Community Teamwork Inc

Executive Summary Community Teamwork, Inc. Is an $97 Million Dollar Community Action Agency Serving Over 50,000 Low Income Residents Throughout the Greater Lowell Area With a Wide Range of Programs That Include: All Three Senior Corps Volunteer Programs, Child, Family and Adolescent Services, Housing and Homeless Services and Energy and Community Resources. Our Mission Is to Serve as a Catalyst for Social Change. We Strengthen Communities and Reduce Poverty by Delivering Vital Services and Collaborating With Key Stakeholders to Create Housing, Education and Economic Opportunities. We Are Applying for Funding to Allow Us to Continue to Provide High Quality Volunteer Management With an Anticipated 220 Volunteers Who Provide Critically Important Service Across Our Community Working With a Wide Range of Institutions and With an Even Broader Range of Individuals. Cti's Senior Corps Volunteer Programs Have Established Themselves as a Vital Contributor Across the Entire Spectrum of Needs Here in Our Community. Our RSVP Volunteers Teach Bone Builder Classes to Hundreds of Participants Providing Them With Health Education as Well as Strength Building. They Serve in Local Senior Centers to Keep Their Peers Engaged and Vital and Act as Friendly Visitors to Home Bound Seniors. Other Services Our Volunteers Provide Are Helping Low-income Families to Take Advantage of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Tax Returns, Support Ambitious Math and Literacy Initiatives With Students of All Ages, Work With Local Veterans Providing Resources, Support and Counseling. RSVP Volunteers Contribute Mightily to the Quality of Life in Our Region, Our Agency and Our Community as a Whole. Our Primary Focus Area for This Grant Cycle Is Healthy Futures. by the End of Year One of the Grant Cycle, Cti Anticipates That RSVP Volunteers Will Have Provided Companionship to Over 350 People. They Will Assist Over 325 Community Members With Emergency Food Needs, of Which 125 Will Report an Increase in Food Security. RSVP Volunteers Will Provide Assistance to Over 29 Non -profit Agencies in the Community. RSVP Volunteers Will Be Placed in Public Schools Focusing on Math and Literacy Skills With at Least 25 Children. Ten Volunteers Will Serve at Cti's Eitc Program Assisting With Over 500 Tax Returns, Serving in the Childcare Room While Parents Are Having Their Taxes Done and Providing Resources and Referrals to Clients. One RSVP Volunteer Will Provide Services to Over 30 Veteran's and Military Families. RSVP Volunteers Serve the Community in Vast Ways. Cti Foresees That Rsvp's Will Increase Resource Development and Effectiveness of Programs for Local Non-profits to Optimize Their Service Delivery. the Federal Investment of $60,131.00 Will Be Supplemented by at Least $25,771.00 of Non-federal Resources.