Otsego County United Way Inc

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2025-26 AMERICORPS SENIORS RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2025?26 STATUTORY MATCH REQUIREMENT IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETED MATCH IS 19.81%.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022?23 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2022?23 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 36.7%.

OTSEGO COUNTY IS LOCATED IN MICHIGAN'S LOWER PENINSULA ABOUT 250 MILES NORTH OF DETROIT. IT IS A VERY RURAL AREA. RESIDENTS 65 AND OLDER COMPRISE 19% OF OUR POPULATION. THIS IS 4% HIGHER THAN MICHIGAN OVERALL. "HEALTHY FUTURES" IS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR THIS RSVP GRANT APPLICATION. WITHIN THAT OVERALL HIGH-IMPACT AREA, EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED UPON THE "AGING IN PLACE" H8. RSVP OF OTSEGO COUNTY CURRENTLY HAS 78, AND BY THE END OF GRANT YEAR THREE WILL HAVE OVER 80 VOLUNTEERS, UNDER WORK PLANS THAT WILL PROVIDE NON-EMERGENT MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION AND NECESSARY HOME REPAIRS TO ALLOW OLDER ADULTS, THE DISABLED, AND THE HOMEBOUND TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY. THERE ARE 329 RSVP TOTAL VOLUNTEERS IN RSVP OF OTSEGO COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, 50 VOLUNTEERS WILL BE IN A ?NON-WORK PLAN? PRIMARY FOCUS AREA SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL FOOD PANTRY (WHICH IS 100% VOLUNTEER MANAGED). THE REMAINING 199 VOLUNTEERS WILL SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH NUMEROUS "OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITY" VOLUNTEER PROJECTS. THESE COMMUNITY PRIORITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH A NETWORK OF APPROXIMATELY 55 VOLUNTEER PLACEMENT SITES. EXAMPLES OF ORGANIZATIONS WHERE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS SERVE INCLUDE THE OTSEGO COUNTY COMMISSION ON AGING, GOODWILL PATRIOT PLACE, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS DISASTER SERVICES,, THE OTSEGO COUNTY UNITED WAY, THE OTSEGO COUNTY FOOD PANTRY, MICHIGAN DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AREA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND A MULTITUDE OF "COMMUNITY PRIORITY" AGENCIES SUCH AS THE OTSEGO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND GAYLORD HIGH SCHOOL'S GORNICK AUDITORIUM. THE ANTICIPATED OUTCOME OF OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF HEALTHY FUTURES (H8) IS THE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT OF H14 (INCREASED SOCIAL TIES/PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT). IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT TWO THIRDS OF THE ELIGIBLE SURVEY RECIPIENTS OF OUR WORK PLAN, DELIVERED BY OUR VOLUNTEERS, WILL REPORT INCREASED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND/OR INCREASED SOCIAL TIES WITH OUR PROGRAM AND PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS. THE FOREGOING OUTCOME IS IN ADDITION TO 3000 VOLUNTEER HOURS OF FOOD PANTRY SUPPORT AND 5000 VOLUNTEER HOURS OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $40,000 PER YEAR IS MATCHED BY AN ADDITIONAL $67,000 IN STATE AND LOCAL SUPPORT, AND THAT THIS GRANT EFFICIENTLY MANAGES TWICE THE CNCS REQUIRED VOLUNTEERS UNDER WORK PLANS.

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES