This award funds the approved 2025?26 SCP program

DR Piper Center For Social Services Inc. received a $1,307,858 Project Grant award from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management on September 5, 2025, to support the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (SCP, CFDA 94.016) through June 30, 2028. The award funds operations for the 2025-26 program year, with forward-funded amounts of $397,135 for both 2026-27 and 2027-28. The organization must maintain statutory match requirements of 10% and budgetary match of 15.09% for 2025-26, with statutory match of 10% for the subsequent two program years.

The Senior Companion Program deploys volunteers aged 55 and older, particularly those with limited incomes, to provide supportive services to adults with special needs in Southwest Florida. Core services include companionship, assistance with activities of daily living, transportation support, respite care for informal caregivers, and informal monitoring to detect financial fraud, abuse, and neglect. The program enables vulnerable populations to maintain dignity and independence while enriching the volunteer experience. Pre-award costs for the program year beginning July 1, 2025, are approved, with the exception of volunteer stipends and reimbursements for meals, travel, and recognition activities.

Your 2025?26 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 15.09%. You are approved for pre-award costs for july 1, 2025. Please note the following pre-award costs related to volunteers are not approved: ? Volunteer stipends ? Volunteer reimbursements such as meals, travel, and recognition