Foster Grandparent Prgm-Snyder

Foster Grandparent Prgm-Snyder, doing business as Union Snyder Foster Grandparent Program, is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania that serves as a federal grant recipient under the AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program (CFDA 94.011), delivering intergenerational volunteer services across six Pennsylvania counties.

The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient; all six awards in its federal portfolio are prime grants from the Corporation for National and Community Service's Office of Grants Management, with no contract work or subcontract activity. The most recent award, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, carries a $664,946 project grant that consolidates prior grant cycles and funds the 2026–27 program operations. The organization is required to provide a 10% statutory match and 10% budgetary match on the current award. Prior grants under this program include a $664,946 project grant awarded July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026 (which funded both 2023–24 and 2025–26 program operations) and a $664,946 project grant awarded July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 (subsequently amended to June 30, 2026 to facilitate consolidation).

The program engages approximately 83 volunteer seniors aged 55 and older to deliver academic tutoring, social skills development, and motor skill enhancement to children with special needs and academic or social disadvantages across pre-kindergarten classrooms, Head Start programs, childcare centers, and school districts in Columbia, Juniata, Mifflin, Northumberland, Snyder, and Union counties. Volunteers serve an average of 20 hours weekly across 38 volunteer service stations. The organization maintains a performance goal of demonstrating measurable improvement for 75% of served children. Award activity is sparse and episodic — one award per year over the past six years — with combined federal dollars obligated at $8.4 million across the entire visible grant portfolio.