Dignity Health Connected Living

The Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) Has Volunteers Who Will Serve in Local Schools to Assist Low-achieving, At-risk Youth. Risk Factors, Based on Local Poverty Levels, Include Parental Absence, Substance, and Other Forms of Abuse. Protective Factors Include Caring Relationships, Positive Acceptance, High Expectations, and Interactive Opportunities. Schools Benefit by Having a Nurturing Senior Available to Enhance and Enrich the Classroom Experience. Youth Benefit With an Improved School Performance. Service Activity: 68 Foster Grandparents (FGPS) Will Work With 204 Youth Identified by the Teachers. They Will Read With Their Youth and Tutor in Low Achieving Subjects Such as Math, Language Arts, and Social Skills. FGPS Will Help Youth Through Praise, One-on-one Nurturing, and Ensuring Each Child's Opportunity to Interact and Learn. at the Teacher's Direction, FGPS Will Work Between 15 and 40 Hours Each Week in Their Classroom. FGPS Will Work With Any Grade at the Discretion of the Principal. Location of Services: Shasta, Siskiyou, and Trinity Counties Outcomes: 204 Children Will Be Served in Mentoring/tutoring Programs With Improved Academic Engagement. Number of Stations: 36 Funding: CNCS Funding Requested: $405,625 Non Federal Funding: Dignity Health Provides In-kind Through Human Resources, It Support, and Other Corporate Charges That Could Be Billed to Senior Corps Grants. Additional In-kind for Rent, Space, Breakfast, Lunches and Recognition's for Volunteers Are Supported by Local Schools and Partnering Agencies. Excess Funding: Federal Transit Administration -- 2017 Expanded 5310 Grant - $63,034 for Volunteer Mileage, Supplies and Salaries.