Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs received a $416,154 federal 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 with a statutory match requirement of 10% and a budgetary match of 35.1%.

Under this grant, the Department of Senior Affairs will engage senior volunteers aged 55 and older with limited incomes to provide 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 direct academic tutoring, literacy instruction, mentoring, parenting skills education, and developmental support. This intergenerational initiative simultaneously addresses critical community educational gaps while creating meaningful volunteer engagement opportunities for limited-income seniors in the Albuquerque area.