Senior Citizens Council

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

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022?23 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2022?23 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10.0% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 23.3%. 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 A PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE INCREASE OF $12,560.00 THESE FUNDING AUGMENTATIONS CHANGES THE TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDING AMOUNT TO $378,268.00

THE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF GREATER AUGUSTA AND THE CSRA, GEORGIA, INC., (THE SCC) IS A PRIVATE NOT-PROFIT, COMMUNITY-BASED, 501 (C) (3) ORGANIZATION SERVING THE 13-COUNTY CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA (CSRA), IN GEORGIA. THE MISSION OF THE SCC IS TWO-FOLD?TO PROVIDE A DIVERSITY OF SERVICES TO SENIOR ADULTS AND TO ENABLE THEM TO APPLY THEIR EXPERIENCE AS A RESOURCE FOR MEETING IDENTIFIABLE COMMUNITY NEEDS. THE SCC HAS BEEN A LEADING PROVIDER OF AGING SERVICES SINCE 1968 AND HAS SPONSORED FGP SINCE 1985. THE SCC IS REQUESTING $333,938 FROM CNCS TO MOBILIZE AN ESTIMATED 97 UNDUPLICATED FGP VOLUNTEERS. WE HAVE APPLIED FOR APPROXIMATELY $94,000 IN NON-FEDERAL FUNDS FROM AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY AND THE UNITED WAY OF THE CSRA TO AUGMENT CNCS FUNDING. ALTHOUGH CNCS REQUIRED THAT A MINIMUM OF 56 UNDUPLICATED FGP VOLUNTEERS SERVE IN OUTCOME BASED ASSIGNMENTS, WE ANTICIPATE AT LEAST 90 WILL SERVE IN THE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION IN SCHOOL READINESS AND K-12 SUCCESS IN BURKE, COLUMBIA, JEFFERSON, AND RICHMOND COUNTIES. AS THESE ASSIGNMENTS ARE TYPICALLY 9-MONTHS, OVER-ENROLLING TO MEET THE GOAL WILL BE NECESSARY. ADDITIONAL NON-DUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED AT THE FAMILY Y CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND AT HOPE HOUSE. DUPLICATED VOLUNTEERS PLACED IN OTHER COMMUNITY PRIORITIES UNDER SC1 OUTPUTS ONLY, WILL SERVE DURING SCHOOL BREAKS AT MACH ACADEMY, THE CSRA COMMUNITY INITIATIVE, AND THE FAMILY Y ? NORTH JEFFERSON. BASED ON TEST SCORES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ASSIGNMENT AND TEACHER OBSERVATION, STUDENTS WHO ARE IDENTIFIED AS LACKING AGE-APPROPRIATE SOCIAL SKILLS AND THE MATURITY TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL LEARNERS, STUDENTS THAT ARE AT RISK OF RETENTION BECAUSE THEY LAG BEHIND THEIR PEERS IN GRADE LEVEL SKILLS, NON-TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WORKING TOWARD A GED OR A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM PERSON TO PERSON SUPPORTIVE ASSISTANCE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. SERVICE ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO MEET THE ED23A, ED5A, AND H15A OUTCOMES WILL FOCUS ON MEETING ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE ASSIGNED STUDENTS AND MAY INCLUDE ASSISTANCE WITH VOCABULARY AND ORAL AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE EXPRESSION, READING COMPREHENSION, MATHEMATICS, AND MODELING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR. WORKING WITH THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION IN COLUMBIA, JEFFERSON, AND RICHMOND COUNTIES, COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ? BURKE COUNTY, YOUTH CHALLENGE ACADEMY, AND THE CSRA HEAD START PROGRAM, THIS PROJECT WILL DOCUMENT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS SERVED BY FGP VOLUNTEERS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR AND REPORT STATION-PROVIDED POST-TEST OUTCOMES ON STUDENT PROGRESS AT THE END OF THE REPORTING PERIOD AS REQUIRED BY CNCS.

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

EXPANSION AND STRENGTHENING OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA AND THEIR CAREGIVERS IN SHERIDAN COUNTY, WYOMING.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2025?26 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2025?26 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 18.67%. 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

