Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency Inc

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START: FULL YEAR PART DAY HANDICAPPEDTRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

EARLY HEAD START ARRA EXPANSION

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

AN ESTIMATED 47 FEDERAL AND TWO NON-FEDERAL FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, ALL 49 FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING, TUTORING, AND OTHER CLASSROOM SUPPORT TO K-12 STUDENTS NEEDING EMOTIONAL/SOCIAL SUPPORT AND/OR ASSIST WITH THE CORE CURRICULUM OF MATH AND LITERACY TO BUILD THE FOUNDATION FOR IMPROVED ACADEMIC SUCCESS TO HELP PREPARE THEM FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS EDUCATION. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, THE FGP OF NORTHEAST MICHIGAN WILL HAVE PLACED 49 FGP VOLUNTEERS IN 13 K-12 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SERVING 196 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN OF WHICH 167 WILL DEMONSTRATE GAINS IN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ENGAGEMENT, AND/OR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $281,983 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY A COMMITMENT FROM THE MICHIGAN AGING & ADULT SERVICE AGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,416 THROUGH THEIR FGP GRANT DOLLARS AND AN ADDITIONAL, MINIMUM AMOUNT OF $39,480 OF CASH AND IN-KIND SUPPORT WILL BE PROCURED FROM NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES.

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICE TO CHILDREN IN NEED

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022?23 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2022?23 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 10.6%. THIS AWARD BEGINS THE FIRST YEAR OF YOUR PROPOSED PROJECT PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. THIS AWARD ACTION ADDS PERMANENT FUNDING TO INCREASE THE STIPEND AMOUNT FROM $3.00 TO $3.15 PER HOUR AND ALSO INCLUDES A PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE INCREASE OF $7,379, AND AN INCREASE OF FUNDING FOR FY22 OF $314 FOR NON-CORPORATE STIPENDS. THESE FUNDING AUGMENTATIONS CHANGES THE TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDING AMOUNT TO $310,850.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2025?26 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2025?26 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 10.72%. YOU ARE APPROVED FOR PRE-AWARD COSTS BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING PRE-AWARD COSTS RELATED TO VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT APPROVED: ? VOLUNTEER STIPENDS? ? VOLUNTEER REIMBURSEMENTS SUCH AS MEALS, TRAVEL, AND RECOGNITION

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

AN ESTIMATED 34 FEDERAL AND 12 NON-FEDERAL SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 46 SENIOR COMPANIONS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE PROVIDING COMPANIONSHIP AND SOCIALIZATION TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS OR DISABLED ADULTS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES, AGING IN PLACE. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, THE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM OF NORTHEAST MICHIGAN WILL HAVE SERVED APPROXIMATELY 157 HOMEBOUND SENIORS OR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. IT IS EXPECTED 90% OR 141 OF THE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING COMPANIONSHIP AND SOCIALIZATION WILL REPORT HAVING EXPERIENCED DECREASED ISOLATION AND INCREASED SOCIAL TIES DUE TO THE SUPPORT OF A SENIOR COMPANION. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $205,520 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $73,078 FROM MICHIGAN?S AGING & ADULT SERVICE AGENCY THROUGH THEIR SCP GRANT DOLLARS AND AN ADDITIONAL, MINIMUM AMOUNT OF $54,920 OF EXCESS CASH AND IN-KIND SUPPORT.

