Diakon Child Family & Community Ministries

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024?25 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2024?25 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 30.96% THIS AWARD IS APPROVED TO ADD $2,500 IN ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL RELATED TO TRAINING IN FY 24.

DIAKON COMMUNITY SERVICES, A PROGRAM OF DIAKON CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MINISTRIES (DIAKON), IS PROPOSING TO EXPAND AN EXISTING RSVP, WHICH CURRENTLY SERVES BERKS, PIKE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD SNYDER COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, DIAKON HAS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS FOR COLUMBIA, MONTOUR, CLINTON, LYCOMING, AND UNION COUNTIES. BY SERVING ALL NINE COUNTIES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF DIAKON, WE WILL CREATE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES TO MAXIMIZE THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, GENERATE MATCHING RESOURCES AND BRING THE RESOURCES OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE TO AS MANY BENEFICIARIES AS POSSIBLE. AN ESTIMATED 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS ARE TO BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA IS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND THE OBJECTIVES ARE AT-RISK ECOSYSTEMS, AND EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE STREAM MONITORING/REMEDIATION AND CLEAN-UP (DEBRIS REMOVAL), AND RAISING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WATERWAYS CRISSCROSSING SNYDER COUNTY. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 50 PEOPLE WILL BE EDUCATED ABOUT STEWARDING THE ENVIRONMENT. IN TOTAL, 150 VOLUNTEERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT, WITH 75 PROVIDING THE EDUCATION, AWARENESS, MONITORING AND CLEAN-UP. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $12,898.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024?25 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2024?25 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 31.03% THIS AWARD IS APPROVED TO ADD $2,500 IN ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL RELATED TO TRAINING IN FY 24.

DIAKON COMMUNITY SERVICES, A PROGRAM OF DIAKON CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, IS PROPOSING TO CONTINUE AN RSVP PROGRAM SERVING THREE RURAL NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES: BERKS, PIKE AND WAYNE. AN ESTIMATED 261 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 113 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE APPRISE MEDICARE COUNSELING, MEALS ON WHEELS, CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT EDUCATION INSTRUCTION, AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES WITH A FOCUS ON AGING IN PLACE ? INDEPENDENT LIVING. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 500 HOMEBOUND OR OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WILL HAVE RECEIVED FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, OR OTHER SERVICES THAT ALLOW THEM TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY; 435 HOMEBOUND OR OLDER ADULTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES WILL REPORT HAVING INCREASED SOCIAL TIES/PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT, MORE THAN 500 INDIVIDUALS WILL RECEIVE INFORMATION ON HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAMS, AND 20 CLIENTS WILL HAVE PARTICIPATED IN HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $113,144 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $33,942.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023?24 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023?24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 30.59%. 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.

DIAKON COMMUNITY SERVICES, A PROGRAM OF DIAKON CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MINISTRIES (DIAKON), IS PROPOSING TO EXPAND AN EXISTING RSVP, WHICH CURRENTLY SERVES BERKS, PIKE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD MONTOUR COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, DIAKON HAS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS FOR COLUMBIA, CLINTON, LYCOMING, UNION AND SNYDER COUNTIES. BY SERVING ALL NINE COUNTIES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF DIAKON, WE WILL CREATE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES TO MAXIMIZE THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, GENERATE MATCHING RESOURCES AND BRING THE RESOURCES OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE TO AS MANY BENEFICIARIES AS POSSIBLE. AN ESTIMATED 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA IS HEALTHY FUTURES AND THE OBJECTIVES ARE AGING IN PLACE, OBESITY & FOOD AND ACCESS TO CARE. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE THE DELIVERY OF MEALS ON WHEELS, ASSISTANCE AT FOOD PANTRIES AND MEDICARE HEALTH INSURANCE COUNSELING FOCUSING ON BENEFICIARIES TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MEDICARE'S PREVENTIVE SERVICES. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 200 HOMEBOUND, OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WILL HAVE RECEIVED FOOD OR RECEIVED MEDICARE HEALTH INSURANCE COUNSELING. 80 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL REPORT HAVING IMPROVED CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND/OR COUNSELING SERVICES RESULTING IN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PREVENTIVE SERVICES AVAILABLE AND HOW TO ACCESS THEM. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $11,098.

