Greene Lamp Incorporated

ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENT - HEALTH AND SAFETY

PA-22 FYPD

2013 5 YEAR NON-COMPETITIVE AWARD

HEAD START

EARLY HEAD START - CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIP AND EARLY HEAD START EXPANSION

EARLY HEAD START

EARLY HEAD START/CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIP

EARLY HEAD START/CHILD CARE PARTNERSHIP

EARLY HEAD START

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024?25 SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM. YOUR 2024?25 STATUTORY MATCH REQUIREMENT IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETED MATCH IS 10.00%.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023?24 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023?24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 10.0%.

GREENE LAMP COMMUNITY ACTION, A 501 (C)3 NONPROFIT, INCORPORATED IN 1965 IS RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR THE FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM TO SERVE GREENE AND LENOIR COUNTIES, RESPECTIVELY. THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM, WHICH BEGAN IN LENOIR AND GREENE COUNTIES IN 1972, PROVIDES MOTIVATED, LOVING AND EXPERIENCED TUTORS AND MENTORS TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH. OUR FOSTER GRANDPARENT VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE INTERACTION AND SERVE BETWEEN 15-40 HOURS A WEEK TO OFFER EFFECTIVE SERVICES TO THE YOUTH AND CHILDREN BEING SERVED. FROM THE INITIAL DATE TO THE PRESENT TIME, APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS HAVE SERVED IN GREENE AND LENOIR COUNTIES TOTALING OVER 3 MILLION HOURS. APPROXIMATELY FIFTY-SEVEN (57) FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS, HOWEVER, THIS NUMBER MAY INCREASE DUE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS EDUCATION. SOME OF THEIR SERVICE ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, SERVING PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, JUVENILE JUSTICE, LITERACY AND MENTORING. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, GREENE LAMP ANTICIPATES AN INCREASE IN CHILDREN DEMONSTRATING SCHOOL READINESS GAINS, IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, IMPROVED SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL SKILLS AND IMPROVED ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $336,840.00 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $37,426.00 OF ANTICIPATED NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES. STUDIES SHOW THAT VOLUNTEERING HELPS SENIORS LIVE LONGER AND WILL PROMOTE A MORE POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

GREENE LAMP COMMUNITY ACTION, A 501 (C)3 NONPROFIT, INCORPORATED IN 1965 IS RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTING APPLICATION FOR THE FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM TO SERVE GREENE AND LENOIR COUNTIES. THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM, WHICH BEGAN IN LENOIR AND GREENE COUNTIES IN 1972, PROVIDES LOVING AND EXPERIENCED TUTORS AND MENTORS TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. OUR FOSTER GRANDPARENT VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE INTERACTION AND SERVE BETWEEN 20 AND 40 HOURS A WEEK TO OFFER EFFECTIVE SERVICES TO OUR VOLUNTEERS, VOLUNTEER STATIONS, AND THE INDIVIDUALS AND CHILDREN BEING SERVED. FROM THE INITIAL DATE TO THE PRESENT TIME, APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS HAVE SERVED IN GREENE AND LENOIR COUNTIES TOTALING OVER 3 MILLION HOURS. THIS FISCAL YEAR GREENE LAMP IS REQUESTING 53 VOLUNTEERS AND THE AMOUNT OF $246,679. THE SERVICE CATEGORIES OUR PROJECT WILL ADDRESS ARE SERVING PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, HUMAN NEEDS, JUVENILE JUSTICE, HEAD START, LITERACY AND MENTORING. OUR FOSTER GRANDPARENT VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED SUPPORT AT FIVE VOLUNTEER STATIONS, INCLUDING CASWELL DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER, GREENE LAMP HEAD START/ EARLY HEAD START, DOBBS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER, NC PRE-KINDERGARTEN, AND KENNEDY HOME, AN NC BAPTIST CHILDREN'S HOME. AT CASWELL DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER, THE FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WILL PROVIDE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND DEVELOP STRONG PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAKE THE CENTER THEIR HOME, THEY WILL ASSIST CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLANS (IEP) AT HEAD START CENTERS, AND AT NC PRE-KINDERGARTEN CENTERS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WILL PROVIDE MENTORING AND SUPPORT TO ADJUDICATED YOUTH AT DOBBS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER. AT KENNEDY HOME, GRANDPARENTS WILL ASSIST WITH SCHOOLWORK, AND INTERACT AND CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM ABUSED, AND NEGLECTED BACKGROUNDS. EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL HAVE A WORK ASSIGNMENT PLAN AND WE WILL ENCOURAGE THE FOSTER GRANDPARENTS TO STRIVE TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THEIR TIME WITH THEIR INDIVIDUALS AND POSITIVE RESULTS AT THE END OF EACH GRANT YEAR. STUDIES SHOW THAT VOLUNTEERING HELPS YOU LIVE LONGER AND WILL PROMOTE A MORE POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON LIFE.

THIS AWARD APPROVES FUNDING FOR THE 2023-2024 SEPTEMBER 11TH NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN THE APPROVED PROGRAM NARRATIVE AND BUDGET. YOUR 2023-24 REGULATORY MATCH IS 0%.

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2026?27 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2026?27 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 10%. THIS AWARD WAS APPROVED FOR AN INCREASE IN BASELINE FUNDING OF $153,000. THE NEW BASELINE FUNDING FOR THIS GRANT IS $505,069.

HEAD START ARRA EXPANSION

GREENE LAMP PROPOSES TO HAVE 300 VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN 10 EVENTS IN BEAUFORT, GREENE, LENOIR AND PITT COUNTIES. THESE EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN AUGUST 31ST AND 11TH, 2021, IN COMMEMORATION OF SEPTEMBER 11TH'S DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE.. ON SEPTEMBER 11 DAY OF SERVICE, 300 VOLUNTEERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REFLECTING SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES OR FAMILY MEMBERS ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 AND IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO ROSE IN SERVICE AND CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A RESULT OF THAT TRAGEDY. THIS PROGRAM WILL ALSO UTILIZE EXISTING COMMUNITY RESOURCES, SUCH AS OTHER SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS,TO BE ADDITIONAL BENEFICIAL RESOURCES TO THE COMMUNITY. THIS PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON THE CNCS FOCUS AREA(S) OF DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, EDUCATING AND ENGAGING YOUTH IN SERVICE TO HONOR SEPTEMBER 11TH NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE, TRAINING VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE A COMMITMENT FOR FUTURE SERVICE AND PREPARING COMMUNITIES FOR DISASTERS.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024?25 FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM. YOUR 2024?25 STATUTORY MATCH REQUIREMENT IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETED MATCH IS 10.00%.

HEAD START 2009 ARRA COLA QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FUNDING