Oasis Institute

An Estimated 375 RSVP Volunteers Will Serve. of This Number, 353 RSVP Volunteers Will Be Placed in Outcome Assignments. Their Activities Will Be Tutoring in Public Schools in ST. Louis City, ST. Louis County and ST. Charles County, Recruiting Volunteers, and Coaching Children in K-3 Grades Healthy Lifelong Habits. the Primary Focus Area of This Project Is Education. at the End of the Three-year Grant, Out of 706 K-3 Students, 413 Will Have Improved Academic Performance as Measured by Reading Assessments Used by the Individual School Districts Such as Fountas and Pinnell, Gates Mcginitie, or Iready Diagnostic. the CNCS Federal Investment of $115,628 Will Be Supplemented by $49,697 From Funding From Corporations and Foundations. the Oasis Institute (oasis), a 501 (C) (3) Organization, Is Proposing to Continue a Senior Corps Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) in ST. Louis City, ST. Louis County and ST. Charles County in Missouri. the Mission of Oasis Is to Promote Healthy Aging Through Lifelong Learning, Active Lifestyles, and Volunteer Engagement. the Oasis ST. Louis RSVP Program Will Recruit, Train, and Place 375 Volunteers Who Are 55 and Older by the Third Year of Program Operations. Building on Its Proven Model and Expertise in Engaging Older Adult Volunteers, Oasis Will Address the Primary Focus Area of Education to Improve Educational Outcomes for Economically Disadvantaged and Academically At-risk Children. There Is Consensus Among Education Experts That It Is Critically Important for Children to Read at Grade Level by the End of Third Grade. Research Has Demonstrated the Correlation Between a Student's Reading Ability at This Point and His or Her Subsequent Academic Success. Thousands of Students in Missouri Including Students in the Service Area of the Oasis ST. Louis RSVP Program Fail to Meet This Benchmark. on the English/language Arts Portion of the 2016 Missouri Assessment Program (map), 57.8 Percent of All Third Graders in the State Fell Below the Proficient Level. the Oasis ST. Louis RSVP Program Will Continue to Meet the Critical Community Need of Improving Students' Academic Performance in Literacy While Strengthening School Communities Through the Presence of Caring, Well- Trained, Older Adult Volunteers. to Meet This Need, Over the Course of Three Years, Oasis Will Recruit, Train, and Place at Least 375 Unduplicated RSVP Volunteers With 353 Serving Directly in Schools (volunteer Stations) Providing Literacy Tutoring and Support to 706 Students. of the Students Being Served by Year Three, 90% or 635 Students Will Complete the Program and 65% of Students or 413 Students Will Show Improved Academic Performance in Literacy as Measured by Pre- and Post-tests. Over the Three-year Grant Period, Unduplicated Volunteers Will Provide More Than 30,091 Hours of Service.