Federal Grant Award Summary

The Capital Area Agency On Aging (doing business as Span Center) received a Project Grant award of $514,863 from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), CFDA 94.011, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. This award represents a $180,000 increase to the agency's baseline funding, bringing the new baseline to $461,176, and expands the geographic service area to include Chesterfield and Hanover counties and the Chickahominy Tribal Lands in Virginia.

Under this award, Senior Connections will engage volunteers aged 55 and older with limited incomes to provide intergenerational volunteer services, including one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, and educational support to children with special needs or who are academically or socially disadvantaged. Volunteers will serve approximately 20 hours per week in schools, Head Start programs, childcare centers, and other community settings, delivering services such as academic tutoring, literacy instruction, mentoring, and developmental support. The grant requires a 10% statutory match and 10.43% budgetary match from the awardee and is subject to standard AmeriCorps financial and programmatic compliance requirements, including three-year record retention and National Service Criminal History Checks for all compensated program participants.