Positive Maturity Inc

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022?23 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2022?23 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 11.4%.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023?24 SCP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023?24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 21.52%.

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

POSITIVE MATURITY, INC. (PM), IS A 501 (C )3 ORGANIZATION WHOSE MISSION HAS BEEN TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF MATURE ADULTS THROUGH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICES SINCE 1972. POSITIVE MATURITY, INC. OFFERS 6 PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO KEEP SENIORS IN JEFFERSON, SHELBY, WALKER AND BLOUNT COUNTIES ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND INDEPENDENT FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. AS A CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE SPONSOR, POSITIVE MATURITY, INC. HOUSES THE 3 SENIOR CORPS PROGRAMS, RSVP, SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM, FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM, AND ONE VISTA PROGRAM. POSITIVE MATURITY IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING $290,067 FROM CNCS. IN ADDITION TO THE CNCS FUNDING, POSITIVE MATURITY, INC. WILL SECURE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $44,117 FROM UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, OTHER LOCAL, COUNTY AND STATE (NON-FEDERAL) RESOURCES AND THROUGH GENEROUS DONATIONS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THROUGH THIS GENEROUS FUNDING, PM WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AN ANTICIPATED 66 FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM (FGP) VOLUNTEERS OVER THE NEXT YEAR. OUR FGP VOLUNTEERS WILL ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH "IMPACT VOLUNTEERING" WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION. VOLUNTEERS WILL ADDRESS THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA BY PROVIDING 1:1 TUTORING, MENTORING, DAILY LIFE SKILLS AND COMPANIONSHIP AT A VARIETY OF DAYCARE, HEAD START PROGRAMS, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS THAT SERVE "AT-RISK" YOUTH. FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS IN HEAD START AND DAYCARE PROGRAMS WILL ASSIST CHILDREN BY PROVIDING 1:1 INSTRUCTION ON DAILY LIFE SKILLS (WASHING HANDS, TYING SHOES, BUTTONING, ETC) AS WELL AS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT SKILLS (TAKING TURNS, GREETINGS, ASKING PERMISSION, GETTING ALONG WITH OTHERS, ETC). THESE SKILLS HELP TO PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR IMPROVED ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THEY WILL ALSO PREPARE CHILDREN FOR THEIR UPCOMING ACADEMICS BY WORKING 1:1 WITH THEM ON NUMBERS, LETTERS, AND COLORS. FGP VOLUNTEERS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL WORK WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE ENTERED SCHOOL BEHIND ACADEMICALLY OR ARE FAILING TO KEEP UP WITH THE CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENTS BY PROVIDING 1:1 TUTORING IN AREAS SUCH AS MATH AND READING. THEY WILL ALSO WORK WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE DEFINED AS "AT-RISK" DUE TO ENGLISH BEING A SECOND LANGUAGE BY PROVIDING 1:1 TIME WORKING ON LANGUAGE SKILLS. FGP VOLUNTEERS ASSIGNED TO JACKSON OLIN HIGH SCHOOL WILL HELP STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE YOUNG MOTHER'S PROGRAM REACH THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS BY PROVIDING SUPERVISION AND CARE OF THEIR INFANTS WHILE THEY ATTEND SCHOOL. FGP VOLUNTEERS WILL ALSO WORK WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY INCARCERATED AT THE LOCAL JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER PROVIDING MENTORING AND TUTORING AS THEY SERVE OUT THEIR SENTENCE. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT THREE YEARS, POSITIVE MATURITY, INC AND THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM WILL STRIVE TO WORK WITH SENIORS WHO ARE VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES THROUGH THEIR VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT. BY MATCHING YOUTH WITH THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY, WE CAN ASSIST IN INTER-GENERATIONAL LEARNING AND APPRECIATION OF OUR HEROES. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT THREE YEARS, POSITIVE MATURITY AND THE FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM ANTICIPATES 198 VOLUNTEERS SERVING OVER 200 CHILDREN TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THE TOOLS AND ATTENTION NEEDED FOR THEIR ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

