Clinton county retired and senior volunteer program (ccrsvp) challenge individuals 55 and older to utilize their energy, skills, and expertise responding to the essential needs of the community…

Clinton county retired and senior volunteer program (ccrsvp) challenge individuals 55 and older to utilize their energy, skills, and expertise responding to the essential needs of the community through volunteer service. The effects of covid-19 continues to cause a degree of uncertainty on how our community will be effected in the short and long term. Given the current poverty rate of 12.5% the community depends on volunteers to support the necessary resources to meet the healthy futures objective. Clinton county rsvp volunteer activities will include focusing on the health and well-being of the economically disadvantaged, elderly, and disabled. The primary focus area will be serving in healthy futures; focusing on the objectives of aging in place, access to care, and obesity and food. Clinton county rsvp volunteers will also serve in the areas of economic opportunity, other community priorities. Targeted populations include the home-bound, disabled, children and families, older adults (individuals 65 and older), and economically disadvantaged individuals. An estimated total of 185 clinton county rsvp volunteers will serve. Of this number, 127 rsvp volunteers will be placed in outcomes assignments. Some of their activities will include food pantries, shiip, mobile meals, taxes and other community needs. The primary focus area of this project is, healthy futures. A total of forty-five (45) unduplicated clinton county rsvp volunteers and a total of fifty (50) will serve in the area transporting home-delivered meals; tied to an anticipated outcome to support the ability of individuals who are home-bound, older adults, veterans, or have a disability. Another six (6) unduplicated volunteers will serve in the area distributing information on health insurance, health care access and health benefits programs; to support access to care. Finally, another seventy (70) unduplicated and a total of seventy-five (75) will serve in the area where they will address hunger. At the end of the three-year grant, there will be an anticipated healthy future outcome of the number of individuals having increased food security, increased access to medical care and increases social supports. The cncs federal investment of $50,000 will be supplemented by approximately $28,234 of non-federal sources; including but not limited to clinton county $5,250, state of iowa $7,377, and program income $7200. Various other funding coming from sources such as private donors, other servicing agencies and board fundraising will provide the additional funds to round out the additional $8,407 needed.