Rsvp was established in boone county in 1987 and expanded into greene county in 2005

We have been sponsored by boone county hospital (BCH) since 2009. As required 152 volunteers will serve though nonprofit, health proprietors, and education entities. We challenge people age 55 and older to use their energy skills, innovative spirit, and experience to respond to community needs through volunteerism. Rsvp has a history of meeting or going beyond unduplicated targets. As required a minimum of 50 unduplicated volunteers (or up to 42% or more) will serve in the primary focus area healthy futures providing outcome for individuals served to live independently, increased social ties/perceived social support, increased food security, and food security. Activities, as outlined in work plans, include adult caregiver respite (H1-number of caregivers receiving increased social support); in-home visitation and phone visits (H9-number socially isolated elderly or disabled having increased social support); grocery shopping, food pantries, food commodity delivery, and student weekend food packs (H12-number of individuals with increased food security). A minimum of 65 or 42% or more unduplicated volunteers will serve in focus areas education (ED27C-number of students with improved academic engagement or social and emotional skills); disaster services (D5 number of individuals with increased disaster readiness) and economic opportunity - education financial fraud prevention to older adults (O9-number of individuals with improved financial knowledge). Due to covid-19 our current grant year 3 opportunities either stopped for a period of time or continued with adaptive precautions (masks, hand sanitizing, social distancing, work alone) for volunteers and sites. Rsvp food delivery (grocery shopping, food commodities, student food bags) continued with no contact delivery and rsvp visitation and respite volunteers called participants. As we write this grant we continue to work amid the pandemic. Covid-19 may dictate how we will continue our current grant into a RE-competed grant if awarded. Currently, as the state lessons restrictions, 2020-2021 school year begins, and sites develop covid-19 policies rsvp staff works with volunteers and sites to adapt as needed to perform volunteer jobs safely for all. As we look to the future of this RE-compete grant we will continue work with our public health departments to ensure we minimize covid risk factors, we will update our PPE procedures as needed and put adaptive plans in motion as necessary to provide services outlined in work plans to the best of our ability and safety of all to achieve outcomes. With PPE policies volunteers continue food deliveries, pen-pals will begin in schools, currently, one school welcomes volunteers at the beginning of the year, food pantry had volunteers return to pre-packaged food bags. Rsvp 55+ volunteer program of boone and greene counties sponsored by boone county hospital is requesting a cncs federal investment of $50,000 to provide volunteer opportunities for a minimum of 152 volunteers. These federal dollars will be supplemented by but not limited to state of iowa $16,032, united way of boone county $7000, city of boone $6000, boone county $1890, boone county in-kind $10,292 (includes phone, IT, space, and associated costs of utilities-maintenance-janitorial) and greene county $2500. Local community foundations and trusts, donations, and fundraisers round out the additional $4502 needed to fulfill the proposed budget. With the funding investment made by many entities and through long-standing partnerships with sites and community leaders and citizens of boone and greene counties, the rsvp 55+ volunteer program will continue to provide meaningful volunteer opportunities that improve and impact the lives of residents. Also, during the process of writing this grant derecho whipped through iowa, including our two counties. Power outages lasted for up to five days or MO