POSITIVE MATURITY WAS CREATED BY THE INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN 1971 TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE AGING COMMUNITY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA. IN 1972 THE AGENCY BECAME INCORPORATED, RECEIVED IT'S NON-PROFIT 501(C)3 STATUS, BECAME A SPONSOR FOR THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES (CNCS) AND A PARTNER FOR UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. POSITIVE MATURITY'S MISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS THROUGH SOCIAL SERVICES AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AS A SPONSOR FOR SENIOR CORPS PROGRAMS, POSITIVE MATURITY OFFERS ADULTS 50 AND OLDER A VARIETY OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH RSVP (SERVING BLOUNT, JEFFERSON, SHELBY AND WALKER COUNTIES), FOSTER GRANDPARENT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (JEFFERSON COUNTY) AND THE SENIOR COMPANION VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT ALSO SERVES JEFFERSON COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE THREE (3) SENIOR CORPS PROGRAMS; POSITIVE MATURITY OFFERS AN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM; AGING WORKERS ARE RELIABLE EMPLOYEES, A SENIOR CENTER; SHEPHERD CENTER EAST AND A GERIATRIC SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHOSE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ASSIST THOSE PARTICIPANTS ALREADY ENROLLED IN POSITIVE MATURITY PROGRAMS. EACH PROGRAM IN ITSELF IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE PARTICIPANTS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE MENU OF SERVICES AND THAT IS DESIGNED TO KEEP PARTICIPANTS ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND INDEPENDENT FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. POSITIVE MATURITY'S MISSION IS CARRIED EACH YEAR THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF STAFF, A DEDICATED BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FUNDING THAT IS COMPRISED OF OVER 10 DIFFERENT LOCAL, STATE AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. EACH YEAR POSITIVE MATURITY ASSESSES THE NEEDS OF THE AGING COMMUNITY THROUGH RESEARCH, SURVEYS AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. THIS INFORMATION IS COMPARED TO AND INCORPORATED INTO A STRATEGIC PROCESS THAT GIVES OUR STAFF CLEAR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO REACH AS MANY GOALS AND PARTICIPANTS AS POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE. POSITIVE MATURITY ALSO PARTNERS WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO ENSURE PARTICIPANTS HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES NEEDED TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT, ACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THE AGENCY SERVES AS AN ADVOCATE FOR ISSUES THAT PERTAIN TO THE AGING COMMUNITY AND ARE LOOKED TO AS LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY. POSITIVE MATURITY IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING ANNUAL FUNDING OF $283,188 FROM CNCS TO SUPPORT THE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM ($849,564 OVER THE COURSE OF THE 3 YEAR GRANT PERIOD). IN ADDITION TO THE CNCS FUNDING, POSITIVE MATURITY, INC. WILL SECURE THE REQUIRED MATCH FROM VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, LOCAL, COUNTY AND STATE (NON-FEDERAL) RESOURCES AND THROUGH GENEROUS DONATIONS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE EACH YEAR. THROUGH THIS GENEROUS FUNDING, PM WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AN ANTICIPATED 66 SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS EACH YEAR OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT THREE YEARS. OUR SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM (SCP) VOLUNTEERS WILL ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH "IMPACT VOLUNTEERING" WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF HEALTHY FUTURES. VOLUNTEERS WILL ALSO FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS IN ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS IN AREAS SUCH AS IN-HOME CARE AND RESPITE. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT THREE YEARS, POSITIVE MATURITY, INC. AND SCP WILL ALSO ADDRESS VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES THROUGH VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT AND PROVIDING VOLUNTEERS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THIS VERY SPECIAL COMMUNITY. SCP ANTICIPATES ACHIEVING OVER 76,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS PER YEAR FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS WITH THE HARD WORK OF THE SCP DIRECTOR AND SCP VOLUNTEERS AND THE SUPPORT OF THE SPONSORING AGENCY. IT WILL BE OUR GOAL TO ACHIEVE A SUCCESS RATE OF 85% OF ALL GOALS AND OBJECTIVE SET FORTH IN THIS APPLICATION.

