An estimated 400 rsvp volunteers will serve in the five county area of adams, allen, huntington, wells and whitley counties in indiana

This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) provides $1,025,499 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002) to support approximately 400 volunteers serving in five counties in Indiana. Specifically, the funding will support 229 volunteers in direct service placements and an additional 171 volunteers addressing other community needs through March 2024. Services will include providing nutrition support and financial literacy education to food insecure and low-to-moderate income individuals; transportation and companionship to homebound seniors; and access to legal services to increase job readiness. The primary focus area is healthy futures. On completion, more residents are expected to have food security and financial literacy, and seniors greater socialization and support through the efforts of RSVP of Allen County, Inc., the sub-awardee. The CNCS investment of $227,249 will be supplemented by $102,737 in non-federal resources.

Of this number, 229 rsvp volunteers will be placed in outcome assignments with an additional 171 rsvp volunteers serving in other identified community needs. Some of the activities will include: providing nutrition support to seniors and low income families in the community who are experiencing food insecurity; providing financial literacy education and preparing federal and indiana income tax returns for low and moderate income families; providing transportation and companionship to homebound seniors and disabled individuals so they can remain living independently at home; and providig access to the legal siystem in order to increase job readiness; the primary focus area of this project is healthy futures. At the end of the three year grant period more low to moderate income residents will have food security, more individuals will have received assistance with tax preparation and gain financial literacy and job readiness knowledge, more seniors will have increased socialization and community support, less seniors and individuals with developmental disabilities will be the victims of predatory scams and a greater number of nonprofit community organizations will have an increased outreach and capacity to serve the community. The cncs federal investment of $227,249 will be supplemented by $102,737 in the anticipated level of non-federal resources.