This Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002) will support volunteer engagement efforts by the Iowa Department on Aging. An estimated 75 senior volunteers will provide telephonic befriending and companionship services focused on healthy futures outcomes. By the grant completion date of July 30, 2021, 150 individuals are expected to report increased social support or...
This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) provides $145,282.00 in funding for the Iowa Commission On Volunteer Service (Volunteer Iowa) to implement the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) (CFDA 94.002) during the period from May 29, 2025 to March 31, 2028. The funding supports Volunteer Iowa in recruiting, training, and deploying senior volunteers aged 55 and older to address critical community needs across Iowa. The...
This $190,404.00 Project Grant award, provided by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) (CFDA 94.002), funds the Iowa Commission On Volunteer Service's (Volunteer Iowa) 2025-26 RSVP program. The award supports Volunteer Iowa in recruiting, training, and deploying senior volunteers aged 55 and older to address critical community needs across Iowa, including in areas such as education, healthcare, disaster...
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...
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $879,420 project grant to Ecumen Foundation under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). For the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024, approximately 200 unduplicated volunteers with the Ecumen RSVP program will provide services focused on healthy futures outcomes. Eighty volunteers will deliver nutrition/food support and transportation assistance. By the end of the three-year...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service, supports the Decorah Public Library's AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) for the 2025-2026 program year. The $240,139 award will enable the deployment of approximately 250 volunteers aged 55 and older to address critical community needs in areas such as economic opportunity, healthy futures, aging in place, and community support services across northeast Iowa. The library's...
This federal Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) (CFDA 94.002) provides $196,500.00 in funding to the Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Rock County Inc. (RSVP) to support their 2025-26 volunteer programming. The grant enables RSVP to engage senior volunteers aged 55 and older in community service initiatives, with a focus on educational support, youth development, and senior volunteerism....
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...
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded a $657,972 Project Grant to Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. (WD) under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). The grant will support WD's RSVP program through March 2024 to provide volunteer opportunities for 425 unduplicated volunteers focused on healthy futures and economic opportunity initiatives. Specifically, 170 volunteers will deliver outcomes in areas like food...
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $686,154 Project Grant to the Human Resource Development Council Of District IX, Inc. (HRDC-9) under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). An estimated 344 RSVP volunteers will serve from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024, with 248 volunteers placed in outcome assignments involving food delivery, transportation, companionship, and housing services focused on healthy futures for older adults...