Oasis Institute

NATIONAL VOLUNTEER CAREGIVER PROGRAM

COMMUNITY CARE CORPS: EXPANSION AND REFINEMENT OF VOLUNTEER ASSISTANCE MODELS

VIRTUAL HEALTHY HABITS: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO NUTRITION EDUCATION, HANDS-ON MEAL PREPARATION AND SOCIALIZING FOR OLDER ADULTS

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023?24 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023?24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 30.0%. THIS AWARD REDUCES THE 2023-24 PROGRAM YEAR BY THREE MONTHS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALIGNING THE AWARD WITH NON?STIPEND PROGRAM START DATES. THE 2024-25 PROGRAM YEAR GRANT WILL HAVE AN APRIL 1 START DATE.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023-24 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023-24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 30.0%.

AN ESTIMATED 450 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE AS TUTORS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ST. LOUIS CITY, ST. LOUIS COUNTY, ST. CHARLES COUNTY AND JEFFERSON COUNTY. ALL 450 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. BUILDING ON ITS PROVEN MODEL AND EXPERTISE IN ENGAGING OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS, OASIS WILL ADDRESS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ACADEMICALLY AT-RISK CHILDREN. TO MEET THIS NEED, OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, OASIS WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 450 UNDUPLICATED RSVP VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL SERVE DIRECTLY IN SCHOOLS (VOLUNTEER STATIONS) PROVIDING LITERACY TUTORING AND MENTORING SUPPORT TO 925 STUDENTS IN THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA. THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 36,000 HOURS OF SERVICE PER YEAR. OF THE STUDENTS SERVED BY YEAR THREE, 80 PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS (740) WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY AS MEASURED BY PRE- AND POST-TESTS. THE OASIS RSVP PROGRAM WILL MEET THE CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED OF IMPROVING STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY WHILE STRENGTHENING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF CARING, WELL-TRAINED, OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $198,147 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $88,095 FROM FUNDING FROM CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATION.

MISSOURI FALLS PREVENTION INITIATIVE

MISSOURI FALLS PREVENTION INITIATIVE

AN ESTIMATED 375 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 353 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL BE TUTORING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ST. LOUIS CITY, ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND ST. CHARLES COUNTY, RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS, AND COACHING CHILDREN IN K-3 GRADES HEALTHY LIFELONG HABITS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS EDUCATION. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, OUT OF 706 K-3 STUDENTS, 413 WILL HAVE IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AS MEASURED BY READING ASSESSMENTS USED BY THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUCH AS FOUNTAS AND PINNELL, GATES MCGINITIE, OR IREADY DIAGNOSTIC. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $115,628 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $49,697 FROM FUNDING FROM CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS. THE OASIS INSTITUTE (OASIS), A 501 (C) (3) ORGANIZATION, IS PROPOSING TO CONTINUE A SENIOR CORPS RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP) IN ST. LOUIS CITY, ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND ST. CHARLES COUNTY IN MISSOURI. THE MISSION OF OASIS IS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY AGING THROUGH LIFELONG LEARNING, ACTIVE LIFESTYLES, AND VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT. THE OASIS ST. LOUIS RSVP PROGRAM WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 375 VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE 55 AND OLDER BY THE THIRD YEAR OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS. BUILDING ON ITS PROVEN MODEL AND EXPERTISE IN ENGAGING OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS, OASIS WILL ADDRESS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ACADEMICALLY AT-RISK CHILDREN. THERE IS CONSENSUS AMONG EDUCATION EXPERTS THAT IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN TO READ AT GRADE LEVEL BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE. RESEARCH HAS DEMONSTRATED THE CORRELATION BETWEEN A STUDENT'S READING ABILITY AT THIS POINT AND HIS OR HER SUBSEQUENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN MISSOURI INCLUDING STUDENTS IN THE SERVICE AREA OF THE OASIS ST. LOUIS RSVP PROGRAM FAIL TO MEET THIS BENCHMARK. ON THE ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS PORTION OF THE 2016 MISSOURI ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (MAP), 57.8 PERCENT OF ALL THIRD GRADERS IN THE STATE FELL BELOW THE PROFICIENT LEVEL. THE OASIS ST. LOUIS RSVP PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE TO MEET THE CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED OF IMPROVING STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY WHILE STRENGTHENING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF CARING, WELL- TRAINED, OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS. TO MEET THIS NEED, OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, OASIS WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE AT LEAST 375 UNDUPLICATED RSVP VOLUNTEERS WITH 353 SERVING DIRECTLY IN SCHOOLS (VOLUNTEER STATIONS) PROVIDING LITERACY TUTORING AND SUPPORT TO 706 STUDENTS. OF THE STUDENTS BEING SERVED BY YEAR THREE, 90% OR 635 STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND 65% OF STUDENTS OR 413 STUDENTS WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY AS MEASURED BY PRE- AND POST-TESTS. OVER THE THREE-YEAR GRANT PERIOD, UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 30,091 HOURS OF SERVICE.

