The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded Family & Community Services, Inc. a $2,250,826 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002) to address root causes of poverty through senior volunteer service from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. The grantee will engage an estimated 736 unduplicated RSVP volunteers in 15 Ohio counties to serve in economic opportunity, education, and healthy futures initiatives. Volunteers...
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...
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...
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 Region 10 League For Economic Assistance & Planning Inc. a $869,434 Project Grant under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. The grant will support RSVP volunteers aged 55 and older serving an estimated 500 community members through activities such as delivering home meals to seniors and veterans, assisting at local food banks, providing transportation to older adults,...
The Lafayette County RSVP received a $197,130.12 three-year Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). The RSVP will use the funding to support volunteer activities focused on healthy aging and independent living for homebound seniors and disabled individuals. Services will include delivering food, providing access to technology classes, and increasing social support through...
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 $205,912.00 in funding to Old Colony Elder Services, Inc. to support their 2024-2025 RSVP program. The grant, awarded on April 1, 2024, will fund the recruitment, training, and deployment of senior volunteers aged 55 and older to address critical community needs in areas such as education, healthy futures, and capacity...
The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $545,390 Project Grant to South Arkansas Regional Health Center, Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP, CFDA 94.002). An estimated 150 RSVP volunteers will serve through the Tri County RSVP program in Columbia, Union, and Ouachita Counties, Arkansas. 126 volunteers will be placed in outcome assignments providing transportation for older adults, companionship and meals to homebound individuals,...
The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded the Senior Citizens Association in Florence County $215,243 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP; CFDA 94.002) Project Grant. The three-year award running from April 2021 through March 2024 will support volunteer activities focused on increasing social support and food security for older adults as well as access to primary and preventative healthcare for veterans....
The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) awarded a $290,703 project grant to the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Barbour County, Alabama under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) (CFDA 94.002). The three-year award will support RSVP's provision of meaningful volunteer opportunities for 136 retired or semi-retired individuals to serve local non-profit agencies through significant volunteer services. Volunteers will assist with...