This award funds the approved 2026?27 FGP program

The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management awarded Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission $883,298 in federal funding on July 1, 2026, under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011). This award consolidates two prior grants (24SFICA005 and 24SFICA006), including VSYS and geographic service areas, and funds the approved 2026–27 FGP program. Performance runs through June 30, 2029, in California.

The Foster Grandparent Program engages volunteers aged 55 and older with limited incomes in intergenerational national service. Fresno EOC operates the program to provide one-on-one mentoring, tutoring, and supportive services to children with special or exceptional 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 child-serving settings, with activities including academic tutoring, parenting skills instruction, and environmental enrichment.

The recipient's statutory match obligation is 10 percent, and its budgetary match is 10 percent. This award is assistance type Project Grant and carries a three-year record retention requirement for all financial and program records, including personnel records and criminal history checks for individuals receiving compensation through the national service program.

Your 2026?27 statutory match is 10% and your budgetary match is 10%. This award consolidates 24SFICA005 and 24SFICA006 , including vsys and geographic service areas.