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

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

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

GRAFTON COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL, INC. (GCSCC) IS APPLYING FOR A $98,017 COMPETITIVE GRANT FROM THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE (CNCS) FOR RSVP FOR THE 2020 - 2023 PROGRAM PERIOD BEGINNING JULY 2020. GCSCC IS A 501 ( C ) 3 ESTABLISHED IN 1972, "TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND REINFORCE PROGRAMS WHICH SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE HEALTH, WELL-BEING, SELF-ESTEEM, DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF OLDER ADULTS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES." GCSCC HAS SPONSORED RSVP SINCE 1988. CNCS'S INVESTMENT WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY A MATCH OF $109,047 / 52.6%) GENERATED THROUGH NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING COUNTY AND TOWN FUNDING, UNITED WAY AND FOUNDATION GRANTS, FUNDRAISING, PLUS IN-KIND AND INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS. OUR RSVP VOLUNTEERS SERVE 54 MOSTLY RURAL TOWNS THROUGHOUT 2,302 SQUARE MILES IN GRAFTON AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE MAJORITY OF OUR RSVP VOLUNTEERS SERVE CNCS PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF HEALTHY FUTURES. BASED ON THE CURRENT CNCS FUNDING FORMULA, A MINIMUM OF 98 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE ENGAGED IN AGING IN PLACE (H4A / H9A) ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES THAT ARE A MISSION FIT FOR OUR SPONSOR: CONTINUING CHORE CORPS FRAUD PREVENTION, GOOD MORNING TELEPHONE REASSURANCE, AND RSVP BONE BUILDERS WITH THE GOAL OF EXPANDING WITH OTHER EVIDENCE BASED OR EVIDENCE INFORMED FALLS PREVENTION EXERCISE CLASSES SUCH AS BINGOCIZE, TAI JI QUAN MOVING FOR BETTER BALANCE AND / OR TAI CHI VERMONT'S CURRICULUM. THIS GRANT CYCLE WE WILL ALSO BE ADDING DISASTER PREPAREDNESS (D1A / D5) WITH A FOCUS ON OLDER ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, INCLUDING TWO HOSPITALS, EIGHT SENIOR CENTERS, AND A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

GRAFTON COUNTY SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL, INC. IS APPLYING FOR A RENEWAL GRANT FOR RSVP FOR THE 2017 - 2020 PROGRAM PERIOD. THE AGENCY (GCSCC) IS A 501 ( C ) 3 ESTABLISHED IN 1974, "TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND REINFORCE PROGRAMS WHICH SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE HEALTH, WELL-BEING, SELF-ESTEEM, DIGNITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF OLDER ADULTS AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES." GCSCC HAS SPONSORED RSVP SINCE 1988. THE AGENCY IS REQUESTING $90,517 FROM THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE (CNCS.) THIS INVESTMENT WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY A MATCH OF AT LEAST 30%. WE HAVE BUDGETED A MATCH OF $95,222 GENERATED THROUGH NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING, FOUNDATION AND UNITED WAY GRANTS, FUNDRAISING, PLUS IN-KIND AND INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS. OUR RSVP VOLUNTEERS SERVE 54 MOSTLY RURAL TOWNS THROUGHOUT 2,302 SQUARE MILES IN GRAFTON AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, NEW HAMPSHIRE. OUR FOCUS IS ON CNCS PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF HEALTHY FUTURES AND THE AGING IN PLACE OBJECTIVE. BASED ON CNCS FUNDING FORMULA, A MINIMUM OF 90 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE ENGAGED IN HEALTH EDUCATION, INCLUDING RSVP BONE BUILDERS AND A MATTER OF BALANCE. ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AT THREE HOSPITALS, A POLICE DEPARTMENT, EIGHT SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER STATIONS. WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE RECRUITING AND SUPPORTING VOLUNTEERS IN OTHER AGING IN PLACE ACTIVITIES, BUT NOT MEASURING OUTCOMES BECAUSE WE HAVE A LACK OF CRITICAL MASS OF CNCS APPROVED MEASURES: MEALS ON WHEELS, AND TWO PROGRAMS WE RUN, GOOD MORNING TELEPHONE REASSURANCE AND CHORE CORPS. OUR CNCS HEALTHY FUTURES H4 OUTPUTS TARGETS FOR THE END OF YEAR 3: A) 70 RSVP BONE BUILDERS CLASS CO-LEADERS SERVING 600 EXERCISERS. B) 20 MATTER OF BALANCE VOLUNTEERS CO-COACH 64 PARTICIPANTS. #

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023-24 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2023-24 STATUTORY MATCH IS 24% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 39.66%. 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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ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022?23 SCP PROGRAM. YOUR 2022?23 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10.0% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 40.9%. 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 A PERMANENT ADMINISTRATIVE INCREASE OF $2,041.00. THESE FUNDING AUGMENTATIONS CHANGES THE TOTAL FEDERAL FUNDING AMOUNT TO $60,216.00