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

PURPOSE: THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM (YHDP) AIMS TO SUPPORT SELECTED COMMUNITIES IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A COORDINATED COMMUNITY APPROACH TO PREVENTING AND ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS. THE POPULATION TO BE SERVED BY THIS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM IS YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING UNACCOMPANIED AND PREGNANT OR PARENTING YOUTH. THE DEMONSTRATION HAS SEVEN PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: • BUILD NATIONAL MOMENTUM. • PROMOTE EQUITY IN THE DELIVERY AND OUTCOMES OF HOMELESS ASSISTANCE. • HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUTH LEADERSHIP. • EVALUATE THE COORDINATED COMMUNITY APPROACH. • EXPAND CAPACITY. • EVALUATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES. • ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FEDERAL PROGRAM AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE COLLABORATION. BEGINNING IN 2016, NEW YHDP COMMUNITIES ARE SELECTED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS DEPENDING ON THE ANNUAL FUNDING PROVIDED BY CONGRESS. A MAP OF CURRENTLY FUNDED YHDP SITES IS AVAILABLE AT THE LINK TITLED MAP OF YHDP-FUNDED COC (UNDER YHDP COMMUNITIES) AT HTTPS://WWW.HUDEXCHANGE.INFO/PROGRAMS/YHDP/.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ELEVEN TYPES OF ASSISTANCE MAY BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE YHDP: 1. ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY (INCLUDING STRUCTURES) FOR USE IN THE PROVISION OF HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; 2. REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; 3. NEW CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING THE BUILDING OF A NEW STRUCTURE OR BUILDING AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING STRUCTURE FOR USE AS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; 4. LEASING OF A NEW STRUCTURE OR STRUCTURES, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, TO PROVIDE HOUSING OR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES; 5. RENTAL ASSISTANCE, WHICH MAY BE SHORT-TERM, MEDIUM-TERM, OR LONG-TERM, AS WELL AS TENANT-BASED, PROJECT-BASED, OR SPONSOR-BASED, FOR TRANSITIONAL OR PERMANENT HOUSING; 6. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ASSIST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN HOUSING; 7. OPERATING COSTS OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING; 8. COSTS OF IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING HOMELESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (HMIS); 9. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS; 10. RELOCATION COSTS; AND 11. INDIRECT COSTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2 CFR PART 200, AS APPLICABLE. NO ASSISTANCE PROVIDED UNDER THIS PROGRAM (OR ANY STATE OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS USED TO SUPPLEMENT THIS ASSISTANCE) MAY BE USED TO REPLACE STATE OR LOCAL FUNDS PREVIOUSLY USED, OR DESIGNATED FOR USE, TO ASSIST HOMELESS PERSONS OR PERSONS AT-RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: AS A RESULT OF DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A COORDINATED COMMUNITY APPROACH TO PREVENTING AND ENDING YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, THERE WILL BE: • SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF YOUTH EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. • INCREASED INCOME, EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF PARTICIPANTS. • COMMUNITY-LEVEL UNDERSTANDING OF THE NUMBER AND NEEDS OF YOUTH AT-RISK OF AND EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. • NEW OR IMPROVED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: HOMELESS UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH (AGE 24 AND YOUNGER) AND HOMELESS YOUTH (AGE 24 AND YOUNGER) WITH CHILDREN.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2025?26 SCP PROGRAM. YOUR 2025?26 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 26.32%. YOU ARE APPROVED FOR PRE-AWARD COSTS BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING PRE-AWARD COSTS RELATED TO VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT APPROVED: ? VOLUNTEER STIPENDS? ? VOLUNTEER REIMBURSEMENTS SUCH AS MEALS, TRAVEL, AND RECOGNITION

AN ESTIMATED 278 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 175 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE DELIVERING HOME DELIVERED MEALS (HDM); ASSISTING AT AREA FOOD PANTRIES; COMPANIONSHIP AND REASSURANCE; AND PROVIDING NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THE PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, NEMCSA RSVP WILL HAVE: INCREASED THE FOOD SECURITY OF 8,500 INDIVIDUALS AND INCREASED THE SOCIAL SUPPORT AND IMPROVED THE CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING OF 250 INDIVIDUALS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $169,551 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $75,985.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022?23 SCP PROGRAM. YOUR 2022?23 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 26.2%. THIS AWARD BEGINS THE FIRST YEAR OF YOUR PROPOSED PROJECT PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE. THIS AWARD ACTION ADDS PERMANENT FUNDING TO INCREASE THE STIPEND AMOUNT FROM $3.00 TO $3.15 PER HOUR AND ALSO INCLUDES A PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE INCREASE OF $5,338, AND AN INCREASE OF FUNDING FOR FY22 OF $1,884 FOR NON-CORPORATE STIPENDS. THESE FUNDING AUGMENTATIONS CHANGES THE TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDING AMOUNT TO $229,166.

NEMCSA'S RETIRED AND SENIOR AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP) COVERING CRAWFORD AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES AND HAS SERVED NORTHEAST MICHIGAN FOR 17 YEARS AND EXPANDED INTO NINE NEW COUNTIES IN 2017. AN ESTIMATED 117 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE CRAWFORD AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES. OF THIS NUMBER, 55 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE DELIVERING HOME DELIVERED MEALS, SERVE AT ST. VINCENT DEPAUL THRIFT STORES TO SUPPORT THEIR FOOD PANTRY AND CLIENT SERVICES, SERVE AT THE CRAWFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER IN SUPPORT OF THEIR FOOD PANTRY, AND OPERATE A TELEPHONE REASSURANCE PROGRAM, TO NAME A FEW. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, NEMCSA RSVP EXPECTS TO INCREASE SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HELP MAINTAIN THE INDEPENDENT LIVING STATUS OF 130 HOMEBOUND AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH RSVP VOLUNTEERS SERVING AS HOME DELIVERED MEAL DRIVERS. THE PROGRAM EXPECTS TO INCREASE THE FOOD SECURITY OF A MINIMUM OF 600 ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN BOTH CRAWFORD AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES AS WELL. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY EFFORTS OF RSVP VOLUNTEERS SERVING AT THE CRAWFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN HELP CENTER, MT. HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH, AND ST. VINCENT DEPAUL THRIFT STORE. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $40,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $22,777 FROM THE MICHIGAN AGING AND ADULT SERVICES AGENCY THROUGH THEIR RSVP GRANT DOLLARS.

