The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded a $352,755 Project Grant to the Wa-Id Volunteer Center, Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). Through this three-year award running from April 2021 through March 2024, an estimated 288 RSVP volunteers will provide various services focused on healthy futures. Activities will include assisting at local food banks and delivering meals to homebound individuals; tutoring elementary school children in reading; preparing income tax returns for seniors and the economically disadvantaged; and providing opioid education to the public. The primary outcomes over the grant period include at least 150 homebound or disabled individuals receiving home-delivered meals monthly or weekly, and 80% of elementary tutoring students achieving reading proficiency benchmarks. Additionally, over 6,300 food-insecure individuals will gain access to food through food banks annually.
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