DIAKON COMMUNITY SERVICES, A PROGRAM OF DIAKON CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, IS PROPOSING TO SPONSOR A NEW RSVP PROGRAM SERVING THREE RURAL NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES: BERKS, PIKE AND WAYNE. IN ADDITION TO DIAKON COMMUNITY SERVICES SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER STATION, PARTNER BERKS ENCORE AND ITS SIX SENIOR CENTER LOCATIONS AND THE AREA AGENCIES IN AGING IN BERKS, PIKE AND WAYNE COUNTIES WILL ALSO SERVE AS VOLUNTEER STATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF 11 VOLUNTEER STATIONS. AN ESTIMATED 257 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER 213 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE APPRISE MEDICARE COUNSELING, MEALS ON WHEELS DELIVERY AND GROCERY DELIVERY FOR THE HOMEBOUND, COMPANIONSHIP, TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL AND CRITICAL SOCIAL SERVICE APPOINTMENTS AND FACILITATION OF EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS INCLUDING STANFORD'S CHRONIC DISEASE SELF-MANAGEMENT AND DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS, THE HEALTHY STEPS FOR OLDER ADULTS PROGRAM AND A MATTER OF BALANCE. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGING IN PLACE. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 930 HOMEBOUND OR OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WILL HAVE RECEIVED FOOD, TRANSPORTATION OR OTHER SERVICES THAT ALLOW THEM TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY; 679 HOMEBOUND OR OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES WILL REPORT HAVING INCREASED SOCIAL TIES/PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT; FIVE INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE RECEIVED SUPPORT, SERVICES, EDUCATION AND/OR REFERRALS TO ALLEVIATE LONG-TERM HUNGER; FIVE WILL HAVE REPORTED INCREASED FOOD SECURITY OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN (HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY) AS A RESULT OF CNCS-SUPPORTED SERVICES; 3,800 CLIENTS WILL HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION ON HEALTH INSURANCE, HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAMS; AND 300 CLIENTS WILL HAVE PARTICIPATED IN HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $105,644 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $78,272.

DIAKON COMMUNITY SERVICES, A PROGRAM OF DIAKON CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MINISTRIES (DIAKON), IS PROPOSING TO EXPAND AN EXISTING RSVP, WHICH CURRENTLY SERVES BERKS, PIKE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD UNION COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, DIAKON HAS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS FOR COLUMBIA, MONTOUR, CLINTON, LYCOMING, AND SNYDER COUNTIES. BY SERVING ALL NINE COUNTIES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF DIAKON, WE WILL CREATE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES TO MAXIMIZE THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, GENERATE MATCHING RESOURCES AND BRING THE RESOURCES OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE TO AS MANY BENEFICIARIES AS POSSIBLE. AN ESTIMATED 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS ARE TO BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA IS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND THE OBJECTIVES ARE AT-RISK ECOSYSTEMS, AND EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE STREAM MONITORING/REMEDIATION AND CLEAN-UP (DEBRIS REMOVAL), AND RAISING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WATERWAYS CRISSCROSSING UNION COUNTY. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 50 PEOPLE WILL BE EDUCATED ABOUT STEWARDING THE ENVIRONMENT. IN TOTAL, 150 VOLUNTEERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT, WITH 75 PROVIDING THE EDUCATION, AWARENESS, MONITORING AND CLEAN-UP. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $12,898.