AN ESTIMATED 83 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE AS TUTORS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE FULTON 58 SCHOOL DISTRICT, NORTH CALLAWAY R-1, SOUTH CALLAWAY R-2, PILOT GROVE C-IV AND NEW BLOOMFIELD R-3 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ALL 83 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. BUILDING ON ITS PROVEN MODEL AND EXPERTISE IN ENGAGING OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS, OASIS WILL ADDRESS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ACADEMICALLY AT-RISK CHILDREN. TO MEET THIS NEED, OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, OASIS WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 83 UNDUPLICATED RSVP VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL SERVE DIRECTLY IN SCHOOLS (VOLUNTEER STATIONS) PROVIDING LITERACY TUTORING AND MENTORING SUPPORT TO 150 STUDENTS IN THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA. THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 6,640 HOURS OF SERVICE PER SCHOOL YEAR. OF THE STUDENTS SERVED BY YEAR THREE, 150 STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND 80 PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS (120) WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY AS MEASURED BY PRE-AND POST READING TESTS. CALLAWAY COUNTY RSVP PROGRAM WILL MEET THE CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED OF IMPROVING STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY WHILE STRENGTHENING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF CARING, WELL-TRAINED, OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $82,500 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $9,575 FROM FUNDING FROM CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS.

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

AN ESTIMATED 83 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE AS TUTORS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN CHILLICOTHE R-2, LIVINGSTON COUNTY R-3 AND SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ALL 83 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. BUILDING ON ITS PROVEN MODEL AND EXPERTISE IN ENGAGING OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS, OASIS WILL ADDRESS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ACADEMICALLY AT-RISK CHILDREN. TO MEET THIS NEED, OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, OASIS WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 83 UNDUPLICATED RSVP VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL SERVE DIRECTLY IN SCHOOLS (VOLUNTEER STATIONS) PROVIDING LITERACY TUTORING AND MENTORING SUPPORT TO 166 STUDENTS IN THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA. THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 6,640 HOURS OF SERVICE PER SCHOOL YEAR. OF THE STUDENTS SERVED BY YEAR THREE, 150 STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND 80 PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS (120) WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY AS MEASURED BY PRE-AND POST READING TESTS. LIVINGSTON COUNTY RSVP PROGRAM WILL MEET THE CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED OF IMPROVING STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY WHILE STRENGTHENING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF CARING, WELL-TRAINED, OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $82,500 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $9,575 FROM FUNDING FROM CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATION.

