Project Grant 25SFEKS001

This federal Project Grant award of $262,200 from the Corporation for National and Community Service's AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011) provides funding to the North Central-Flint Hills Area Agency On Aging, Inc. (doing business as Friendship Meals) to engage senior volunteers aged 55 and older in providing educational assistance and mentoring services to children and youth with special needs or academic challenges. The funding supports volunteer placements in schools, childcare centers, and correctional facilities, where the volunteers will offer tutoring, mentoring, and other supportive services to help improve participants' academic and social-emotional development. This three-year grant, which has an approved start date of July 1, 2025, requires a 10% statutory and budgetary match from the awardee.