Assistance program
AmeriCorps Seniors Senior Companion Program (SCP) 94.016
$396.9 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Corporation for National and Community Service, CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
- Assistance
- Project Grants (Discretionary)
- CFDA number
- 94.016
- What it does
- The Senior Companion Program (SCP) provides grants to qualified agencies and organizations for the dual purpose of engaging persons 55 and older, particularly those with limited incomes, in volunteer service to meet critical community needs; and to provide a high quality experience that will enrich the lives of the volunteers. Program funds are used to support Senior Companions in providing supportive, individualized services to help adults with special needs maintain their dignity and independence.
- Who benefits
- Senior Companions must be: 55 years of age or older, with an income of up to 200 percent of poverty, based on the Department of Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines; interested in serving special-needs adults, especially the frail elderly, and must be physically, mentally and emotionally capable, and willing to serve on a person-to-person basis. However, non-income eligible individuals may serve as non-stipended volunteers under certain conditions.
- Who applies
- See the program's Notice of Funding Availability/Opportunity.
- Authorized by
- Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, as amended
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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- Committed through this program
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Direct payments