This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) (CFDA 94.002), funds the 2025-26 RSVP program administered by Miami-Dade County, Florida. The $231,921 award supports the engagement of senior volunteers aged 55 and older in addressing critical community needs across areas such as education, healthcare, economic opportunity, disaster services, environmental stewardship, and...
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 awarded Davis County Government $802,713 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002 to facilitate volunteer services through March 31, 2024. Davis County RSVP will coordinate 375 volunteers providing services through 29 volunteer stations, delivering services to older adults, people with disabilities, children, veterans and their families. Services will focus on increasing social connectedness and access to...
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 Elder Care Services, Inc. a three-year, $577,975 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) CFDA #94.002 to provide volunteer-supported services that enable seniors to age in place. Through 258 volunteers serving 14 counties in Florida, Elder Care Services will deliver hot meals to homebound seniors, provide short-distance transportation assistance and telephone reassurance, and organize food...
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded a $511,832 Project Grant to Seniors In Service Of Tampa Bay, Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). The grant will support an estimated 160 RSVP volunteers in Tampa Bay, Florida from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. Approximately 125 volunteers will provide services focused on healthy futures, including companionship for seniors to promote independent living, nutrition support...
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 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 Office of Grants Management awarded Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay, Inc. a $305,341 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002 to replicate its successful RSVP mentoring program in Hernando County, Florida. Under the award, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay will engage volunteers aged 55 and older in one-on-one mentoring of economically disadvantaged youth in either community- or...
This Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management Project Grant award of $352,820 provides funding for the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002 to support approximately 1,001 volunteers serving in Baltimore County, Maryland from April 2021 through March 2024. An estimated 75 RSVP volunteers will deliver direct services including providing companionship and meals to homebound older adults as well as nutritious meals and social...
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (MDC) IS THE MOST POPULOUS COUNTY IN FLORIDA, WITH MORE THAN 2.7 MILLION RESIDENTS. MDC IS 67.7% HISPANIC, 16.1% BLACK (INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS OF HAITIAN DESCENT), 13.6% WHITE, 1.55% ASIAN, AND 0.6% OTHER (DATA USA, 2015). THE MOST REPRESENTED LANGUAGES ARE ENGLISH, SPANISH AND FRENCH/CREOLE. THE COMMUNITY ACTION AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CAHSD) IS PART OF MDC GOVERNMENT. ITS MISSION IS TO EMPOWER ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES THROUGH ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, RESOURCE MOBILIZATION, AND SERVICE DELIVERY. THE ELDERLY AND DISABILITY SERVICES DIVISION (EDSD) PROVIDES CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AND QUALITY SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO HELP THEM MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE. EDSD HAS BEEN SPONSORING THE RSVP PROGRAM FOR MORE THAN THIRTY NINE (39) YEARS. RSVP PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS 55 YEARS AND OLDER TO USE THEIR TALENTS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES TO ENRICH THE LIVES OF OTHERS IN MEANINGFUL WAYS. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS (DOEA) 2017 COUNTY PROFILE IDENTIFIED MDC AS ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCENTRATIONS OF LOW-INCOME MINORITY OLDER ADULTS, OF THIS AMOUNT 172,170 ELDERS ARE LIVING ALONE AND BELOW THE 125 PERCENTILE POVERTY GUIDELINES. AN ESTIMATED 369 RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE TO ADDRESS THESE COMMUNITY NEEDS. OF THIS NUMBER, 107 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE: TUTORING (K-12), MENTORING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES (INDEPENDENT LIFE SKILLS), OFFERING DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND COMPANIONSHIP/RESPITE TO SENIORS AS WELL AS VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS ARE THE FOLLOWING: 1) EDUCATION, 2) VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES; 3) HEALTHY FUTURES, AND 4) DISASTER SERVICES. THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE (CNCS) INVESTMENT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS IN THE AMOUNT OF $104,310, WHICH WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $158,498 OF COUNTY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, FOR A TOTAL OF $262,809. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE IN-KIND DONATIONS OF $43,992.