Project Grant 24SRDUT001

This $140,297 Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service's (CNCS) AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) will fund Mountainland Association of Governments' 2024-2025 RSVP program. The grant provides $2,500 in one-time additional funds for travel related to volunteer training. The award has a 10% statutory match requirement and a 36.54% budgetary match. The three-year project period runs from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2027. As the prime recipient, Mountainland Association of Governments will use this funding to recruit, train, and deploy volunteers aged 55 and older to address critical community needs in Utah, Wasatch, and Summit Counties through activities such as tutoring students, delivering meals to homebound seniors, assisting at food banks, providing medical transportation, and offering companionship to isolated individuals.