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

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

POSITIVE MATURITY WAS CREATED BY THE INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN 1971 WITH A MISSION OF ENHANCING THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS THROUGH SOCIAL SERVICES AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. IN 1972 THE AGENCY BECAME INCORPORATED, RECEIVED ITS NON-PROFIT 501(C) 3 STATUS. ALSO IN 1972, POSITIVE MATURITY APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A SPONSOR FOR THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND BEGAN TO OFFER JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA THE RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP), WITHIN THREE YEARS OF STARTING THE PROGRAM, POSITIVE MATURITY EXPANDED INTO BLOUNT, SHELBY AND WALKER COUNTIES WITH THE RSVP PROGRAM AND APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED THE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP. THE NEED FOR THE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW IN JEFFERSON COUNTY AS WELL AS ALABAMA. THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS AGES 65 AND OLDER IS PROJECTED TO MORE THAN DOUBLE FROM 46 MILLION TO OVER 98 MILLION BY 2060, AND THE 65-AND-OLDER AGE GROUP?S SHARE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION WILL RISE TO NEARLY 24 PERCENT FROM 15 PERCENT. JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA PROJECTED POPULATION FOR 2018, WERE ESTIMATED AT 658, 466, (53.8% CAUCASIAN, 43.1% AFRICAN AMERICAN AND 4% HISPANIC, WITH 10% OF ADULTS 65 AND OLDER LIVING ALONE. NON-INSTITUTIONALIZED ADULTS WITH ONE OR MORE DISABILITIES MAKE UP 16.8% OF JEFFERSON COUNTY'S POPULATION (43% OF THAT TOTAL ARE ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 65) ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS PROJECTIONS FOR 2018. THIS PROJECTED NUMBER WILL MAKE IT INCREASINGLY URGENT TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO SUPPORT AGING WITH INDEPENDENCE. AMERICANS WANT TO AGE IN PLACE WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY, HOWEVER, HEALTH, THE ABILITY TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT IS OFTEN SHAPED IN PART BY THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUPPORT SYSTEMS ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE FROM THE POPULATION REFERENCE BUREAU (2017), AGING WITH INDEPENDENCE IS IMPORTANT TO OLDER ADULTS, AS IT AFFORDS A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT IS ALSO A FOUNDATIONAL AMERICAN VALUE THAT, WHEN ACHIEVED SAVES RESOURCES FOR SOCIETY TO USE IN OTHER WAYS. (US NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE) THE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM CAN PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT ADAPT TO THE NEEDS OF SENIORS, ALLOWING THEM TO REMAIN AT HOME AND CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR COMMUNITIES. VOLUNTEERS CAN ASSIST BY PROVIDING COMPANIONSHIP, HOUSEKEEPING AND MEAL PREPARATION TO SENIORS AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS, WHICH WILL ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO AGE IN PLACE IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND A SMALL STIPEND TO OFFSET THE COSTS OF VOLUNTEERING TO LOW-INCOME ADULTS AGES 55 AND OLDER IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY AREA. THE SUCCESS OF THE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM OF JEFFERSON COUNTY IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE HARD WORK OF STAFF, A DEDICATED BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND ADVISORY COUNCIL. THE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM AND AGENCY IS VERY DIVERSE AND COMPRISED OF VARIOUS LOCAL, STATE AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS IN ADDITION TO FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. EACH YEAR POSITIVE MATURITY ASSESSES THE NEEDS OF THE AGING COMMUNITY THROUGH RESEARCH, SURVEYS, AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. THIS INFORMATION IS COMPARED TO AND INCORPORATED INTO A STRATEGIC PROCESS THAT GIVES OUR STAFF CLEAR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO REACH AS MANY GOALS AND PARTICIPANTS AS POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE. POSITIVE MATURITY ALSO PARTNERS WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO ENSURE PARTICIPANTS HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES NEEDED TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT, ACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THE AGENCY SERVES AS AN ADVOCATE FOR ISSUES THAT PERTAIN TO THE AGING COMMUNITY AND ARE LOOKED TO AS LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY. POSITIVE MATURITY IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING $297,347 FROM CNCS FOR THE SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM ($892,041 OVER THE COURSE OF THE 3 YEAR GRANT PERIOD). IN ADDITION TO THE CNCS FUNDING, POSITIVE MATURITY, INC. WILL SECURE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FROM THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, OTHER LOCAL, COUNTY AND STATE (NON-FEDERAL) RESOURCES AND THROUGH GENEROUS GRANTS/ DONATIONS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. OUR PROGRAM BUDGET IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AN

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

POSITIVE MATURITY HAS BEEN THE PROUD SPONSOR FOR THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE'S SENIOR CORPS PROGRAMS SINCE 1972. OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE PLACED THOUSANDS OF ACTIVE ADULTS 55 AND OLDER IN MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND ASSISTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN NEED. IN THE 2017/18 GRANT YEAR RSVP HAD 1838 UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE 4 COUNTY REGION (BLOUNT, JEFFERSON, WALKER, AND SHELBY). OF THOSE WHO VOLUNTEERED, 770 SERVED UNDER THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE'S PRIORITY AREAS. THE 2018/19 GRANT YEAR INCREASED ITS NUMBER OF UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS TO 1937 IN THE FOUR-COUNTY REGION. OF THOSE WHO VOLUNTEERED, 697 SERVED UNDER THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE'S PRIORITY AREAS. AN ESTIMATED 1746 VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE IN 2020 THROUGH POSITIVE MATURITY'S RSVP PROGRAM. OF THIS NUMBER, 582 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE; FOOD DELIVERY, COMPANIONSHIP, PREVENTING SENIOR FRAUD, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, AND OUTREACH. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE MEALS AND COMPANIONSHIP TO HOMEBOUND SENIORS WHO MAY NOT BE GETTING BALANCED MEALS AND MAY FEEL SOCIALLY ISOLATED. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT WE HOPE TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE FOLLOWING GOALS: 1900 RSVP VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED 875,000 HOURS OF VOLUNTEERISM ADDRESSING INCREASED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND IMPROVED CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENCE (FILL IN YOUR OUTCOMES FOR 3 YEARS). POSITIVE MATURITY IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING $135,138 /YEAR FOR 3 YEARS WHICH WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $149,243/YEAR FOR THREE YEARS FROM STATE, COUNTY, AND LOCAL RESOURCES.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2025?26 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2025?26 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10.0% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 11.05%. 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