AN ESTIMATED 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE AS TUTORS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN EAST ST. LOUIS, CAHOKIA, AND BROOKLYN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS EDUCATION. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 150 OUT OF 255 K-3 STUDENTS WILL HAVE IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AS MEASURED BY READING ASSESSMENTS USED BY THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUCH AS FOUNTAS AND PINNELL, GATES MCGINITIE, OR IREADY DIAGNOSTIC. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $13,753 FROM FUNDING FROM CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS. THE OASIS INSTITUTE (OASIS), A 501 (C) (3) ORGANIZATION, IS PROPOSING TO IMPLEMENT A SENIOR CORPS RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP) IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, SPECIFICALLY EAST ST. LOUIS, CAHOKIA AND BROOKLYN SCHOOL DISTRICTS (IL-1X). THE MISSION OF OASIS IS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY AGING THROUGH LIFELONG LEARNING, ACTIVE LIFESTYLES, AND VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT. THE OASIS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RSVP PROGRAM WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 75 VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE 55 AND OLDER BY THE THIRD YEAR OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS. BUILDING ON ITS PROVEN MODEL AND EXPERTISE IN ENGAGING OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS, OASIS WILL ADDRESS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ACADEMICALLY AT-RISK CHILDREN. THERE IS CONSENSUS AMONG EDUCATION EXPERTS THAT IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN TO READ AT GRADE LEVEL BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE. RESEARCH HAS DEMONSTRATED THE CORRELATION BETWEEN A STUDENT'S READING ABILITY AT THIS POINT AND HIS OR HER SUBSEQUENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS. ILLINOISREPORTCARD.COM IN 2016-2017, THE STATE'S OFFICIAL SOURCE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ILLINOIS SHOWS 53.8 PERCENT AND 59.5 PERCENT OF THIRD GRADERS IN EAST ST. LOUIS AND AT LALUMIER ELEMENTARY IN CAHOKIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS RESPECTIVELY DO NOT DEMONSTRATE READINESS FOR THE FOURTH GRADE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS; 83.3 PERCENT OF THIRD GRADERS AT LOVEJOY ELEMENTARY IN BROOKLYN SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT DEMONSTRATE READINESS TO ADVANCE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS. TO MEET THIS NEED, OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, OASIS WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 75 UNDUPLICATED RSVP VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL SERVE DIRECTLY IN SCHOOLS (VOLUNTEER STATIONS) PROVIDING LITERACY TUTORING AND SUPPORT TO 255 STUDENTS IN THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA. THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 14,280 HOURS OF SERVICE. OF THE STUDENTS SERVED BY YEAR THREE, 90 PERCENT OF STUDENTS (230) WILL COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND 65 PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS (150) WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY AS MEASURED BY PRE- AND POST-TESTS. THE OASIS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS RSVP PROGRAM WILL MEET THE CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED OF IMPROVING STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY WHILE STRENGTHENING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF CARING, WELL-TRAINED, OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS.

AN ESTIMATED 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE AS TUTORS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY INCLUDING NEW HAVEN SD, WASHINGTON SD, MERAMEC VALLEY R-3, SULLIVAN, ST. CLAIR R-8 AND UNION R-6 AND FRANKLIN COUNTY R-3 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ALL 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. BUILDING ON ITS PROVEN MODEL AND EXPERTISE IN ENGAGING OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS, OASIS WILL ADDRESS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ACADEMICALLY AT-RISK CHILDREN. TO MEET THIS NEED, OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, OASIS WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 75 UNDUPLICATED RSVP VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL SERVE DIRECTLY IN SCHOOLS (VOLUNTEER STATIONS) PROVIDING LITERACY TUTORING AND MENTORING SUPPORT TO 230 STUDENTS IN THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA. THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 6,640 HOURS OF SERVICE PER SCHOOL YEAR. OF THE STUDENTS SERVED BY YEAR THREE, 230 STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND 80 PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS (184) WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY AS MEASURED BY PRE- AND POST-READING TESTS. FRANKLIN COUNTY RSVP PROGRAM WILL MEET THE CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED OF IMPROVING STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY WHILE STRENGTHENING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF CARING, WELL-TRAINED, OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $8,333 FROM FUNDING FROM CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023-24 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023-24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 30.0%.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022-23 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2022-23 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 30.0%.

AN ESTIMATED 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE AS TUTORS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN LINN COUNTY INCLUDING MARCELINE R-5, BUCKLIN R-2, MEADVILLE R-4, BROOKFIELD R-3 AND LINN COUNTY R-1 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ALL 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. BUILDING ON ITS PROVEN MODEL AND EXPERTISE IN ENGAGING OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS, OASIS WILL ADDRESS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ACADEMICALLY AT-RISK CHILDREN. TO MEET THIS NEED, OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, OASIS WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 75 UNDUPLICATED RSVP VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL SERVE DIRECTLY IN SCHOOLS (VOLUNTEER STATIONS) PROVIDING LITERACY TUTORING AND MENTORING SUPPORT TO 230 STUDENTS IN THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA. THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 6,640 HOURS OF SERVICE PER SCHOOL YEAR. OF THE STUDENTS SERVED BY YEAR THREE, 230 STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND 80 PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS (184) WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY AS MEASURED BY PRE- AND POST-READING TESTS. LINN COUNTY RSVP PROGRAM WILL MEET THE CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED OF IMPROVING STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY WHILE STRENGTHENING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF CARING, WELL-TRAINED, OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $8,333 FROM MATCH FUNDING FROM THE NORMAN J. STUPP FOUNDATION, SAIGH FOUNDATION, DOLLAR GENERAL LITERACY FOUNDATION AND PARTNER REVENUE.

