This award funds the approved 2026?27 SCP program. Your 2026?27 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 10.03%.

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded $512,686 to Axess Family Services, Inc., doing business as Axesspointe Community Health Center, on July 1, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (CFDA 94.016). The award funds the 2026–27 SCP program and runs through June 30, 2029, with performance in Ohio. The recipient must provide a 10% statutory match and a 10.03% budgetary match.

The Senior Companion Program provides grants to qualified organizations to engage persons 55 and older, particularly those with limited incomes, in volunteer service to meet critical community needs while enriching the volunteers' lives. Program funds support Senior Companions in delivering supportive, individualized services to help adults with special needs maintain their dignity and independence. Grant recipients must maintain all financial and program records for three years from final Federal Financial Report submission, including financial records, time cards, contracts, personnel records, program execution and performance records, and criminal history checks. All individuals receiving salary, living allowance, stipend, National Trust Education Award, or similar compensation through AmeriCorps funding must clear a National Service Criminal History Check, with records maintained in grant files. AmeriCorps reserves audit authority for its employees, the Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, and contracted auditors.