Felton Institute

HEALTH CARE INNOVATION CHALLENGE

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024?25 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2024?25 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 13.01%. THIS AWARD IS APPROVED TO ADD $2,500 IN ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL RELATED TO TRAINING IN FY 24.

SAN FRANCISCO'S FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM (FGP), SPONSORED BY THE FELTON INSTITUTE/FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY (FSA), IS COMMITTED TO MEETING THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.FGP VOLUNTEERS ARE ACTIVE, VITAL, AND COMMUNITY-MINDED ADULTS AGE 55 AND OVER WHO ARE PLACED IN MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN. OUR FGP VOLUNTEERS FOSTER TRUSTING AND SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CHILDREN THEY SERVE, HELPING TO NURTURE THE SOCIAL, COGNITIVE, AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EACH CHILD. THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1965 AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PILOTS IN THE COUNTRY AND CONTINUES TO BEAN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF SAN FRANCISCO CHILDREN, AS WELL AS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO BRING MEANINGFUL AND STIPENDED, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO LOW-INCOME SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY. PROGRAM PARTNERS INCLUDE 28 VOLUNTEER STATIONS CONSISTING OF: 21 INFANT AND PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, 6 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND 1 COUNSELING CENTER. OUR FGP VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH POVERTY AND OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES. THE MAJORITY OF OUR PRE-SCHOOLS IN OUR PORTFOLIO ARE HEAD START PROGRAMS, AND THUS BY THEIR OWN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, SERVE PRIMARILY LOW INCOME, HIGH NEED FAMILIES. THE MAJORITY OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SERVED BY FGP VOLUNTEERS ARE SUPPORTING CHILDREN FROM ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS. THE MAJORITY OF OUR VOLUNTEER SITES OFFER SERVICES IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES INCLUDING CANTONESE, MANDARIN, VIETNAMESE, SPANISH, TAGALOG, AND RUSSIAN. IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM VOLUNTEER STATIONS, WE HAVE RECRUITED A MULTIETHNIC, MULTILINGUAL VOLUNTEER CORPS WHERE 86% SPEAK LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH. FSA IS REQUESTING A GRANT OF $263,379 TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 68 VOLUNTEERS TO REFLECT 55 VSY (VOLUNTEER SERVICE YEARS) WITH A GRANTEE SHARE OF $79,016 OR AN AMOUNT OF $342,395. THE SPECIFIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES AND FOCUS ARE INCORPORATED IN FOUR WORK PLANS AND COMPLY WITH THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE (CNCS) REGULATIONS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. WE DESIGNED THE WORK PLANS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN IMPROVING AND INCREASING THEIR LITERACY SKILLS, SCHOOL READINESS, AND POSITIVE SOCIALIZATION, IN SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, AND CLINIC BASED VOLUNTEER SITES. IN WORK PLAN #1, 8 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE SERVICE IN 6 EXPERIENCE CORPS BAY AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGH BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LITERACY SESSIONS, AND WE PROJECT THAT 56 CHILDREN AGE 5 TO 11 WILL BE SERVED ANNUALLY. WORK PLAN #2 ENCOMPASSES OUR LARGEST GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WITH 56 VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING IN GENERAL CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING READING, ART, AND MUSIC AND ENCOURAGING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR AND SOCIALIZATION WITH CHILDREN AGE 0 TO 5. WE PROJECT THAT FGP VOLUNTEERS IN THIS PLAN WILL SERVE 392 CHILDREN AT 21 PRESCHOOL SITES. WORK PLAN #3 PROVIDES SUPPORT IN A CLINIC BASED SETTING AND IS OUR SMALLEST WORK PLAN WITH 2 VOLUNTEERS SERVING IN 1 VOLUNTEER SITE, PROVIDING REGULAR SOCIALIZATION AND COMFORT TO CHILDREN OF PARENTS RECEIVING CLINIC SERVICES. WE PROJECT VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE 20 CHILDREN IN THIS PLAN. IN WORK PLAN #4, 2 VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE SERVICE IN SCHOOL-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS IN BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LITERACY SESSIONS, PROJECTING TO SERVE 14 CHILDREN AGE 5 TO 11.

