Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (SCP) Replacement and Expansion Opportunity
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- AC-11-02-23
- Applications due
- Award size
- Not on record
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Categories
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- Other
- Community Development
- Disaster Prevention and Relief
- Education
- Employment, Labor and Training
- Environment
- Food and Nutrition
- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- State Governments
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- County Governments
- City/Township Governments
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program is seeking applicants to expand existing programming or return programming to previously served areas through cost reimbursement grants of up to three years. The Corporation for National and Community Service will provide approximately $2 million to engage volunteers age 55 and older in providing companionship and assistance to seniors to help them remain independent. Eligible applicants include nonprofits, tribes, local and state governments. Applications are due February 1, 2024 and will be evaluated based on effective recruitment and management of volunteers as well as organizational capacity and sound program design aligned with the funding priorities of caregiver support and underserved communities.
Funding will support grants of up to three years to perform services in clients' homes. Priority will be given to applicants addressing the healthy futures program area by expanding programming to new geographic areas or returning programming to areas previously served. Successful applicants will work to engage volunteers in providing companionship, assistance with transportation and light chores, and serving as liaisons to address medical or other issues for homebound senior clients.
Synopsis
AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country's most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving. AmeriCorps helps make service a cornerstone of our national culture.
Established in 1974, the AmeriCorps Seniors' Senior Companion Program engages adults aged 55 and over to provide companionship and support to other adults in need of extra assistance to remain at home or in the community for as long as possible. AmeriCorps Seniors' volunteers in the Senior Companion program serve with most of the volunteer service taking place in the homes of their clients. Among other activities, they provide companionship to ease loneliness and social isolation, assist with transportation and light chores, help to serve as eyes and ears to professionals who can intervene in the case of medical or other deterioration on the part of the clients, and give support to informal caregivers. While serving, AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers in the Senior Companion Program improve their own lives by staying active and civically engaged.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| FY24 SCP Replacement NOFO FINAL -11.1.23.pdf |
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