Love Community Development Corporation

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023-24 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023-24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 30.0%.

LOVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (LOVECDC) OF WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA WILL SERVE AS SPONSOR FOR LOVECDC RSVP SENIOR CORPS PROJECT. AN ESTIMATED 69 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 59 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS AREA IS HEALTHY FUTURES - AGING IN PLACE -- INDEPENDENT LIVING. 38 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL PERFORM ACTIVITIES PROVIDING ACCESS TO SERVICES AND/OR RESOURCES SUCH AS COMPANIONSHIP, NUTRITION AND FOOD SUPPORT, RESPITE CARE AND TRANSPORTATION FOR ADULTS WHO ARE HOME-BOUND AND OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO AGE IN PLACE. WE WILL ALSO FOCUS ON EDUCATION - K-3RD GRADE. LOVECDC'S INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING WILL CONSIST OF MATCHING 21 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN WILL PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. THESE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE TUTORING AND MENTORING TO STRIVING READERS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 3RD GRADE TO HELP THEM BECOME PROFICIENT READERS. THE REMAINING 10 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL USE THEIR SKILLS TO ADDRESS OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE IN FORSYTH AND STOKES COUNTIES. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO REPORT HAVING INCREASED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND/OR IMPROVED CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING; INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN OF WITH IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND IMPROVED ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AND/OR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $59,434 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $16,519 OF NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES.

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