This award funds the approved 2025?26 FGP program

South Florida Institute On Aging Inc. received a $2.485 million Project Grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011), awarded September 5, 2025, with completion scheduled for June 30, 2028. The award funds the 2025-26 program year with forward-funded amounts of $618,807 each for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 program years. The organization will engage volunteers aged 55 and older with limited incomes to provide one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, and intensive support services to children with special needs or academic and social disadvantages. Volunteers will serve approximately 20 hours per week in schools, early education centers, childcare settings, and other community locations throughout Florida, with no statutory match requirement and a budgetary match obligation of 34.68% for the initial program year.

The award specifically supports an intergenerational service model designed to address critical community needs while simultaneously creating meaningful volunteer opportunities for older adults. Volunteer-delivered services include individualized tutoring based on children's specific needs, mentoring relationships, and parenting skills instruction. The award includes pre-award authorization beginning July 1, 2025, with the exception that volunteer stipends and reimbursements for meals, travel, and recognition are not approved costs under this funding.

Your 2025?26 statutory match is 0% and your budgetary match is 34.68%. 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