This $260,613 federal Project Grant award to Agingnext Inc., doing business as Community Senior Services, funds the organization's 2024-2025 Senior Companion Program (SCP) under the AmeriCorps Seniors program (CFDA 94.016). Through the SCP, Agingnext Inc. will engage volunteers aged 55 and older to provide companionship, transportation assistance, respite care, and light chores to homebound seniors and individuals with disabilities. This helps enable these vulnerable populations to remain...
The City of Jacksonville, Florida will receive $796,710 from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (SCP) to engage approximately 40 low-income seniors aged 55 and older in volunteer service. Through June 2024, volunteers will provide services like shopping assistance, bill paying, and escorted transportation to help homebound seniors aged 60 and over remain living independently in their homes. The program aims to improve social...
The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Community Teamwork Inc. $1.21 million under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (SCP) 94.016 federal grant program. The three-year project grant beginning July 1, 2022 will fund Community Teamwork Inc.'s approved 2022-23 SCP program, with a 10% statutory match and 10.1% budgetary match required. The funding increases the stipend amount for senior volunteers from $3.00 to $3.15 per hour and includes...
The County of Sacramento, California will receive $170,116.80 under a Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management to support the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (SCP) for the period of April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022. The Senior Companion Program (SCP), as described under the federal grant program CFDA 94.016, provides grants for volunteer engagement of individuals aged 55 and older to meet critical community needs....
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded a $300,985 Project Grant to Neighbor To Neighbor Of South Carolina Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). Over three years, an estimated 285 volunteers will provide transportation, wellness calls, pantry/errand services, and social support to homebound adults in Horry County, South Carolina. Specifically, 199 RSVP volunteers will drive seniors to medical appointments and...
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Yakima $171,000 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (SCP) on July 1, 2021. The SCP grant will support an estimated 115 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers in providing necessary companionship, transportation, respite and other services to over 400 community members in need. Volunteers will help clients access medical care, increase food security, and maintain social connections. The...
This $962,776 Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management funds Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota's AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (SCP) for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025. The SCP program, funded under the federal AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (CFDA 94.016), provides $434,275 to engage volunteers aged 55 and older in delivering supportive services to help meet critical community needs. Key...
This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management provides $124,741.00 in funding for the Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Center to deliver the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (CFDA 94.016) from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027. The Senior Companion Program engages volunteers aged 55 and older to provide companionship, transportation assistance, respite care, and light chores to homebound seniors and individuals with...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (CFDA 94.016), provides $854,022 to the Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Department of Aging to support their 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 SCP programs. The funding will engage volunteers aged 55 and older to provide companionship, transportation assistance, respite care, and light household chores to help vulnerable seniors and individuals with...
This three-year, $1.3 million AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) 94.002 project grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management will support Friends of the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Suffolk, Inc. in deploying approximately 800 unduplicated volunteers to address community needs on Long Island, New York through 2023. Primary services will focus on Healthy Futures initiatives to help the aging population access...