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

POSITIVE MATURITY WAS CREATED BY THE INDEPENDENT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN 1971 TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE AGING COMMUNITY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY ALABAMA. IN 1972 THE AGENCY BECAME INCORPORATED, RECEIVED IT'S NON-PROFIT 501(C)3 STATUS, BECAME A SPONSOR FOR THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES (CNCS) AND A PARTNER FOR UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. POSITIVE MATURITY'S MISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS THROUGH SOCIAL SERVICES AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AS A SPONSOR FOR SENIOR CORPS PROGRAMS, POSITIVE MATURITY OFFERS ADULTS 50 AND OLDER A VARIETY OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH RSVP (SERVING BLOUNT, JEFFERSON, SHELBY AND WALKER COUNTIES), FOSTER GRANDPARENT VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (JEFFERSON COUNTY) AND THE SENIOR COMPANION VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT ALSO SERVES JEFFERSON COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE THREE (3) SENIOR CORPS PROGRAMS; POSITIVE MATURITY OFFERS AN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM; AGING WORKERS ARE RELIABLE EMPLOYEES, A SENIOR CENTER; SHEPHERD CENTER EAST AND A GERIATRIC SOCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHOSE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ASSIST THOSE PARTICIPANTS ALREADY ENROLLED IN POSITIVE MATURITY PROGRAMS. EACH PROGRAM IN ITSELF IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE PARTICIPANTS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE MENU OF SERVICES AND THAT IS DESIGNED TO KEEP PARTICIPANTS ACTIVELY ENGAGED AND INDEPENDENT FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. POSITIVE MATURITY?S MISSION IS CARRIED EACH YEAR THROUGH THE HARD WORK OF STAFF, A DEDICATED BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FUNDING THAT IS COMPRISED OF OVER 10 DIFFERENT LOCAL, STATE AND COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. EACH YEAR POSITIVE MATURITY ASSESSES THE NEEDS OF THE AGING COMMUNITY THROUGH RESEARCH, SURVEYS AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. THIS INFORMATION IS COMPARED TO AND INCORPORATED INTO A STRATEGIC PROCESS THAT GIVES OUR STAFF CLEAR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO REACH AS MANY GOALS AND PARTICIPANTS AS POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING THAT IS AVAILABLE. POSITIVE MATURITY ALSO PARTNERS WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO ENSURE PARTICIPANTS HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES NEEDED TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT, ACTIVE AND ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITY. THE AGENCY SERVES AS AN ADVOCATE FOR ISSUES THAT PERTAIN TO THE AGING COMMUNITY AND ARE LOOKED TO AS LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY. POSITIVE MATURITY IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING $127,638 FROM CNCS FOR THE RSVP PROGRAM ($382,914 OVER THE COURSE OF THE 3 YEAR GRANT PERIOD). IN ADDITION TO THE CNCS FUNDING, POSITIVE MATURITY, INC. WILL SECURE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING EACH YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF $182,994 FROM UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL ALABAMA, OTHER LOCAL, COUNTY AND STATE (NON-FEDERAL) RESOURCES AND THROUGH GENEROUS DONATIONS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THROUGH THIS GENEROUS FUNDING, PM WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AN ANTICIPATED 2,100 RSVP VOLUNTEERS OVER THE NEXT YEAR. OF THE 2100 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS, NO LESS THAN 120 UNDUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN WORK PLANS THAT RESULT IN NATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE OUTCOMES WITH A PRIMARY FOCUS OF HEALTHY FUTURES AND SUBCATEGORIES OF COMPANIONSHIP AND FOOD DELIVERY. ADDITIONAL RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL ALSO FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS IN ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS IN AREAS SUCH AS DISASTER SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND CAPACITY BUILDING FOR NONPROFITS. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT THREE YEARS, POSITIVE MATURITY, INC. AND RSVP WILL ALSO ADDRESS VETERANS AND MILITARY FAMILIES THROUGH VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT AND PROVIDING VOLUNTEERS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THIS VERY SPECIAL COMMUNITY. RSVP ANTICIPATES ACHIEVING OVER 800,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS WITH THE HARD WORK OF RSVP COORDINATORS, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE RSVP DIRECTORS, AND THE SUPPORT OF THE SPONSORING AGENCY. IT WILL BE OUR GOAL TO ACHIEVE A SUCCESS RATE OF 85% OF ALL GOALS AND OBJECTIVE SET FORTH IN THIS APPLICATION.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023-24 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023-24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 53.27%. 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.

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THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024?25 FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM. YOUR 2024?25 STATUTORY MATCH REQUIREMENT IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETED MATCH IS 11.06%.

VISTA STATE

VISTA RECOVERY SUPPORT GRANTS