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SAN FRANCISCO'S FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM (FGP), SPONSORED BY THE FELTON INSTITUTE/FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY (FSA), IS COMMITTED TO MEETING THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. FGP VOLUNTEERS ARE ACTIVE, VITAL, AND COMMUNITY-MINDED ADULTS AGE 55 AND OVER WHO ARE PLACED IN MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THAT INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN. OUR FGP VOLUNTEERS FOSTER TRUSTING AND SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CHILDREN THEY SERVE, HELPING TO NURTURE THE SOCIAL, COGNITIVE, AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EACH CHILD. THE PROGRAM BEGAN IN 1965 AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL PILOTS IN THE COUNTRY AND CONTINUES TO BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OF SAN FRANCISCO CHILDREN, AS WELL AS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO BRING MEANINGFUL AND STIPEND, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO LOW-INCOME SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY. PROGRAM PARTNERS INCLUDE 25 VOLUNTEER STATIONS CONSISTING OF: 19 INFANT AND PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, 3 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, 1 AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM (WITH PLANS TO DEVELOP 1 ADDITIONAL AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS), AND 1 COUNSELING CENTER. OUR FGP VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH POVERTY AND OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES. THE MAJORITY OF OUR PRE-SCHOOLS IN OUR PORTFOLIO ARE HEAD START PROGRAMS, AND THUS BY THEIR OWN ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, SERVE PRIMARILY LOW INCOME, HIGH NEED FAMILIES. THE MAJORITY OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS SERVED BY FGP VOLUNTEERS ARE SUPPORTING CHILDREN FROM ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS. THE MAJORITY OF OUR VOLUNTEER SITES OFFER SERVICES IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES INCLUDING CANTONESE, MANDARIN, SPANISH, TAGALOG, AND RUSSIAN. IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM VOLUNTEER STATIONS, WE HAVE RECRUITED A MULTI-ETHNIC, MULTILINGUAL VOLUNTEER CORPS WHERE 82% SPEAK LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH. FSA IS REQUESTING A GRANT OF $298,818 TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PLACE 47 VSY (VOLUNTEER SERVICE YEARS) WITH A GRANTEE SHARE OF $40,254.00 OR AN AMOUNT OF $339,072. THE SPECIFIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES AND FOCUS ARE INCORPORATED IN FOUR WORK PLANS AND COMPLY WITH THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE (CNCS) REGULATIONS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. WE DESIGNED THE WORK PLANS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN IMPROVING AND INCREASING THEIR LITERACY SKILLS, SCHOOL READINESS, AND POSITIVE SOCIALIZATION, IN SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, AND CLINIC-BASED VOLUNTEER SITES. WORK PLAN #1 ENCOMPASSES OUR LARGEST GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WITH 35 VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING IN GENERAL CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING READING, ART, AND MUSIC, AND ENCOURAGING POSITIVE BEHAVIOR AND SOCIALIZATION WITH CHILDREN AGE 0 TO 5. WE PROJECT THAT FGP VOLUNTEERS IN THIS PLAN WILL SERVE 140 CHILDREN AT 19 PRESCHOOL SITES. WORK PLAN #2, 7 VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THROUGH COLLABORATIONS WITH EXPERIENCE CORPS AND READING PARTNERS, AND WE PROJECT THAT 28 CHILDREN AGE 5 TO 11 WILL BE SERVED ANNUALLY. WORK PLAN #3, 4 VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE SERVICE IN SCHOOL-BASED AND COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS IN BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LITERACY SESSIONS, PROJECTING TO SERVE 16 CHILDREN AGE 5 TO 12. WORK PLAN #4 PROVIDES SUPPORT IN A CLINIC-BASED SETTING AND IS OUR SMALLEST WORK PLAN WITH 1 VOLUNTEER SERVING IN 1 VOLUNTEER SITE, PROVIDING REGULAR SOCIALIZATION AND COMFORT TO CHILDREN OF PARENTS RECEIVING CLINIC SERVICES. WE PROJECT THE VOLUNTEER WILL SERVE 6 CHILDREN IN THIS WORK PLAN.

