Senior Services Inc Of Chester County

Senior Services Inc Of Chester County Senior Services Inc. Of Chester, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in Chester, South Carolina, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering senior volunteer engagement and community transportation services through the AmeriCorps Seniors program and Department of Transportation funding.

The organization functions as a prime recipient on AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program grants (CFDA 94.016) awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management. The Senior Companion Program engages adults aged 55 and older—particularly those with limited incomes—as volunteers providing supportive, individualized services to help other adults with special needs maintain dignity and independence. Senior Services Inc Of Chester operates the program in South Carolina with a current prime award of $203,051 obligated on July 1, 2026, with a performance period extending through June 30, 2029; the award carries a 5 percent statutory match requirement and a 9.75 percent budgetary match requirement. A prior prime grant award covering 2023–2026 funded the approved Senior Companion Program cycle with permanent baseline funding increases to prevent volunteer displacement.

Federal grant customer concentration is narrow. The Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management accounts for six of the organization's ten tracked federal awards, alongside one additional award from the broader Corporation for National and Community Service entity, representing 70 percent of all awards in the portfolio. Over the past five years, the organization has recorded one award in 2020, one in 2022, two in 2023, one in 2024, and one in 2026, with a combined obligation of $4.2 million across all federal sources. Senior Services Inc Of Chester also receives sub-awards—described as federal funds for administrative, operational, and capital expenses—from American Rescue Act Plan (ARPA) sources (2023) and Section 5311 public transportation funding (2022), indicating engagement with Department of Transportation transit-assistance programs alongside the AmeriCorps platform.