Ucan

At the Time This Grant Is Being Written We Are in the Midst of the Uncertainties That the Covid 19 Pandemic Has Created. Our Program Offices Are Currently Closed and Volunteers Are Unable to Be Deployed Due to All Active Sites Being Closed. Once Our Nation/state/program/agency Has Been Given the Green Light to Re-open It Is Our Plan to Rebuild Our Program, Reestablish Relationships, Reengage Our Volunteers and Reconnect With Our Community. We Believe Taking These Steps Will Put Our Program in a Position to Meet and Possibly Create New Program Goals. the Primary Focus of the Ucan Suburban Cook County Foster Grandparent Program Will Continue to Be Elementary Education With a Focus on Literacy and Continued Support to Local Head-start Programs. to Meet Our Objective of 115 Unduplicated Volunteers Our Program Will Volunteer in 20 Elementary Schools, Head-start and Exceptional Need Centers Throughout Suburban Cook County. Our Program Work Plans Will Focus on Supporting Continued Growth in Reading and Math Focusing on Literacy in the Elementary Education Sites. for Our Special Needs Sites We Will Focus on Whatever Needs (i.e. Basic Life Skills, School Work, Physical Needs) They Have That the Volunteers Can Meet. in Our Head-start Programs We Will Continue to Focus on School Preparedness Which Includes Letter Recognition, Shapes, Colors & Numbers. Our Program Will Have 115 Active Volunteers Working One on One With Identified Children on Reading & Math Skills to Improve Comprehension, Grades & Standardized Test Scores. Currently Our Local School Districts and the After School Matters Initiative Continue to Provide Our Volunteers With the Extra Support & Training That Our Volunteers Need to Be Prepared to Interact With Assigned Students as New Technology and Techniques Are Introduced Into the Classrooms. This Support Is Vital to Our Program as It Keeps Our Volunteers in Touch With Current Approaches and Training Without Creating Additional Expenses to Our Already Stretched Budget. in the Centers Where Our Volunteers Are Present We Will Continue to Make Every Effort to Make a Positive Impact Necessary and Be Very Supportive of the Roughly 175 Children in the State Funded and Private Head-start Programs in Our Service Area. a Total of 30 Unduplicated Foster Grandparent Volunteers Will Serve in Head-start Programs Throughout Our Service Areas Helping Prepare Kids Age 0-5 Years of Age for the Next Level of Progression by Helping Them With Their Social & Developmental Skills. Meeting These Needs Continues to Be Paramount in the Communities Where Our Program Serves. We Will Use Surveys to Monitor the Impact the Volunteer Has on Each Child They Work With. the Anticipated Outcome for Our Tutoring/literacy Performance Measure Will Be: an Increased Number of Students Matched With a Foster Grandparent Will Demonstrate Improved Reading Skills and Test Scores. the Anticipated Outcome for Our Head-start Performance Measure Will Be: Children Who Worked One-on-one With a Foster Grandparent Will Be Developmentally Prepared to Enter Kindergarten or the Next Level of the Head-start Program. the Federal Funding Level for This Effort Will Be $727,779 and the Non-federal Level Is Roughly $75,500. at the Time This Grant Is Being Written We Are in the Midst of the Uncertainties That the Covid 19 Pandemic Has Created. Our Program Offices Are Currently Closed and Volunteers Are Unable to Be Deployed Due to All Active Sites Being Closed. Once Our Nation/state/program/agency Has Been Given the Green Light to Re-open It Is Our Plan to Rebuild Our Program, Reestablish Relationships, Reengage Our Volunteers and Reconnect With Our Community. We Believe Taking These Steps Will Put Our Program in a Position to Meet and Possibly Create New Program Goals.