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

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

FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM

THE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA-BASED SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM (SCP) HAS BEEN SERVING SAN FRANCISCANS SINCE 1984. SPONSORED BY THE FELTON INSTITUTE/FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SAN FRANCISCO (FSA) SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE PROGRAM IS COMMITTED TO MEETING THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY BY PLACING SCP VOLUNTEERS, AGE 55 AND OLDER, IN COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS TO INCREASE PROGRAM CAPACITY AND OFFER MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTIVE, LOW-INCOME SENIORS. OUR VOLUNTEERS DEVELOP SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER SENIORS AND DISABLED ADULTS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM TO REMAIN LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR COMMUNITY. OUR SCP PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE FOCUSED ON REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS WHILE INCREASING SOCIAL CONNECTIVITY FOR CLIENTS, AS WELL AS RESPITE SERVICES FOR UNPAID FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF CLIENTS. FSA IS REQUESTING A GRANT OF $35,264 TO FUND 7 VSY (VOLUNTEER SERVICE YEARS) TO VOLUNTEER AT 4 DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER STATIONS, WITH A GRANTEE SHARE OF $72,631.00 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $107,895.00. BECAUSE THE NEED IS GREAT, FSA WAS SUCCESSFUL SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN OBTAINING TWO LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR A CURRENT 22 ADDITIONAL VSYS PER YEAR, WITH 15 VSYS FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES (DAAS), AND 7 VSYS FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL AGENCY (SFMTA), SERVING 14 VOLUNTEER STATIONS. OUR CNCS PROGRAM COLLABORATES WITH THESE VOLUNTEER STATIONS, WITH VOLUNTEERS PROVIDING IMPORTANT SUPPORT TO OLDER ADULTS IN CASE MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL, HEALTH-RELATED PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTIVE SENIOR HOUSING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE PROVIDED AS REQUESTED BY CNCS. FOR THIS APPLICATION, WE WILL FOCUS ON THE OUTCOME ASSIGNMENT WORK PLAN FUNDED BY CNCS. FOCUS AREA: HEALTHY FUTURES, SERVICE ACTIVITIES: COMPANIONSHIP: THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT IS FOR OUR SENIOR COMPANION VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE PEER- TO- PEER SUPPORT WITH FRAIL HOME-BOUND CLIENTS IN SUPPORTIVE SENIOR HOUSING AND IN THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING WEEKLY HOME VISITS TO THREE TO FOUR HOME-BOUND CLIENTS, PROVIDING TRANSLATION ASSISTANCE, ESCORTING TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, LIGHT ERRANDS SUCH AS PICKING UP PRESCRIPTIONS OR ESSENTIAL FOOD AND MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, 7 VOLUNTEERS WILL SUPPORT UP TO 24 CLIENTS AT 4 SITES ENCOMPASSING THE GOAL OF ALLEVIATING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION, LONELINESS AMONG FRAIL, HOME-BOUND CLIENTS AND IMPROVE CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER COMPANIONSHIP ACTIVITIES.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024?25 SCP PROGRAM. YOUR 2024?25 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 59.93%. THIS AWARD IS APPROVED TO ADD $2,500 IN ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL RELATED TO TRAINING IN FY 24.

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

THE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA-BASED SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM (SCP) HAS BEEN SERVING SAN FRANCISCANS SINCE 1984. SPONSORED BY THE FELTON INSTITUTE/FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SAN FRANCISCO (FSA) SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE PROGRAM IS COMMITTED TO MEETING THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY BY PLACING SCP VOLUNTEERS, AGE 55 AND OLDER, IN COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS TO INCREASE PROGRAM CAPACITY AND OFFER MEANINGFUL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTIVE, LOW-INCOME SENIORS. OUR VOLUNTEERS DEVELOP SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER SENIORS AND DISABLED ADULTS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM TO REMAIN LIVING INDEPENDENTLY IN THEIR COMMUNITY. OUR SCP PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE FOCUSED ON REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS WHILE INCREASING SOCIAL CONNECTIVITY FOR CLIENTS, AS WELL AS RESPITE SERVICES FOR UNPAID FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF CLIENTS. FSA IS REQUESTING A GRANT OF $27,339 TO FUND 7 VSY (VOLUNTEER SERVICE YEARS) TO VOLUNTEER AT 4 DIFFERENT VOLUNTEER STATIONS, WITH A GRANTEE SHARE OF $6,575 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $33,914. BECAUSE THE NEED IS GREAT, FSA WAS SUCCESSFUL SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN OBTAINING TWO LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR A CURRENT 22 ADDITIONAL VSYS PER YEAR, WITH 15 VSYS FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND ADULT SERVICES (DAAS), AND 7 VSYS FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL AGENCY (SFMTA), SERVING 15 VOLUNTEER STATIONS. OUR CNCS PROGRAM COLLABORATES WITH THESE VOLUNTEER STATIONS, WITH VOLUNTEERS PROVIDING IMPORTANT SUPPORT TO OLDER ADULTS IN CASE MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL, AND HEALTH-RELATED PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTIVE SENIOR HOUSING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE PROVIDED AS REQUESTED BY CNCS. FOR THIS APPLICATION, WE WILL FOCUS ON THE WORKPLAN FUNDED BY CNCS. WORKPLAN#1: FOCUS AREA: HEALTHY FUTURES, SERVICE ACTIVITIES: COMPANIONSHIP: SENIOR PEER COUNSELOR VOLUNTEERS WILL PROVIDE PEER- TO- PEER SUPPORT WITH FRAIL HOMEBOUND CLIENTS IN SUPPORTIVE SENIOR HOUSING AND IN THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING WEEKLY HOME VISITS TO THREE TO FOUR HOMEBOUND CLIENTS, TRANSLATION ASSISTANCE, AND ESCORTING TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS. IN THIS WORKPLAN, 7 VOLUNTEERS WILL SUPPORT UP TO 24 CLIENTS AT 4 SITES.

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM

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

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