This award funds the approved 2026?27 FGP program

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Positive Maturity, Inc. $602,323 on July 1, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011) for the 2026–27 program year.

The award funds engagement of volunteers aged 55 and older with limited incomes to provide one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, and educational support to children with special needs or academic disadvantage in schools, Head Start programs, and childcare centers. Volunteers serve an average of 20 hours per week and also teach parenting skills to young parents.

Positive Maturity, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Birmingham, Alabama, operates the Foster Grandparent Program across multiple Alabama counties. The award consolidates two prior grants (25SFHAL002 and 24SFHAL002) including VSYS and geographic service areas. Performance of service occurs in Alabama. The period of performance runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029.

The statutory match requirement is 10 percent and the budgetary match requirement is 10.36 percent. Recipients must maintain all grant financial and program records for three years from submission of the final Federal Financial Report; this includes financial records, time cards, contracts, personnel records, and criminal history checks. All individuals receiving compensation through the award must clear a National Service Criminal History Check.

Your 2026?27 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 10.36%. This award consolidates 25SFHAL002 and 24SFHAL002, including vsys and geographic service areas.