DIAKON COMMUNITY SERVICES, A PROGRAM OF DIAKON CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MINISTRIES (DIAKON), IS PROPOSING TO EXPAND AN EXISTING RSVP, WHICH CURRENTLY SERVES BERKS, PIKE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD LYCOMING COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, DIAKON HAS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS FOR COLUMBIA, MONTOUR, CLINTON, UNION AND SNYDER COUNTIES. BY SERVING ALL NINE COUNTIES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF DIAKON, WE WILL CREATE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES TO MAXIMIZE THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, GENERATE MATCHING RESOURCES AND BRING THE RESOURCES OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE TO AS MANY BENEFICIARIES AS POSSIBLE. AN ESTIMATED 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS ARE TO BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA IS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND THE OBJECTIVES ARE AT-RISK ECOSYSTEMS, AND EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE STREAM MONITORING/REMEDIATION AND CLEAN-UP (DEBRIS REMOVAL), AND RAISING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WATERWAYS CRISSCROSSING SNYDER COUNTY. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 50 PEOPLE WILL BE EDUCATED ABOUT STEWARDING THE ENVIRONMENT. IN TOTAL, 150 VOLUNTEERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT, WITH 75 PROVIDING THE EDUCATION, AWARENESS, MONITORING AND CLEAN-UP. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $12,898

DIAKON COMMUNITY SERVICES, A PROGRAM OF DIAKON CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MINISTRIES (DIAKON), IS PROPOSING TO EXPAND AN EXISTING RSVP PROGRAM, WHICH CURRENTLY SERVES BERKS, PIKE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD CLINTON COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, DIAKON HAS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS FOR COLUMBIA, MONTOUR, LYCOMING, UNION AND SNYDER COUNTIES. BY SERVING ALL NINE COUNTIES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF DIAKON, WE WILL CREATE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES TO MAXIMIZE THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, GENERATE MATCHING RESOURCES AND BRING THE RESOURCES OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE TO AS MANY BENEFICIARIES AS POSSIBLE. AN ESTIMATED 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS ARE TO BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA IS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND THE OBJECTIVES ARE AT-RISK ECOSYSTEMS, AND EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE STREAM MONITORING/REMEDIATION AND CLEAN-UP (DEBRIS REMOVAL), AND RAISING AWARENESS AND PROVIDING EDUCATION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE WATERWAYS CRISSCROSSING CLINTON COUNTY. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 50 PEOPLE WILL BE EDUCATED ABOUT STEWARDING THE ENVIRONMENT. IN TOTAL, 150 VOLUNTEERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROJECT, WITH 75 PROVIDING THE EDUCATION, AWARENESS, MONITORING AND CLEAN-UP. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $12,898.

DIAKON COMMUNITY SERVICES, A PROGRAM OF DIAKON CHILD, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MINISTRIES, IS PROPOSING TO EXPAND AN EXISTING RSVP PROGRAM TO INCLUDE COLUMBIA COUNTY. THE EXISTING PROGRAM CURRENTLY SERVES BERKS, PIKE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD ADD COLUMBIA COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, DIAKON HAS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS FOR MONTOUR, CLINTON, LYCOMING, UNION AND SNYDER COUNTIES. BY SERVING ALL NINE COUNTIES UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF DIAKON, WE WILL CREATE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCIES TO MAXIMIZE THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, GENERATE MATCHING RESOURCES AND BRING THE RESOURCES OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICE TO AS MANY BENEFICIARIES AS POSSIBLE. AN ESTIMATED 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 75 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA IS HEALTHY FUTURES AND THE OBJECTIVES ARE AGING IN PLACE, OBESITY & FOOD AND ACCESS TO CARE. ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE THE DELIVERY OF MEALS ON WHEELS, ASSISTANCE AT FOOD PANTRIES AND MEDICARE HEALTH INSURANCE COUNSELING FOCUSING ON BENEFICIARIES TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MEDICARE?S PREVENTIVE SERVICES. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 500 HOMEBOUND, OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WILL HAVE RECEIVED FOOD OR RECEIVED MEDICARE HEALTH INSURANCE COUNSELING. 250 OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL REPORT HAVING IMPROVED CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND/OR COUNSELING SERVICES RESULTING IN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PREVENTIVE SERVICES AVAILABLE AND HOW TO ACCESS THEM. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $75,000 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $11,098.