An estimated 56 rsvp volunteers will serve

This Project Grant award of $214,354 from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management supports the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) administered by the Applachian Community Action & Dev Agency Inc. doing business as RADA. Under the three-year grant period from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024, an estimated 56 RSVP volunteers will provide services focused on healthy futures initiatives. Specifically, 47 volunteers will assist with meal delivery and food bank distribution to address food insecurity, help prepare tax returns through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, and support individuals and families with children by packing and distributing Christmas gifts. Volunteers will also address senior safety through community events and focus on Martin Luther King Jr. and 9/11 Day of Service projects. The program aims to serve a total of 2,400 individuals over the grant period through these healthy futures activities.

Of this number 47 rsvp volunteers will be placed in outcome assignments. Their activities will include: 1) healthy futures aging in place and obesity and food: will assist with food delivery by providing a hot meal once a week, also, assisting food banks with food distribution to individuals and families with children and the elderly population to help with food insecurity issues in our service area. 2) economic opportunity financial literacy: assist the volunteer income tax assistance (VITA) program by preparing tax refunds for low-to-moderate income individuals and families; 3) other community priorities: will support individuals and families with children to help with packing and distributing christmas gifts during the holiday season so these individuals will be able to buy medication and pay their bills without the added expenses of christmas gifts; elder abuse: will be met by addressing senior safety through two events held in may and september and hosted by the triad program which is a cooperative effort of the virginia attorney general's office, law enforcement agencies (POLICE/FIRE/SHERIFFS), senior citizens, and senior organizations, focused on reducing crimes against the most vulnerable citizens of our area, our seniors; volunteers will also focus on martin luther king, JR. And 9/11 day of service projects. The primary focus area of this project is healthy futures. At the end of the three-year grant, the program will have served a total of 2,400 individuals through the healthy futures work plan.