This award funds the approved 2026?27 SCP program

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded The Rotary Club of Rock Valley Foundation, Inc. $530,013 on July 1, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (CFDA 94.016).

The award funds the 2026–27 Senior Companion Program cycle, which engages older adult volunteers aged 55 and older, particularly those with limited incomes, to provide supportive, individualized services to adults with special needs. The Foundation operates the program under the doing-business-as name Foster Grandparent Program, serving Iowa with a geographic service area that includes Cherokee and excludes Monona as of this award.

The new baseline funding for the grant is $476,718, reflecting an approved permanent reduction of $29,507 from the prior baseline. The recipient must provide a statutory match of 10 percent and a budgetary match of 10.06 percent. Performance runs through June 30, 2029. Place of performance is Iowa.

The Senior Companion Program engages senior volunteers to provide in-home support, respite care, coaching, tutoring, and mentoring to seniors and individuals with disabilities, contributing over 98,000 hours annually. The program is classified as a Project Grant, an assistance type subject to AmeriCorps audit requirements and three-year grant record retention obligations.

Your 2026?27 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 10.06%. Per the applicant?S request, this award was approved for a permanent reduction in baseline funding of $29,507. The new baseline funding for this grant is $476,718. This award was approved for changes to the geographic service area: add cherokee, remove monona.