Project Grant 21SFFNY004
- Federal Grant Award Summary Lifespan of Greater Rochester, Inc. received a $528,230 Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (administered through its Office of Grants Management) on May 29, 2025, under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), CFDA 94.002. The award funds the organization's RSVP program operations for fiscal years 2025-26 and 2026-27, with an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2028. The program will be performed in...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded Family & Community Services, Inc. a $2,250,826 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002) to address root causes of poverty through senior volunteer service from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. The grantee will engage an estimated 736 unduplicated RSVP volunteers in 15 Ohio counties to serve in economic opportunity, education, and healthy futures initiatives. Volunteers...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Award Overview The Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management awarded $323,520 to Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Ogdensburg on September 8, 2025, under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) (CFDA 94.011). The three-year project, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2028, requires a statutory match of 10% and a budgetary match of 11.86%. Services Delivered Under this award, Catholic Charities will...
- Aarp Foundation received a $3.86 million Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021) program. The three-year award runs from March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026 and will support Aarp Foundation's Experience Corps initiative to engage hundreds of volunteers through three community-based partners - Read to Succeed Buffalo Inc., Sacramento Chinese Community Service Center,...
- This Project Grant award of $343,936 from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management supports the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) in Herkimer County, New York through March 2024. Under the RSVP program, an estimated 179 volunteers age 55 and older will provide services through 25 stations located in Herkimer County and one station in adjacent Oneida County. Services will include food distribution, medical transportation,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary On September 8, 2025, the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management awarded The Commission On Economic Opportunity For The Greater Capital Region, Inc. a project grant of $584,213 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), CFDA 94.011. The award funds the 2025–26 FGP program through June 30, 2028, with a statutory match requirement of 3% and a budgetary match of 10%. The grant supports an intergenerational...
- This Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management, under the AmeriCorps Volunteer Generation Fund (CFDA 94.021), provides $959,065 to Yonkers Partners In Education Inc. to deliver academic support and mentoring services to low-income students in the Yonkers Public School District from March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026. Specifically, the non-profit will conduct mentoring/graduation coaching, college readiness programs, and college...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded Wayne County Action Program, Inc. a $209,225 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) CFDA 94.002 to support volunteer engagement activities benefitting senior citizens. Over the three-year period from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024, an estimated 100 RSVP volunteers will provide services focused on health, including transportation assistance, tax preparation assistance valued at...
- 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...
- The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $382,260 three-year AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) Project Grant to the Megiddo Dream Station in Graniteville, South Carolina. The RSVP program provides grants to support volunteers aged 55 and older in meeting community needs through diverse volunteer activities aligned with National Performance Measures. Under this award, the Megiddo Dream Station will place 150 volunteers in outcome-focused...
THE COMMUNITY PLACE OF GREATER ROCHESTER, INC. (CPGR) DELIVERS HIGH-QUALITY, COST EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE GREATER ROCHESTER AREA. CPGR HAS SETTLEMENT HOUSE ROOTS THAT SPAN 100 YEARS AND HOLDS STRONG TO ITS MISSION "TO PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD-BASED PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND RESOURCES WHICH STRENGTHEN THE GREATER ROCHESTER COMMUNITY, ONE PERSON, ONE FAMILY AT A TIME." THE ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (RCSD) IS A HIGH-NEED URBAN DISTRICT WHERE, ACCORDING TO THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (2019), 90% OF STUDENTS ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. THE SAME DATA SHOWS THAT ONLY 18% OF ROCHESTER STUDENTS ARE ACHIEVING ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS PROFICIENCY BY THIRD GRADE. THAT IS LESS THAN HALF OF THE NEW YORK STATE RATE. STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT ALSO STRUGGLE WITH SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL NEEDS. IN 2019, 81% OF RCSD STUDENTS REPORTED HAVING ONE OR TWO ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EVENTS (2019 ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY). CPGR IS REQUESTING 76 FOSTER GRANDPARENT VOLUNTEER SERVICE YEARS (VSY'S) TO ADDRESS THE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH. EIGHTY-THREE (83) VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOMES BASED ASSIGNMENTS (WE'VE PLANNED TO RECRUIT 83 TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY ATTRITION). THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS K-12 SUCCESS. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE MENTORING AND ENGAGING YOUTH DURING OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME. VOLUNTEERS WILL WORK WITH DISADVANTAGED YOUTH TO PROVIDE TUTORING, MODELING PROPER SOCIAL SKILLS READING AND TELLING STORIES, POSITIVE ENCOURAGEMENT, AND REDIRECTION (MENTORING SERVICES), AS WELL AS READING AND TELLING STORIES, MENTORING, ENCOURAGEMENT, ARTS AND CRAFTS, DANCE, MUSIC AND SPORTS (OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME SERVICES). AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 85% OF STUDENTS RECEIVING MENTORING SERVICES OR OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME SERVICES WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AND/OR A POSITIVE CHANGE IN SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT WILL TRACK AND REPORT THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SERVED. CPGR IS REQUESTING A CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $494,000 AND WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $113,953 NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($124k) | 11/5/24 | ||
| Not listed | $161.3k | 6/19/23 | ||
| Not listed | $235.4k | 9/14/22 | ||
| Not listed | $485.4k | 5/7/21 |