Project Grant 26SFDNM006

The City of Santa Fe received a $271,584 Project Grant award effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (FGP), CFDA 94.011. This award funds the 2026-27 FGP program cycle and requires the awardee to maintain a 10 percent statutory match and an 86.92 percent budgetary match.

Under this award, the City of Santa Fe will engage senior volunteers aged 55 and older with limited incomes to provide one-on-one intergenerational services to children with special needs or who are academically or socially disadvantaged. Program services include direct mentoring, tutoring, literacy instruction, academic support, and parenting skills education delivered in schools, Head Start programs, childcare centers, and other community settings. Volunteers will typically commit an average of 20 hours per week to deliver these services, thereby addressing critical community educational gaps while creating meaningful volunteer engagement opportunities for limited-income senior citizens.