This award funds the approved 2025?26 FGP program

The Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management awarded Southeast Alabama Community Action Partnership, Inc. a Project Grant totaling $1,004,894 under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011), effective September 5, 2025, with completion by June 30, 2028. This award funds the organization's 2025-26 program year with forward-funded amounts of $404,759 each for 2026-27 and 2027-28, subject to statutory match requirements of 10% and budgetary match of 11.78% for the initial year and 10% for subsequent years.

The grant supports an intergenerational program that engages volunteers aged 55 and older with limited incomes in one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, and intensive support services to children with special needs or academic and social disadvantages. Foster Grandparent Program volunteers serve approximately 20 hours per week in schools, early education centers, childcare settings, and other community locations, providing individualized tutoring based on each child's specific needs and offering parenting skills instruction to young parents. The awardee is approved for pre-award costs beginning July 1, 2025, with the exception of volunteer-related costs such as stipends, meal reimbursements, travel reimbursements, and recognition expenses.

Your 2025?26 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 11.78%. 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