THE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF GREATER AUGUSTA AND THE CSRA, GEORGIA, INC., (SCC) IS A PRIVATE, NOT FOR PROFIT, COMMUNITY ?BASED 501 (C) 3 ORGANIZATION SERVING THE 13-COUNTY CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA (CSRA) GEORGIA. THE MISSION OF THE SCC IS TWO-FOLD?TO PROVIDE A DIVERSITY OF SERVICES TO SENIOR ADULTS AND TO ENABLE THEM TO APPLY THEIR EXPERIENCE AS A RESOURCE FOR MEETING IDENTIFIABLE COMMUNITY NEEDS. THE SCC HAS BEEN A LEADING PROVIDER OF AGING SERVICES IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1968 AND HAS EFFECTIVELY SPONSORED SCP SINCE 1985. THE SCC IS REQUESTING $50,156 FROM CNCS TO ENGAGE AN ESTIMATED 18 UNDUPLICATED SCP VOLUNTEERS IN PERSON TO PERSON, OUTCOME-BASED ASSIGNMENTS DESIGNED TO FOSTER INDEPENDENCE AND DELAY OR PREVENT INSTITUTIONALIZATION FOR SENIORS. WE HAVE APPLIED FOR APPROXIMATELY $80,000 IN NON-FEDERAL FUNDS FROM THE UNITED WAY OF THE CSRA AND AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY TO AUGMENT THE AMOUNT WE ARE REQUESTING FROM CNCS. THIS PROJECT PLANS TO PLACE A MINIMUM OF 9 UNDUPLICATED FEDERALLY-FUNDED VOLUNTEERS INTO THE CNCS FOCUS AREA: HEALTHY FUTURES ? AGING IN PLACE. WITH ADDITIONAL LOCAL FUNDING, WE ANTICIPATE THAT 13 SCP?S WILL BE PLACED AS REFERRALS FOR SCP ASSISTANCE INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THROUGH THE SCC AND ST. JOHN TOWER?S, A FAITH-BASED SENIOR HOUSING COMMUNITY, VOLUNTEERS WILL ASSIST FRAIL ELDERLY HOME-BOUND, INDIVIDUALS MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE AND CONTINUE TO LIVE AT HOME IN THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE. SCP?S MAY ASSIST WITH PERSONAL CARE, HELP WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY OR ENCOURAGE EXERCISE, ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, PREPARE LIGHT MEALS, AND PROVIDE COMPANIONSHIP. FOR THOSE FAMILIES REQUIRING A BREAK FROM CARE-GIVING, SCP VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE RESPITE FOR CAREGIVERS TO LESSEN STRESS-RELATED ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING CONTINUAL CARE FOR A LOVED ONE. AT THE END OF EACH GRANT CYCLE, OUTCOMES WILL BE MEASURED AND REPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH H9A AND H14 GUIDELINES RESPECTIVELY. FOR OVER 25 YEARS, THIS PROJECT HAS PARTNERED WITH TWO NON-RESIDENTIAL, SHELTERED WORKSHOPS WHERE PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE INCLUSION SO THEY MAY BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE SMOOTHLY INTO THE COMMUNITY. A MINIMUM OF 5 UNDUPLICATED SCP?S WILL SERVE IN THE HEALTHY FUTURES FOCUS AREA ? ACCESS TO CARE AT LYNNDALE, INC. AND SERENITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ? GEORGIA TASC WHERE THEY WILL PROVIDE PERSON TO PERSON SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS AS THEY PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO FOSTER INDEPENDENCE AND INCLUSION. VOLUNTEERS WILL ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN FITNESS ACTIVITIES, ACCOMPANY INDIVIDUALS ON SOCIAL OUTINGS, RE-DIRECT INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR TO REDUCE FREQUENCY AND INCREASE APPROPRIATE SOCIAL SKILLS, ASSIST WITH PERSONAL HYGIENE, AND ASSIST AS NEEDED DURING MEAL TIME TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE NUTRITION AND HYDRATION. AT THE END OF EACH GRANT CYCLE, OUTCOMES WILL BE MEASURED AND REPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH H15A GUIDELINES.

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2025?26 SCP PROGRAM. YOUR 2025?26 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 28.79%. 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

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2026-27 AMERICORPS SENIORS RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2026-27 STATUTORY MATCH REQUIREMENT IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETED MATCH IS 32.78%. YOU ARE APPROVED FOR PRE-AWARD COSTS BEGINNING 30 DAYS PRIOR TO AWARD.

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

COMMUNITY FACILITIES - ECONOMIC IMPACT INITIATIVE GRANTS

PERSISTENT POVERTY CF GRANT

COMMUNITY FACILITY 2019 DISASTER GRANTS - TORNADOES FLOODS OTHER

COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS

COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS

COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS

COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS

COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS

COMMUNITY FACILITIES - ECONOMIC IMPACT INITIATIVE GRANTS

COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS

COMMUNITY FACILITY GRANTS

ENGAGES INDIVIDUALS IN SERVICE TO ELIMINATE POVERTY AND POVERTY-RELATED PROBLEMS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES