This award funds the approved 2025?26 SCP program

Federal Grant Award Summary

The Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management awarded $690,145 in total federal funding to the Troup County Board of Health (doing business as Troup County Health Department) on September 5, 2025, for the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (SCP), CFDA 94.016. This Project Grant funds the 2025–26 through 2027–28 program years, with forward-funded amounts of $222,563 each for 2026–27 and 2027–28, and requires a 10% statutory and budgetary match from the recipient. The award includes pre-award cost authorization beginning July 1, 2025, with specified restrictions on volunteer-related costs including stipends and reimbursements for meals and travel.

The Senior Companion Program delivers services that engage volunteers aged 55 and older, particularly those with limited incomes, to provide supportive services to adults with special needs. Senior Companions deliver individualized assistance including companionship, light support with activities of daily living, transportation assistance, and informal monitoring to help clients maintain their dignity and independence in community and home settings. The program also provides respite support to informal caregivers and contributes to elder justice through surveillance for financial fraud, abuse, and neglect. The award is effective through June 30, 2028.

Your 2025?26 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 10%. You are approved for pre-award costs beginning 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