Executive summary an estimated 65 FGP volunteers will be vetted, trained and placed in outcome assigned kent county schools, daycare centers and head start programs

Due to covid-19, our volunteers will initially return in a virtual learning setting. We have purchased individual tablets for all volunteers; therefore, each volunteer will be assisting students through the teachers? Selection and assignment of students per volunteer. We will use zoom and school curriculum to enable students to be assisted from their own homes. Once in-school, in-person learning returns, all covid-19 restrictions and PPE requirements will be practice. We are currently waiting for the CDC to release information on vulnerable older adults to return to serving the public. IT is at this release and the consent of our organization determination weather our volunteers can return to in- classroom supportive services to help improve the academic success of our students. The primary focus area of this project is education. At the end of the three-year grant, the anticipated annual outcomes will be as follows: ED 23A, kent county head start 72 children will demonstrate gains in social and/or emotional development, ED 27C, approximately 300 students in grades k-4 tutoring programs will improve in academics skills, and ED 10, approximately 18 students gerald r. Ford job corps will attain a GED and enroll in post-secondary education or vocational training programs. The cncs federal investment of $333,237 (which includes $19,001 for stipend increase and 4,000 permanent augmentation per year of the 3- year renewal grant period july 1, 2021 to june 30, 2024. VSY?s and match would be 51 federal vsys and non-federal would be 14 volunteers. These funds will be supplemented by $80,617 per fiscal year from michigan department of health and human services aging and adult services agency (aasa), $127,500 per year for 3 years-grand rapids community foundation and $25,000 per year sebastian foundation.