This award funds the approved 2026?27 FGP program

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Wyoming Senior Citizens, Inc. $430,000 on July 1, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011) for the 2026–27 funding cycle.

Wyoming Senior Citizens will deploy volunteers aged 55 and older to deliver one-on-one tutoring, literacy instruction, mentoring, and developmental support to children with special needs or academic disadvantage in schools, Head Start programs, and childcare centers throughout Wyoming, with geographic expansion approved for Converse County. The program runs through June 30, 2029. Performance occurs in Wyoming.

The award increased the recipient's baseline funding by $41,668 to a total of $387,000, with a 10 percent statutory match and 10 percent budgetary match required. Volunteers serve an average of 20 hours per week in intergenerational service, tutor children based on specific needs, and may teach parenting skills to young parents.

Wyoming Senior Citizens, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Riverton, Wyoming, currently operates three active AmeriCorps Seniors grants, including the Senior Companion Program and the Senior Medicare Patrol Program, and serves as a sub-recipient on 27 awards flowing from the Wyoming Department of Health.

Your 2026?27 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 10.00%. This award was approved for changes to the geographic service area: add converse county. This award was approved for an increase in baseline funding of $41,668. The new baseline funding for this grant is $387,000.