Federal Grant Award Summary

The Eastern Nebraska Human Services Agency's Eastern Nebraska Office On Aging received a Project Grant award of $410,057 from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, to fund the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) (CFDA 94.011) for the 2026–27 program year. The award carries a 10% statutory match requirement and a 14.08% budgetary match requirement.

Under this intergenerational national service program, the grantee will engage 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 an average of 20 hours per week in schools, early education and childcare centers, Head Start programs, and other community settings, delivering services including academic tutoring, literacy instruction, developmental support for children with disabilities, and parenting skills education to young parents. The program simultaneously addresses critical community educational gaps while creating meaningful volunteer engagement opportunities for limited-income senior citizens throughout Nebraska.