Grant Award Summary

The Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management awarded $163,939 to Taos County Office of Community Development effective July 1, 2026, through the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (FGP, CFDA 94.011). This three-year project grant funds an intergenerational volunteer service initiative that engages adults aged 55 and older with limited incomes to provide direct, one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, and educational support to children with special needs or who are academically or socially disadvantaged. Volunteers serve approximately 20 hours per week in schools, Head Start programs, childcare centers, and other community settings across northern New Mexico.

Under this award, Taos County will deliver core FGP services including academic tutoring, literacy instruction, mentoring, parenting skills education to young parents, and developmental support for children with disabilities. The grantee is required to maintain a statutory match of 10 percent and a budgetary match of 58.56 percent, and must comply with comprehensive record-keeping requirements and National Service Criminal History Checks for all compensated program participants through the project completion date of June 30, 2029.