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

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024-2025 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2024-25 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 22.41%. THIS AWARD IS APPROVED TO ADD $2,500 IN ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL RELATED TO TRAINING IN FY 24.

THE UNITED PLANNING ORGANIZATION (UPO) IS REQUESTING FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICES (CNCS), SENIOR CORPS, AND FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM FOR THE DC GRANT AWARD FROM JULY 1, 2018 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2021 IN THE AMOUNT OF $751,177. THE UPO FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM (FGP) WILL PROVIDE VOLUNTEER SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR APPROXIMATELY 250 VOLUNTEERS AGED 55 AND OLDER EACH YEAR OVER THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD. OF THE 250 SENIOR VOLUNTEERS NINETY PERCENT OF VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN IMPACT-BASED ASSIGNMENTS AND SUPPORTED WITH OUTCOME WORK/ASSIGNMENT PLANS AND EVALUATIONS. THE UPO FGP FOCUS AREA IS EDUCATION. FOSTER GRANDPARENTS (FGS) WILL ASSIST IN EARLY EDUCATION, EARLY HEAD START AND HEAD START TO FACILITATE SCHOOL READINESS. FGS WILL PROVIDE TUTORING / MENTORING IN CNCS SUPPORTED PUBLIC AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT PERIOD, UPO INTENDS TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES: 1) ED23 2,025 CHILDREN DEMONSTRATE GAINS IN SOCIAL AND /OR EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2) ED27 1,860 STUDENTS IN MENTORING/TUTORING PROGRAMS WITH IMPROVED ACADEMICS IN MATH AND LITERACY 3) ED2 4,000 STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE CNCS SUPPORTED EDUCATION PROGRAMS. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE PROGRAM, THE PROJECT DIRECTOR HAS WORKED WITH UPO OFFICES OF DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TO RAISE IN-KIND FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE FGP. IN FY 2017, DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS RESULTED IN RAISING $29,200 FROM PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND FROM INDIVIDUALS. OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, UPO INTENDS TO SUPPLEMENT THE GRANT MATCH REQUIREMENTS OF $78,177 PER YEAR BY RAISING $30,000 PER YEAR IN GRANTS AND $48,177 PROGRAM IN-KIND SUPPORT AND CASH DONATIONS.

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

THE UNITED PLANNING ORGANIZATION (UPO) IS REQUESTING FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICES (CNCS), SENIOR CORPS, AND FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM FOR THE DC GRANT AWARD FROM JULY 1, 2021 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2024 IN THE AMOUNT OF $853,027 PER YEAR. THE UPO FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM (FGP) WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE VOLUNTEER SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS CURRENT 175 VOLUNTEERS, AGED 55 AND OLDER, DURING YEAR ONE OF THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD AND THEREAFTER. OF 175 SENIOR VOLUNTEERS, 170 OF THEM WILL BE PLACED IN IMPACT-BASED ASSIGNMENTS AND SUPPORTED WITH OUTCOME WORK/ASSIGNMENT PLANS AND EVALUATIONS. THE UPO FGP PRIMARY FOCUS AREA IS EDUCATION WITH APPROXIMATELY 3% (FIVE FOSTER GRANDPARENTS) SERVING TO FULFILL OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WILL IMPLEMENT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1. FGS WILL ASSIST TEACHERS IN IN-CLASS, CARE (CANVAS ACADEMICS AND REAL ENGAGEMENT) CLASSROOMS (OR VIRTUAL) SETTINGS AS ALLOWABLE UNDER CITY-MANDATED, COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS. DCPS HAS PRIORITIZED IN-SCHOOL INSTRUCTION FOR PRE-K AND KINDERGARTEN OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. ADDITIONALLY, FGS WILL PARTICIPATE IN REMOTE (VIRTUAL) LEARNING ASSISTANCE TO HEAD START STUDENTS. FOSTER GRANDPARENTS UNABLE TO SERVE HEAD START STUDENTS WILL BE REASSIGNED TO ELEMENTARY EDUCATION ASSIGNMENTS. FOSTER GRANDPARENTS (FGS) WILL ASSIST IN HEAD START EDUCATION TO FACILITATE SCHOOL READINESS. 2. FGS WILL PROVIDE IN-PERSON, CARE CLASSROOM, AND VIRTUAL TUTORING AND MENTORING SERVICES TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CNCS SUPPORTED PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND POTOMAC JOB CORPS AS COVID-19 SAFETY PROTOCOLS ALLOW TO IMPROVE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE FOR STUDENTS K-12. SPECIFICALLY FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WILL SERVE IN C.A.R.E. CLASSROOMS, WHICH ALLOW STUDENTS TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN VIRTUAL LEARNING IN A SUPPORTIVE AND SUPERVISED ENVIRONMENT. 3. FGS WILL CONDUCT VIRTUAL READING SESSIONS TO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS THROUGH ITS READING PARTNERS REMOTE PROGRAM, EXPANDING ITS REACH BY INCLUDING 20 ADDITIONAL FOSTER GRANDPARENTS AS READERS. 4. FGS WILL PARTICIPATE IN COMPUTER LITERACY TRAINING TO LEARN THE RUDIMENTS OF TECHNOLOGY USE IN A VIRTUAL FORMAT TO ENHANCE THEIR DELIVERY OF PROGRAM RELATED LEARNING ACTIVITIES, AMONG OTHERS. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT PERIOD, UPO INTENDS TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES IN THE FOCUS AREAS OF EDUCATION: 1) ED23A NUMBER OF CHILDREN DEMONSTRATING GAINS IN SCHOOL READINESS AND; 2) ED5A NUMBER OF K-12 STUDENTS WITH IMPROVED ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT OF READING, MATH, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. THE PROJECT DIRECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH UPO OFFICES OF DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT TO RAISE IN-KIND FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE FGP. IN FY 2020, DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS RESULTED IN RAISING $12,000 FROM PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS. OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, UPO INTENDS TO SUPPLEMENT THE GRANT MATCH REQUIREMENTS OF $85,303 PER YEAR BY RAISING $25,000 PER YEAR IN GRANTS AND CASH DONATIONS AND $60,303 OF IN-KIND SUPPORT.

UPO REENTRY PROJECT STUDY (RPS)

HEAD START 2009 ARRA COLA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUNDING

JOBS-PLUS PILOT INITIATIVE

ARRA EARLY LEARNING MENTOR COACHES

HEAD START ARRA EXPANSION

COMPREHENSIVE HSG

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