This award funds the approved 2022?24 ARP senior demonstration program grant

The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded a $111,112 Project Grant to Hope Southern In Inc. under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017). The grant will fund two projects from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. The first project involves 60 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP volunteers providing traditional and innovative activities at four new senior centers in isolated areas of south central Indiana. The goal is to reengage 160 seniors suffering from isolation and loneliness through increased social support. The second project involves 40 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP volunteers creating 6,370 preschool learning kits for 1,274 children across seven Head Start centers. The combined federal and $11,112 in local funding will support aging in place, independent living and education, school readiness initiatives for underserved populations in Indiana.

Your 2022-24 statutory match requirement is 10% and your budgeted match is 10%. Hope southern indiana proposes 2 separate workplans for this senior demonstration project. In the first, we plan to have 60 americorps seniors rsvp volunteers providing both traditional and innovative activities at 4 different new senior centers in isolated, underserved areas of our 5 county region in south central indiana. The volunteers will plan and lead the activities and entice their isolated neighbors to participate. The primary focus of this project is aging in place, independent living. Our goal is to reengage seniors who have been isolated by covid. At the end of the two-year grant, americorps senior volunteers will have been responsible for providing increased social support for 160 seniors who are currently suffering from isolation and loneliness. We also propose to have 40 americorps seniors rsvp volunteers who will make at least 6370 preschool learning kits for all of the children in the 7 head start centers in our 5 county service area. The focus of this project is education, school readiness. At the end of the 2 year grant, americorps seniors volunteers will have been responsible for increasing the school readiness of 1274 head start students, hopefully back to pre-covid levels. The americorps federal investment of $100,000 will be supplemented by $11,112 dollars of local nonfederal resources.