Federal Grant Award Summary

The Corporation for National and Community Service awarded Community Action Partnership of Lancaster & Saunders Counties $100,000 through the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011) on July 1, 2026, for the 2026-27 program year through June 30, 2029. This award represents an $18,000 increase to the organization's baseline funding, bringing total baseline support to $90,000. The grant funds an intergenerational service program that engages volunteers aged 55 and older with limited incomes to provide one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, and intensive educational support to children with special needs or academic and social disadvantages in schools, early education centers, and childcare settings throughout Lancaster and Saunders Counties, Nebraska.

Under this award, Foster Grandparent volunteers serve approximately 20 hours per week delivering customized tutoring based on individual children's needs and teaching parenting skills to young parents. The grantee is required to provide a 10 percent statutory match and 10 percent budgetary match to support program operations. Community Action Partnership of Lancaster & Saunders Counties, a Nebraska-based nonprofit, currently manages an extensive federal grant portfolio focused on early childhood education, homeless services, energy assistance, and community development programming for low-income populations.