Project Grant 24SRBPA005

This federal Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) under the AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) (CFDA 94.002) provides $212,808.00 in funding to Diakon Child Family & Community Ministries, a non-profit organization based in Pennsylvania. The grant supports the organization's 2024-2025 RSVP program, which engages volunteers aged 55 and older to address community needs in areas such as education, healthy futures, environmental stewardship, and economic opportunity. The award includes an additional $2,500 in one-time funds for travel-related training in fiscal year 2024. Diakon has a 31.03% budgetary match requirement for this grant. As an RSVP program grantee, Diakon operates multiple volunteer initiatives across several Pennsylvania counties, deploying senior volunteers to provide services such as tutoring students, delivering meals to homebound seniors, assisting at food banks, providing transportation for medical appointments, and offering companionship to isolated individuals.