National Service Agency Announces Grants to Engage Seniors in Service (Chart)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jun 23, 2010
The Corporation for National and Community Service has awarded 48 organizations grants under its Senior Corps Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) to engage seniors in service projects that address national problems facing local communities.
The RSVP Programs of National Significance grants, which total more than $ 1.2 million, will support current RSVP grantees throughout the U.S. in mobilizing 4,000 senior volunteers to help mentor children, support independent living for seniors, promote energy efficiency and meet other critical community needs.
| State | City | Sponsor/Legal Applicant | Project Name | New RSVP Volunteers | Funding |
| CA | Grass Valley | Area IV Agency on Aging | RSVP of Nevada County - Augmentation | 15 | $5,005 |
| CA | Oxnard | City of Oxnard Recreation Division | Oxnard RSVP | 40 | $30,000 |
| CA | Thousand Oaks | Conejo Recreation & Park District | Thousand Oaks/Conejo Valley RSVP | 50 | $15,000 |
| CA | Sacramento | County of Sacramento Department of Human Assistance | Sacramento County RSVP - Augmentation | 70 | $21,000 |
| CO | Federal Heights | The Senior Hub Incorporated | RSVP Adams/Arapahoe | 75 | $21,700 |
| CO | Ft. Collins | Volunteers of America | RSVP/VOA Larimer County - Augmentation | 80 | $34,020 |
| CT | New Haven | South Central Connecticut Agency on Aging | Gray is Green | 90 | $19,664 |
| FL | Vero Beach | Senior Resource Association | Indian River County RSVP | 70 | $23,968 |
| IA | Boone | Boone County Hospital | RSVP 55+ Volunteer Program of Boone and Greene Counties | 40 | $12,800 |
| IL | Arlington Heights | Volunteer Center of NW Suburban Chicago | RSVP Augmentation | 125 | $67,500 |
| IL | Rock Island | Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging | RSVP of Scott Ia & Rock Island Il | 100 | $30,702 |
| IL | Normal | YWCA of McLean County | Mclean County RSVP | 70 | $21,000 |
| IN | Bloomington | Area 10 Council on Aging of Monroe and Owen Counties, Inc. | Monore/Owen Counties RSVP - Augmentation | 70 | $21,000 |
| KY | Owensboro | Audubon Area Community Services, Inc. | Audubon Area Retired and Senior Volunteer Program | 15 | $4,500 |
| KY | Newport | Brighton Center, Inc | Brighton Center RSVP - Augmentation | 75 | $22,144 |
| MA | Boston | City of Boston-Elderly Affairs Commission | RSVP Boston | 55 | $36,036 |
| MA | Northampton | Hampshire Council of Governments | RSVP of Hampshire & Franklin Counties | 40 | $20,561 |
| ME | Scarborough | Southern Maine Agency on Aging | RSVP of Southern Maine | 70 | $20,999 |
| MI | Lansing | Retired & Senior Volunteer Program of Ingham, Eaton & Clinton Co. | RSVP of Ingham, Eaton & Clinton Co.-PNS - Augmentation | 100 | $30,000 |
| MN | St Cloud | City of St. Cloud | Greater St Cloud RSVP | 70 | $29,702 |
| MN | Detroit Lakes | Mahube Community Council | Mahube RSVP 2010 Augmentation | 70 | $21,000 |
| MN | Minneapolis | Volunteers of America Minnesota | Volunteers of America of MN RSVP - Augmentation | 250 | $75,312 |
| MT | Missoula | Missoula Aging Services, Inc. | RSVP of Missoula | 100 | $30,000 |
| MT | Polson | Western Montana Area VI on Aging | Area VI RSVP-PNS - Augmentation | 78 | $23,500 |
| NC | Whiteville | Southeastern Community College | RSVP | 20 | $10,951 |
| ND | Fargo | North Dakota State University | NDSU RSVP2 | 113 | $33,900 |
| NH | Concord | The Friends Program Inc | The Friends RSVP | 52 | $20,562 |
| NJ | Phillipsburg | Northwest NJ Community Action Program | Morris, Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon, Passaic RSVP | 75 | $22,500 |
| NY | Elmira | Cornell Cooperative Extension | Chemung County RSVP | 20 | $6,096 |
| NY | Albany | The Research Foundation of SUNY Albany | Capital Region RSVP-PNS - Augmentation | 70 | $21,000 |
| OH | Toledo | Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio Inc. | RSVP of Northwestern Ohio | 70 | $21,000 |
| OH | Athens | Corporation For Ohio Appalachian Development (COAD) | RSVP for Pike, Ross and Lawrence | 120 | $35,952 |
| OH | Akron | Mature Services, Inc. | RSVP of Summit & Medina County | 100 | $30,000 |
| OH | Lebanon | Warren County Community Services | Warren County RSVP - Augmentation | 35 | $10,500 |
| PA | Allentown | Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries | Lehigh/Northampton/Carbon RSVP - Augmentation | 100 | $30,000 |
| PA | Philadelphia | Klein and Stiffel JCCs | For a Friend Project | 300 | $62,140 |
| PA | Harrisburg | RSVP of the Capital Region, Inc. | RSVP of the Capitol Region, Inc. | 70 | $21,000 |
| TX | San Angelo | West Texas Rehabilitation Center | Concho Valley RSVP - Augmentation | 40 | $12,000 |
| UT | Logan | Cache County Commission Aging Program | Cache County RSVP | 70 | $25,016 |
| VA | Pulaski | New River Valley Agency on Aging | Pulaski Co. RSVP - Augmentation | 35 | $10,500 |
| VA | Richmond | Senior Connections, the Capital Area Agency on Aging | Richmond RSVP | 80 | $24,000 |
| VT | Rutland | Rutland Community Programs Inc. | Rutland Community Programs/RSVP-PNS - Augmentation | 100 | $30,784 |
| WI | Oshkosh | ADVOCAP, Inc. | ADVOCAP RSVP - Augmentation | 150 | $52,749 |
| WI | Milwaukee | Interfaith Older Adult Programs, Inc. | Milwaukee RSVP | 150 | $45,000 |
| WI | Kenosha | Kenosha Area Family & Aging Services, Inc. | Kenosha County RSVP | 40 | $12,000 |
| WI | Green Bay | Volunteer Center, Inc. | Brown County Wi RSVP | 70 | $21,000 |
| WV | Follansbee | Brooke County Committee on Aging | Brooke/Hancock RSVP | 488 | $30,000 |
| WV | Petersburg | Potomac Highlands Support Services | Region 8 PDC/PHSS 2010 RSVP Augmentation | 150 | $45,000 |
| Totals: | 4,336 | $1,270,763 |