Project Grant 20SRPUT003

SIX COUNTY RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP) COVERS THE SIX COUNTY REGION WHICH INCLUDES (JUAB, SANPETE, SEVIER, WAYNE, PIUTE, AND MILLARD) COUNTIES AND WILL HAVE AN ESTIMATED 240 RSVP VOLUNTEERS TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE AND 190 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE ASSIGNED UNDUPLICATED OPPORTUNITIES. THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, VETERANS AND FAMILIES IN NEED, PROVIDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE A LIVING, FRAIL ELDERLY, PERFORM OUTREACH IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE UNPREPARED FOR TIMES OF DISASTERS, EDUCATE AND INSPIRE YOUTH, WOMEN AND CHILDREN INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS, AND DISABLED VETERANS WHO LIVE ON SMALL FIXED INCOMES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR THIS PROJECT IS DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND THE GOALS FOR THIS FOCUS AREA WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH CURCCC (CENTRAL UTAH REGIONAL CITIZEN CORPS COUNCIL), SHERIFF'S OFFICES, AND LEPCS. THROUGHOUT A THREE YEAR GRANT CYCLE 60 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE OVER 20 DISASTER PREPAREDNESS TRAININGS, AT LEAST 300 PEOPLE WILL BE TRAINED IN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SKILLS, OVER 1,000 PAMPHLETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED, AND AT LEAST 10 VOLUNTEERS WILL BE TRAINED WELL ENOUGH TO TAKE ON LEADERSHIP ROLES. THE RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS THROUGH A NETWORK OF 55 STATIONS. ADDITIONAL SITES WILL INCLUDE OTHER STATIONS SUCH AS: FOOD BANKS, HOME HEALTH AGENCIES, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, AMERICAN LEGION, SENIOR CENTERS, SCHOOLS, NEW HORIZONS CRISIS CENTER, AND VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE CNCS DOLLARS INCLUDE $95,888 WHICH WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $41,153 THROUGH LOCAL SUPPORT.