AN ESTIMATED 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. THEIR ACTIVITY WILL BE TUTORING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS EDUCATION. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 150 K-3 STUDENTS WILL HAVE IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AS MEASURED BY READING ASSESSMENTS USED BY THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUCH AS FOUNTAS AND PINNELL, GATES MCGINITIE, OR IREADY DIAGNOSTIC. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $74,617 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $8,351 FROM FUNDING FROM CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS. THE OASIS INSTITUTE (OASIS), A 501 (C) (3) ORGANIZATION, IS PROPOSING TO IMPLEMENT A SENIOR CORPS RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP) IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, MISSOURI (MO-29). THE MISSION OF OASIS IS TO PROMOTE HEALTHY AGING THROUGH LIFELONG LEARNING, ACTIVE LIFESTYLES, AND VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT. THE OASIS JEFFERSON COUNTY RSVP PROGRAM WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE 55 AND OLDER BY THE THIRD YEAR OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS. BUILDING ON ITS PROVEN MODEL AND EXPERTISE IN ENGAGING OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS, OASIS WILL ADDRESS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ACADEMICALLY AT-RISK CHILDREN. THERE IS CONSENSUS AMONG EDUCATION EXPERTS THAT IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR CHILDREN TO READ AT GRADE LEVEL BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE. RESEARCH HAS DEMONSTRATED THE CORRELATION BETWEEN A STUDENT'S READING ABILITY AT THIS POINT AND HIS OR HER SUBSEQUENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS. HOWEVER, NATIONALLY MILLIONS OF STUDENTS FAIL TO MEET THIS BENCHMARK EACH YEAR, AS DO THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN MISSOURI AND IN THE PROPOSED RSVP SERVICE AREAS. ON THE 2015 NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS (NAEP) READING EXAM, 63.7 PERCENT OF 4TH GRADERS IN MISSOURI WERE NOT READING AT THE "PROFICIENT" LEVEL. ON THE ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS PORTION OF THE 2016 MISSOURI ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (MAP), 39.3 PERCENT OF ALL THIRD GRADERS IN THE STATE FELL BELOW THE PROFICIENT LEVEL. IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, 50.7 PERCENT OF THIRD GRADERS ARE NOT PROFICIENT IN READING. TO MEET THIS NEED, OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, OASIS WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 75 UNDUPLICATED RSVP VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL SERVE DIRECTLY IN 19 SCHOOLS (VOLUNTEER STATIONS) PROVIDING LITERACY TUTORING AND SUPPORT TO 255 STUDENTS THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA. THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 5,040 HOURS OF SERVICE. OF THE STUDENTS SERVED BY YEAR THREE, 90 PERCENT OF STUDENTS (230) WILL COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND 65 PERCENT OF STUDENTS (150) WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY AS MEASURED BY PRE- AND POST-TESTS. THE OASIS JEFFERSON COUNTY RSVP PROGRAM WILL MEET THE CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED OF IMPROVING STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY WHILE STRENGTHENING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF CARING, WELL- TRAINED, OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS.

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THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024?25 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2024?25 STATUTORY MATCH IS 0% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 0%. THIS AWARD IS APPROVED TO ADD $2,500 IN ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL RELATED TO TRAINING IN FY 24.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AN ESTIMATED 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE AS TUTORS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN AUDRAIN COUNTY INCLUDING MEXICO, VAN-FAR R-1 AND COMMUNITY R-6 SCHOOL DISTRICTS. ALL 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. BUILDING ON ITS PROVEN MODEL AND EXPERTISE IN ENGAGING OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS, OASIS WILL ADDRESS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AND ACADEMICALLY AT-RISK CHILDREN. TO MEET THIS NEED, OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS, OASIS WILL RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 75 UNDUPLICATED RSVP VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL SERVE DIRECTLY IN SCHOOLS (VOLUNTEER STATIONS) PROVIDING LITERACY TUTORING AND MENTORING SUPPORT TO 230 STUDENTS IN THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA. THESE VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN 6,640 HOURS OF SERVICE PER SCHOOL YEAR. OF THE STUDENTS SERVED BY YEAR THREE, 230 STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE PROGRAM AND 80 PERCENT OF THOSE STUDENTS (184) WILL SHOW IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY AS MEASURED BY PRE-AND POST READING TESTS. AUDRAIN COUNTY RSVP PROGRAM WILL MEET THE CRITICAL COMMUNITY NEED OF IMPROVING STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY WHILE STRENGTHENING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE PRESENCE OF CARING, WELL-TRAINED, OLDER ADULT VOLUNTEERS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $8,333 FROM FUNDING FROM CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS.