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...
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 Corporation for National and Community Service awarded United Way of Northwest Indiana, Inc. a $680,735 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. Under the grant, an estimated 300 RSVP volunteers will provide nutrition and food support services through meal distribution, preparation, and delivery to food insecure individuals and families in Porter County, Indiana. Key activities will include assisting local...
This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) provides $1,025,499 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002) to support approximately 400 volunteers serving in five counties in Indiana. Specifically, the funding will support 229 volunteers in direct service placements and an additional 171 volunteers addressing other community needs through March 2024. Services will include providing nutrition support and...
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded $339,371 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) to the County of Riverside Office on Aging for its Western Riverside County RSVP program. The three-year project grant will support 200 unduplicated RSVP volunteers providing services focused on disaster services and healthy futures. By the end of the grant period, 75 volunteers will be placed at 15 senior or community centers to train 3,000...
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 (CNCS) awarded a $468,069 Project Grant to the YMCA of the Inland Northwest under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) to support volunteer engagement activities from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. Under the grant, an estimated 250 unduplicated RSVP volunteers will deliver services through four work plans focused on health, aging, education, and capacity building. In the area of health, volunteers will...
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded a $352,755 Project Grant to the Wa-Id Volunteer Center, Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). Through this three-year award running from April 2021 through March 2024, an estimated 288 RSVP volunteers will provide various services focused on healthy futures. Activities will include assisting at local food banks and delivering meals to homebound individuals; tutoring...
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded Region 10 League For Economic Assistance & Planning Inc. a $869,434 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. The grant will support RSVP volunteers aged 55 and older serving an estimated 500 community members through activities such as delivering home meals to seniors and veterans, assisting at local food banks, providing transportation to older adults,...
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 RSVP OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO SPONSORED BY THE AREA OFFICE ON AGING OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO IS ACCEPTING THE INVITATION FROM THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 2019 RSVP COMPETITION GRANT. RSVP OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO WILL FACILITATE AND DIRECT VOLUNTEER SERVICE FOR OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS 55 AND OLDER RESIDING IN THE TEN COUNTIES OF DEFIANCE, ERIE, FULTON, HENRY, LUCAS, OTTAWA, PAULDING, SANDUSKY, WILLIAMS, AND WOOD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO. AN ESTIMATED 550 RSVP UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 207 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE COMPANIONSHIP, RESPITE CARE, FOOD DELIVERY AND DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION ON HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH CARE ACCESS, AND HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAMS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR THIS PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES. AT THE END OF THE THREE YEAR GRANT, SOME OF THE ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES WILL INCLUDE 3000 NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH INCREASED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN HEALTH CARE INSURANCE PROGRAMS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $129,222 WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION OF $211,737 NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES IN MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH SERVICE AND VOLUNTEER ACTION.