Kenosha Area Family And Aging Services Inc

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024?25 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR 2024?25 STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 23.37%. THIS AWARD IS APPROVED TO ADD $2,500 IN ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL RELATED TO TRAINING IN FY 24.

AN ESTIMATED FORTY AMERICORPS SENIORS FGP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE; OF THIS NUMBER, FORTY AMERICORPS SENIOR VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE TUTORING, READING, MATH, LITERACY, AND MENTORING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THOSE WHO HAVE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, OR ECONOMIC CHALLENGES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT IS EDUCATION/K-12 SUCCESS. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, AT LEAST 40 FGP VOLUNTEERS WILL HAVE SERVED 600 STUDENTS ONE TO ONE AND IN SMALL GROUPS. AT LEAST 90 CHILDREN WILL DEMONSTRATE IMPROVEMENT IN ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT, SOCIAL SKILLS, LIFE SKILLS, AND BEHAVIOR IN KENOSHA AND RACINE COUNTIES. THE ANNUAL CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $260,000.00 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY $69,854.00 BY NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES, USING AGENCY CASH FROM FUNDRAISING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT AGENCY SHARE.

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024-25 FGP PROGRAM. YOUR STATUTORY MATCH IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 24.75%. THIS AWARD IS APPROVED TO ADD $2,500 IN ONE-TIME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL RELATED TO TRAINING IN FY25.

RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2022-2023 RSVP PROGRAM. YOUR 2022-23 STATUTORY MATCH IS 30% AND YOUR BUGETARY MATCH IS 34%.

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

ENGAGES PERSONS 55 AND OLDER IN VOLUNTEER SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES

AN ESTIMATED 200 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER AT LEAST 65 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR SERVICE ACTIVITIES ARE COMPANIONSHIP AND MENTORING. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS OF THIS PROJECT ARE HEALTHY FUTURES AGING IN PLACE AND EDUCATION K-12 SUCCESS. AT THE END OF THE THREE YEAR GRANT, AT LEAST 35 HOMEBOUND SENIORS WILL REPORT HAVING INCREASED SOCIAL SUPPORT OR IMPROVED CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING AND AT LEAST 30 STUDENTS WILL HAVE IMPROVED ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT OR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL SKILLS. THE ANNUAL REQUEST FOR CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $63,252 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY NON-FEDERAL RESOURCES. KENOSHA AREA FAMILY AND AGING SERVICES, INC., (KAFASI) IS A PRIVATE, NOT-FOR-PROFIT WHOSE MISSION IS TO SUPPORT HEALTHY AGING, STRONG FAMILIES AND A CONNECTED COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS SPONSORED RSVP OF KENOSHA COUNTY SINCE 1997. IN 2017 KAFASI SERVED OVER 9000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT KENOSHA COUNTY AND CONTINUES TO BE A CENTER FOR VOLUNTEERS SEEKING TO STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY BY PARTNERING WITH A LONG-TERM, WELL RESPECTED ORGANIZATION.