This award funds the approved 2025?26 FGP program

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded $893,494 to Region IV Area Agency On Aging Inc. on September 10, 2025, under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011).

Region IV Area Agency On Aging Inc., a nonprofit based in St. Joseph, Michigan, will engage volunteers aged 55 and older with limited incomes in one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, and educational support for children with special needs or academic and social disadvantages. Volunteers will serve an average of 20 hours per week in schools, early education and childcare centers, and other settings, providing individualized tutoring and parenting skills instruction to young parents as needed.

The award funds the approved 2025–26 and 2026–27 Foster Grandparent Program operations. The recipient must maintain a statutory match of 10 percent and budgetary match of 46.46 percent for 2025–26 and 46.45 percent for 2026–27. Pre-award costs are approved beginning July 1, 2025, excluding volunteer stipends and reimbursements for meals, travel, and recognition. Performance continues through June 30, 2028, with all activities conducted in Michigan.

Your 2025?26 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 46.46%. 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