This award funds the approved 2026?27 SCP program. Your 2026?27 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 10.02%.

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Sunflower-Humphreys Counties Progress, Inc., $409,356 for the AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (CFDA 94.016) on July 1, 2026. The award funds the 2026–27 program year through June 30, 2029, with a 10% statutory match and 10.02% budgetary match requirement.

Sunflower-Humphreys Counties Progress, a Mississippi-based nonprofit headquartered in Indianola, operates the Senior Companion Program across Bolivar, Humphreys, and Sunflower counties. The program mobilizes economically disadvantaged senior volunteers aged 55 and older to provide companionship, transportation assistance, respite care, light household chores, and mentoring support to vulnerable and isolated older adults. The organization manages volunteer recruitment, eligibility certification, training, and day-to-day program operations. Performance takes place in Mississippi.

The Senior Companion Program funds grants to qualified agencies to engage persons 55 and older, particularly those with limited incomes, in volunteer service to meet critical community needs while providing a high-quality experience that enriches the lives of volunteers. 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 grant financial and program records for three years from the date of submission of the final Federal Financial Report. All individuals receiving compensation through AmeriCorps must clear a National Service Criminal History Check, and those records must be maintained in grant records.