Interlocal Community Action Program Inc

The Interlocal Community Action Program (icap), Inc., Is a Non-profit Organization Whose Mission Is to Provide "help for Today and Hope for Tomorrow". We Care About the Entire Community and We Are Dedicated to Help People From All Diversities to Help Themselves and Each Other. Established in 1965, Under the Economic Opportunity Act, as a Community Action Agency, Icap Will Design, Sponsor and Administer Programs That Provide Help to Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals That They May Become Responsible Citizens. Icap Serves the Counties of Delaware, Fayette, Grant, Hancock, Henry, Madison, Rush and Wayne Located in East Central Indiana. Through Grant Programs Such as RSVP, the Agency Provides Support and Resources to the Many Communities in Need. We Are Committed to Actively Engage in Removing Structural Racial Inequities, Advancing Racial Equality and to Increase Opportunity to All Individuals to Achieve and Maintain Change in These Areas. Our Focus for This Is to Educate and Create Awareness Through Community Partnerships, Hosting and Providing Volunteers at Roundtable Community Meetings and Forums and Creating Special Projects as the Needs Arise. Venues We Plan to Use for This Are Pregnancy Care Centers, Homeless Shelters for Both Men and Women, Supporting Meal Service Opportunities in Diverse Neighborhood With Volunteers and Referrals for All. We Are Including in This Grant a Special Projects Site- RSVP Community Projects Where We Can Meet the Challenges Above as Well as Include Adaptable Means of Volunteering Should the Need Arise as Has During the COVID-19 Pandemic. We Are Well Aware of the Systemic and Sweeping Changes That Need to Occur to Find Alternate Avenues of Volunteering. This Has Also Shown Us the Need to Provide Alternate Methods of Volunteering for Interested Individuals Regardless of Their Abilities. as a RSVP Grant Applicant, Icap Proposes a Total Number of 106 RSVP Volunteers and Respectfully Requests $50,000 Per Year in Funds for the Grant Period of April 2021 to March 2024. the Primary Focus of This RSVP Projects in the Service Categories of Healthy Futures, Which Will Include Work Plans for Food Distribution, Transportation, Companionship, and Access to Care. at the End of the Three Year Period, the Outcome Based Measures Will Show That the Work of RSVP Volunteers Contributed to Increased Food Security for 24 Individuals and Increased Social Ties or Perceived Social Support for at Least 10 Homebound Clients as Well as an Improved Capacity for Independent Living. RSVP Will Enhance the Independent Living Services for at Least 66 Individuals Through Interactions at the Senior Center, Communication With the Homebound or Nursing Care Residents. According the Nhtsa, Transportation in the Elder Population Becomes an Increasing Burden Due to Securing an Affordable Means of Transportation, Vision Acuity, Unsafe Feeling When Driving and Various Health Reasons. Through Providing Transportation Services for Those in Need RSVP Will Provide Transportation to Homebound Elderly and Disabled Adults to Provide Improved Capacity for Independent Living, the Outcome Based Measure Will Show 10 Clients Will Benefited From This Service. the Transportation Will Include, But Is Not Limited to Medical Appointments, Shopping, Pharmacy Pick-up, Entertainment and Dining. All of These Will Also Increase Social Support for the Clients as the Volunteer Will Be Able to Interact With the Clients. Access to Care Is an Increasingly Difficult Area for Seniors to Navigate With Insurance Information Confusing at Best. Trained RSVP Volunteers Will Distribute Information on Health Care Services and Availability of Support to 20 Clients Annually. the CNCS Federal Investment of 50,000 Dollars Will Be Supplemented by 21,429 Dollars Through Community Donations of Various Means in Congruence With Regulations. Additional Activities Will Support the CNCS Focus Areas of Economic Opportunity, Environmental Stewardship and Veterans and