Chaves County Joy Center, Inc.

Chaves County Joy Center, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Roswell, New Mexico, operates as a recipient of federal grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service, delivering intergenerational volunteer services through AmeriCorps Seniors programs. The organization does not hold federal contracts, IDVs, or BPAs; its entire federal footprint consists of grant awards under the AmeriCorps Seniors portfolio, operated as a prime recipient with no subgrant activity.

Chaves County Joy Center's work centers on two AmeriCorps Seniors grant programs: the Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011) and the Senior Corps Program. Under the Foster Grandparent Program, low-income volunteers aged 55 and older provide direct mentoring, tutoring, and educational support to children with special needs and academic or social disadvantages. Volunteers deliver one-on-one services averaging 20 hours per week in schools, Head Start programs, childcare centers, and community settings, with focus on literacy instruction, academic tutoring, developmental support for children with disabilities, and parenting skills education. The organization maintains comprehensive financial and program records and ensures all compensated individuals complete required National Service Criminal History Checks. The most recent award, effective July 1, 2026, totals $108,226 and extends through June 30, 2029, with a 10 percent statutory cost-share match and 40.74 percent budgetary match requirement. A prior Foster Grandparent Program award effective July 1, 2023, spans through June 30, 2026. The organization also received a Senior Corps Program award effective July 1, 2023, with a 96.23 percent budgetary match requirement and completion scheduled for June 30, 2026.

Chaves County Joy Center's customer base is monolithic: all thirteen awards over the past twenty-one years flow from the Corporation for National and Community Service. Recent activity shows one award per program year, with the cumulative obligated value across the entire award history at $3.4 million. All awards carry statutory and budgetary match requirements, leveraging state and local resources to supplement the federal investment in senior volunteer engagement and youth support services in New Mexico.