NORTHEAST MICHIGAN COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY, INC. (NEMCSA) IS A PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY (CAA) WITH AN 11-COUNTY CORE SERVICE AREA. THIS AREA INCLUDES ALCONA, ALPENA, ARENAC, CHEBOYGAN, CRAWFORD, IOSCO, MONTMORENCY, OGEMAW, OSCODA, OTSEGO, AND PRESQUE ISLE COUNTIES. NEMCSA IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS THE ONLY ONE OF MICHIGAN'S 29 CAAS TO ALSO SERVE AS AREA AGENCY ON AGING (AAA). THE NEMCSA REGION 9 AAA COVERS THE CORE 11 COUNTIES PLUS ROSCOMMON COUNTY. NEMCSA ALSO OPERATES A HEAD START PROGRAM IN 21 COUNTIES, A QUARTER OF MICHIGAN'S 83, MAKING IT ONE OF THE LARGEST PROGRAMS IN THE NATION. NEMCSA WAS INCORPORATED IN 1968 AND HAS GROWN FROM AN INITIAL BUDGET OF UNDER $500,000 TO OVER $51 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2015. NEMCSA EMPLOYS OVER 700 STAFF TO PROVIDE VITAL SERVICES TO THOUSANDS OF LOW INCOME AND OTHERWISE DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE THROUGH 32 PROGRAMS. HAVING THE RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP) UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA AS MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THE VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE WILL FACILITATE REFERRAL AND COOPERATION. NEMCSA'S CURRENT RSVP COVERS CRAWFORD AND ROSCOMMON COUNTIES AND HAS SERVED NORTHEAST MICHIGAN FOR 15 YEARS. IT IS THE "YOUNGEST" OF NEMCSA'S THREE SENIOR CORPS PROGRAMS. WITH THE ADDITION OF NINE NEW COUNTIES, APPROXIMATELY 3,000 MORE CLIENTS WILL BE SERVED BY AN ESTIMATED 300 RSVP VOLUNTEERS. OF THIS NUMBER, 160 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE: DELIVERY OF IN-HOME MEALS, PROVIDING MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, MAKING TELEPHONE REASSURANCE CALLS, SERVING AT FOOD PANTRIES, AND MENTORING HEAD START PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN. THESE SERVICE ACTIVITIES WILL ADDRESS TWO OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPHASIZED FUNDING PRIORITIES: AGING IN PLACE: TRANSPORTATION; AND EDUCATION: INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, NEMCSA RSVP EXPECTS TO HAVE HELPED MAINTAIN THE INDEPENDENT LIVING STATUS OF 370 HOMEBOUND AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS AND HELPED THEM TO INCREASE THEIR SOCIAL SUPPORT BY HAVING RSVP VOLUNTEERS: 1. SERVE AS HOME DELIVERED MEALS DRIVERS (FOR 120 PERSONS PER YEAR); 2. PROVIDE NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION (FOR 150 INDIVIDUALS PER YEAR); AND 3. MAKE TELEPHONE REASSURANCE CALLS (TO 100 PEOPLE PER YEAR). IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAM EXPECTS TO ANNUALLY INCREASE THE FOOD SECURITY OF 2,500 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF RSVP VOLUNTEERS SERVING AT FOOD PANTRIES AND BY MENTORING MORE THAN 125 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS PER YEAR. THE TOTAL GRANT BUDGET IS FOR $175,607 PER YEAR OR $526,821 FOR THE THREE YEAR CONTRACT. BUDGETS AND WORKPLANS WILL BE GENERATED ANNUALLY. FOR YEAR ONE THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $122,051 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $53,556.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024?25 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2024?25 STATUTORY MATCH IS 15% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 30%. THIS AWARD IS APPROVED TO ADD $2,500 IN ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL RELATED TO TRAINING IN FY 24.

CSBG T&TA PROGRAM: EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC) AND OTHER ASSET FORMATION OPPORTUNITIES

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES