This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management provides $596,321 to Cheer, Inc. to support the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017) from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024.
Under the award, Cheer, Inc. will utilize 1,000 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers in Sussex County, Delaware to enable seniors to age in place independently through services such as nutrition support, transportation, home delivered and congregate meals, reception and facility assistance, and medical transportation. Volunteers will also address food insecurity among seniors. The $282,378 in federal funding will be supplemented by $31,565 in non-federal resources from Cheer, Inc. At the end of the two-year grant period, AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers will have assisted seniors in maintaining independent living in their homes and communities through meals and nutrition support services.
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