Metro Volunteers

The Metro Volunteers Senior Companion Program (SCP) Addresses CNCS "healthy Futures" by Providing Volunteer Opportunities for Low-income Senior Companion Volunteers to Serve Other Older Adult Individuals to Help Them Maintain Their Ability to Live Independently in Their Own Homes -- and With Either Improved or Equal Quality of Life for as Long as Possible -- in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver, Jefferson, and Douglas Counties in Colorado. Cities to Be Served Represent a Mix of Urban and Suburban Neighborhoods in Denver, Aurora, Wheat Ridge, Westminster, Thornton, Lakewood, Littleton, Englewood, and Glendale. Individuals Served and SCP Volunteers Are Low-income and Will Benefit From One-to-one Visits and Transportation Assistance. Senior Companion Volunteers Benefit by Remaining Active, Meeting a Social or Daily Need, and Feeling Valued. in This Way, SCP Meets the Focus Areas of Healthy Futures and Independent Living for Participants. an Estimated 81 Unduplicated SCP Volunteers Will Serve and Be Placed in Outcome Assignments in Colorado. Metro Volunteers Will Serve Low-income Older Coloradans, Whose Needs Qualify Them for Nursing Home Care. the Case Management Program Helps These Frail Older Adults Manage an Array of Funding and Service Options Which Allow Them to Live in Their Own Homes or Apartments. Without These Needed Services, Clients Will Be at Significantly Greater Risk for Premature Institutionalization. Senior Companions Can Assist Clients With Building or Maintaining Their Independent Living Skills by Providing Transportation and Visiting Services, Thereby Forestalling Institutionalization. Specific Activities Will Include Companionship, Transportation, Errands, Assistance With Daily Activities, and Engagement in Community and Other Agency Activities to Help Frail, Elderly Clients Age in Place and Have Healthy Futures. During the Three-year Grant Period, Metro Volunteers Will Reach a Projected 1,000 to 1,500 Low-income, Frail, Older Adults Who Will Receive Increased Social Support (PM 1.2 and 2.2); Will Receive Independent Living Services (PM 2.2); and One to One Transportation Assistance PM 1.1 and 2.1). the CNCS Federal Investment of $428,133 Per Year ($1,284,399 Over Three Years) Will Be Supplemented by $60,856 Per Year ($182,568 Over Three Years).