Applicant: utah county government description: utah county government is established to serve the local needs of the people or rural areas outside incorporated cities

Our county government is headed by a board of county commissioners, consisting of three full-time commissioners. Each commissioner is elected for a four-year term. The utah county foster grandparent program, along with the senior companion program, comprise the senior services division of the utah county health department. Volunteer service years requested: 45 volunteers will serve a minimum of 35,100 hours at an estimated cost of $5977.67 per volunteer. Amount requested: $268,995, supplemented by non-federal funds of $183,076. Primary focus area: education objectives: k-12 success outcomes include ED5A, number of students with improved academic performance and ED27C number of students with improved academic engagement or social-emotional skills service activities include tutoring and other classroom support researched-based methods to be used: station-administered standardized testing such as keep (kindergarten entry and exit profile), dibels (dynamic indicators of basic early literacy skills), rise (readiness, improvement, success, empowerment), and UAA (utah alternative assessment) in conjunction with annual IEP (individualized education program) meetings when appropriate. Volunteer assignment plans, volunteer time sheets and program-conducted teacher (or other appropriate station staff) surveys/observations will help to gather and support data. Anticipated outcomes: k-12 success - 75% of students served by a foster grandparent will demonstrate improved academic performance in literacy and/or math. 100% of unduplicated volunteers will be working on results tied to outcomes.