Wayne County Action Program, Inc.

This Award Funds the Approved 2022?24 Arp Senior Demonstration Program Grant. Your 2022-24 Statutory Match Requirement Is 10% and Your Budgeted Match Is 10.4%. the Wayne County Action Program, Inc. (WCAP) Proposes to Have 24 Americorps Seniors Volunteers Who Will Serve a Total 25,056 Hours Annually at an Average of 20 Hours Per Week. They Will Provide Companionship That Will Include Transportation, Nutritional Support and Evidence-based Health Education to an Estimated 120 Senior, 65+ Customers in Wayne, Ontario and Seneca (WOS) Counties. Their Primary Focus Area for This Project Is Healthy Futures, to Allow Economically Disadvantaged Seniors, Who Have Been Disproportionally Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic to Age in Place. at the End of the Two-year Grant Cycle, Americorps Seniors Volunteers Will Be Responsible for Increasing the Number of Seniors Customers in the Wos Area's Level of Social Support and Improved Capacity for Independent Living, Through Better Health and Increased Socialization. the Americorps Federal Investment of $180,000 Annually Will Be Supplemented by a Non-federal Cash and Non-cash Match of $21,000.