This award funds the approved 2026?27 SCP program

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Methodist Children's Home Society $916,663 on July 1, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (CFDA 94.016).

The award funds the 2026–27 SCP program cycle and consolidates two prior awards (23SCCMI001 and 24SCCMI004), including VSYS and geographic service areas. The Senior Companion Program engages persons 55 and older, particularly those with limited incomes, in volunteer service to meet critical community needs and provide supportive, individualized services to adults with special needs to help maintain their dignity and independence.

Methodist Children's Home Society, doing business as MCHS Family of Services, is a Michigan-based nonprofit. The period of performance runs through June 30, 2029, with place of performance in Michigan. The recipient is required to provide a statutory match of 10 percent and a budgetary match of 10.35 percent against this award.

The ameriCorps Seniors program funds are subject to audit by AmeriCorps employees, the AmeriCorps Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, and contracted auditors. Grant recipients must maintain all financial and program records for three years from the final Federal Financial Report submission, including receipts, disbursements, vouchers, time cards, contracts, personnel records, and documentation of all activities and spending. Individuals receiving salary, living allowance, stipend, or similar compensation through the award must clear a National Service Criminal History Check, and those records must be retained within grant records.

Your 2026?27 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 10.35%. This award consolidates 23SCCMI001 and 24SCCMI004, including vsys and geographic service areas.