This Project Grant award of $266,410 from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management funds an AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration program conducted by Life Senior Services, Inc. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The award period is from November 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023 to support innovative volunteer activities for older Americans through the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017). Specifically, Life Senior Services, Inc. will...
The Cherokee County Health Services Council was awarded a $268,514 cooperative agreement from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living under the Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs – financed by Prevention and Public Health Funds (PPHF) program (CFDA 93.734). The agreement will support delivery of chronic disease self-management education programs in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May...
This Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (CFDA 94.016) provides $450,159.00 to the Land-0F-Sky Regional Council in North Carolina to fund the organization's 2024-2025 Senior Companion Program. The award will support the engagement of volunteers aged 55 and older to provide companionship, transportation, respite care, and light chores to enable homebound seniors and individuals with disabilities to...
This two-year, $1.056 million Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017) funds the Northland Foundation's 2022-2024 ARP Senior Demonstration Program. The Foundation will engage 500 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers to provide tutoring, out-of-school-time activities, and summer learning programs for K-12 children and youth across rural Northeastern Minnesota. By the end of the grant period, volunteers will...
This Project Grant award of $127,513 from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management will fund the Seniors in Service of Tampa Bay, Inc.'s 2022-24 AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program. The grant program, AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017), aims to support innovative volunteer activities for older Americans. Under this award, Seniors in Service of Tampa Bay will deploy 100 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers over two years to...
This federal Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management provides $119,000.00 in funding for the Lift Community Action Agency Inc.'s 2025-26 AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP). The grant supports the organization's efforts to engage volunteers aged 55 and older in addressing critical community needs across southeastern Oklahoma, such as in education, healthcare, economic opportunity, disaster services,...
This $4,957,583 federal Project Grant award, made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (CFDA 10.567), will enable the Cherokee Nation to operate local food distribution sites and deliver nutrition assistance services to income-eligible Native American households living on or near the tribe's reservation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The funding will support the Cherokee Nation in distributing USDA-provided...
This two-year, $287,117 Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Demonstration Program (CFDA 94.017) will fund the Human Resource Development Council of District IX, Inc. to deploy 200 AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers across southwest Montana and into Meagher County. The volunteers will provide companionship, transportation, outreach, education/training, referrals, medical services, scam prevention, and counseling/coaching with a...
This $607,687 Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) award, authorized under CFDA 93.569, was provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families to the Cherokee Nation, a federally recognized tribal government, for the period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The CSBG program provides funding to states, territories, and tribal organizations to deliver a range of social services and economic development initiatives aimed at reducing...
The federal Project Grant award H79SP084202, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.243), will provide $375,000 over a 5-year period to the Cherokee Nation to implement Project Seven Star. This initiative will serve Native American youth and families within the Cherokee Nation reservation, with a focus on youth being raised by grandparents...