North Central Flint Hills Area Agency On Aging

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

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

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

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022-23 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2022-23 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 10.9%. 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 PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE INCREASE OF $5,495.00. THESE FUNDING AUGMENTATIONS CHANGES THE TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDING AMOUNT TO $235,980.00.

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

NORTH CENTRAL-FLINT HILLS AREA AGENCY ON AGING (NC-FHAAA), THE SPONSORING AGENCY FOR THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM IS A PRIVATE NOT FOR PROFIT AGENCY SERVING AN 18 COUNTY REGION IN CENTRAL KANSAS. THE AGENCY'S MISSION IS "TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE AND COORDINATED SYSTEM OF SERVICES TO ENHANCE THE DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF OLDER KANSANS". NC-FH AAA SPONSORED SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ANY KANSAN WHO MEETS THE INCOME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND SERVICES ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TO LOW-INCOME, LOW-INCOME MINORITY, AND FRAIL/ISOLATED OLDER KANSANS. NC-FH AAA IS REQUESTING $213,696 TO SPONSOR THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $213,696 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH $24,382 OF NON FEDERAL RESOURCES. OUR PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON K-12 SUCCESS AND SCHOOL READINESS SERVING IN PUBLIC/FAITH BASED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, HEAD START AND PRE-K SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAMS IN SALINE, DICKINSON, GEARY, AND RILEY COUNTIES. AN ESTIMATED 32 UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE IN A NETWORK OF 17 PUBLIC VOLUNTEER STATIONS. THE FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WILL TUTOR/MENTOR IN THE CLASSROOMS WITH THE ASSIGNED CHILDREN FOCUSING ON LITERACY. THE 32 FOSTER GRANDPARENTS SERVING IN K-12 SUCCESS WILL ADDRESS LITERACY WITH THE ASSIGNED CHILDREN UTILIZING BOOKS, FLASH CARDS, WORKSHEETS, GAMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO TEACH SOUND, VOCABULARY, SPELLING AND WRITING. THESE CHILDREN WILL SHOW AN IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN LITERACY /MATH. THREE FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WILL SERVE IN THE SCHOOL READINESS PROGRAMS AT USD 475 EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND THE USD 383 HEAD START. THE FOSTER GRANDPARENTS SERVING IN SCHOOL READINESS WORK PLANS WILL ASSIST IN THE CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE CHILD'S LITERACY SKILLS ALONG WITH THEIR SOCIAL AND/OR EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

AN ESTIMATED 190 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 40 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITIES, SOCIAL ISOLATION THROUGH DELIVERING NUTRITIOUS HOME-DELIVERED MEALS, FALL PREVENTION FOR THE COMMUNITY USING EVIDENCE-BASED A MATTER OF BALANCE TRAINING, ELDER JUSTICE AND THE STATE'S CHALLENGE WITH OPIOIDS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT IS HEALTHY FUTURES /AGING IN PLACE THAT INCLUDES FOOD INSECURITIES, OBESITY & FOOD, ELDER JUSTICE, AND OPIOIDS. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, OVER 700 PARTICIPANTS WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE SERVICE OF THESE VOLUNTEERS. THESE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE EDUCATED ON ELDER ABUSE AND PREVENTION, THE OPIOID CRISIS, BECOME FOOD SECURED AND BE ABLE TO MANAGE AND PREVENT FALLS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $40,000.00 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH NON-FEDERAL DOLLARS OF $14,449.00

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2026-27 AMERICORPS SENIORS RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2026-27 STATUTORY MATCH REQUIREMENT IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETED MATCH IS 14.57%. YOU ARE APPROVED FOR PRE-AWARD COSTS BEGINNING 30 DAYS PRIOR TO AWARD.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022?23 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2022?23 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 30.2%.