Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

FULL YEAR HEAD START-PART DAY AND HANDICAPPED

HEAD START DURATION SUPPLEMENT

HEAD START AND EARLY HEAD START

EHS 2009 ARRA EXPANSION

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

OZARKS AREA COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION (OACAC), SPONSOR OF THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM (FGP), IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WORKING TO ALLEVIATE THE CAUSES AND CONDITIONS OF POVERTY ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI. THE MISSION OF ENRICHING THE LIVES OF FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES, OFFERING ASSISTANCE AND EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE IS PUT INTO ACTION THROUGH OACAC PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM. OACAC IS REQUESTING $287,753 TO SUPPORT 58 VOLUNTEER SERVICE YEARS (VSY), WHICH WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $94,801 IN NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES. WITH THE FOCUS OF EDUCATION, PROGRAM OBJECTIVES INCLUDE SCHOOL READINESS AND K-12 SUCCESS. FOSTER GRANDPARENTS IN 14 COUNTIES ACROSS SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WILL ASSIST YOUTH WITH TUTORING, MENTORING, CLASSROOM TEACHING AND SUPPORT, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND PROBLEM SOLVING. STUDIES FROM THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SHOW CHRONIC STRESS, DEFINED AS A "LONG TERM FORM OF STRESS, DERIVED FROM UNENDING FEELINGS OF DESPAIR/HOPELESSNESS, AS A RESULT OF FACTORS SUCH AS POVERTY, FAMILY DYSFUNCTION, FEELINGS OF HELPLESSNESS, AND/OR TRAUMATIC EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES," COMPROMISES AN INDIVIDUAL IN MULTIPLE WAYS. CHILDREN IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES FACE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CHRONIC STRESS, WHICH CAN CAUSE POOR HEALTH, IMPAIRED LEARNING, AND DISRUPTED COGNITIVE, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. THE OBJECTIVES ADDRESSED BY THE OACAC FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM ENSURE A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE. UPON COMPLETION OF THE VSY, YOUTH WILL HAVE GAINS IN SCHOOL READINESS, AS WELL AS IMPROVED ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. ADDITIONALLY, FOSTER GRANDPARENT VOLUNTEERS WILL HAVE SERVED AS ROLE MODELS AND LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES; HAVING HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO SHARE THEIR UNIQUE SKILL SETS AND COMPASSION WITH OTHERS.

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

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%.

FY2009 ARRA COLA/QI

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2025?26 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2025?26 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 10.39%. 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

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE

HOMELESS ASSISTANCE