This award funds the approved 2026?27 FGP program

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Save The Children Federation, Inc. $267,657 on July 1, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011). The award funds the approved 2026–27 FGP program with a statutory match requirement of 10% and a budgetary match of 26.24%. This award consolidates prior grants 25SFGAR001 and 24SFFCT005, including VSYS and geographic service areas, with an approved modification to remove Pike County from the geographic service area.

The Foster Grandparent Program engages volunteers ages 55 and older in one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, and support services to children with special needs or who are academically or socially disadvantaged. Volunteers serve an average of 20 hours per week in schools, early education and childcare centers, and other settings, providing tutoring based on individual child needs and teaching parenting skills to young parents. The program also creates opportunity to enhance school environments.

Performance runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, with place of performance in New Mexico. Grant recipients must maintain all financial and program records for three years from submission of the final Federal Financial Report. All individuals receiving compensation through the program must clear a National Service Criminal History Check.

Your 2026?27 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 26.24%. This award consolidates 25SFGAR001 and 24SFFCT005, including vsys and geographic service areas. This award was approved for changes to the geographic service area: remove pike county.