN? PRIMARY FOCUS AREA SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL FOOD PANTRY (WHICH IS 100% VOLUNTEER MANAGED). THE REMAINING 199 VOLUNTEERS WILL SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH NUMEROUS "OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITY" VOLUNTEER PROJECTS. THESE COMMUNITY PRIORITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A NETWORK OF APPROXIMATELY 55 VOLUNTEER PLACEMENT SITES. EXAMPLES OF ORGANIZATIONS WHERE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS SERVE INCLUDE THE OTSEGO COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING, GOODWILL PATRIOT PLACE, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS DISASTER SERVICES,, THE OTSEGO COUNTY UNITED WAY, THE OTSEGO COUNTY FOOD PANTRY, MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND A MULTITUDE OF "COMMUNITY PRIORITY" AGENCIES SUCH AS THE OTSEGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND GAYLORD HIGH SCHOOL'S GORNICK AUDITORIUM. THE ANTICIPATED OUTCOME OF OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF HEALTHY FUTURES (H8) IS THE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT OF H14 (INCREASED SOCIAL TIES/PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT). IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT TWO THIRDS OF THE ELIGIBLE SURVEY RECIPIENTS OF OUR WORK PLAN, DELIVERED BY OUR VOLUNTEERS, WILL REPORT INCREASED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND/OR INCREASED SOCIAL TIES WITH OUR PROGRAM AND PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS. THE FOREGOING OUTCOME IS IN ADDITION TO 3000 VOLUNTEER HOURS OF FOOD PANTRY SUPPORT AND 5000 VOLUNTEER HOURS OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $40,000 PER YEAR IS MATCHED BY AN ADDITIONAL $67,000 IN STATE AND LOCAL SUPPORT, AND THAT THIS GRANT EFFICIENTLY MANAGES TWICE THE CNCS REQUIRED VOLUNTEERS UNDER WORK PLANS.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $50.0k | 3/10/21 | ||
| Not listed | $5.0k | 2/18/21 | ||
| Not listed | $47.5k | 3/12/20 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 9/27/19 | ||
| Not listed | $7.5k | 8/28/19 |