Senior Living - SeniorCenters.com

Senior Living

Senior Living
Senior Corps - Newsroom Feed
Senior Corps, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, taps the experience, skills, and talents of more than a half a million older Americans to meet community needs. Foster Grandparents serve one-on-one as tutors and mentors to young people with special needs. Senior Companions help homebound seniors and other adults maintain independence in their own homes; and RSVP volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, participate in environmental projects, provide intensive educational services to children and adults, and respond to national disasters, among other activities. Together with USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service is working to build a culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility in America.
Planned System Outage, July 16, 8:00 - 8:30 PM EST Earlier today the My AmeriCorps Recruitment system began to experience periodic problems. In order to alleviate this problem we need to reboot the Corporation's servers causing our systems - including the My AmeriCorps Portal, Recruitment System, and eGrants - to be unavailable for approximately 30 minutes. The reboot is scheduled to begin at 8:00 PM EST and will terminate all actions within these systems. We anticipate having the systems back up by 8:30 PM EST. President Highlights Impact of Service At White House Faith-Based Conference The power of volunteers to transform lives and tackle deep-rooted social problems including the drop-out epidemic, addiction, homelessness, and HIV/AIDS became a primary focus of a two-day White House gathering of more than 1,500 religious and nonprofit leaders from across the country. CEO Statement on Senate FY09 Appropriations As promised, here are the numbers reported out by the Senate Appropriations Committee in the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2009. The bill provides $888,462,000 for the Corporation and its programs. CEO Update on Fiscal 2009 National Service Budget Update on Fiscal 2009 National Service Budget from David Eisner, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. National Service Agency Seeks Applicants for $3.5 Million to Serve Disadvantaged Youth The Corporation for National and Community Service announced plans to make $3.5 million in grants to national organizations that support youth from disadvantaged circumstances. AmeriCorps VISTA Seeking 230 Members To Assist in Iowa Flood Recovery In response to severe flooding in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, the federal AmeriCorps VISTA program is making make 230 positions immediately available to assist in flood recovery efforts in Cedar Rapid s and Iowa City. New Law Makes AmeriCorps More Accessible to SSI Recipients On June 17, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 6081, the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 ('the HEART Act'), making AmeriCorps more accessible to people with disabilities. National Service Battles Midwestern Floods As the most severe flooding in 15 years hits the Midwest, hundreds of AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America participants are working alongside tens of thousands of volunteers in battling the raging floodwaters, piling sandbags, running shelters and hotlines, and assisting evacuees. $6 Million Available to Provide Training and Technical Assistance to National Service Programs The Corporation for National and Community Service is seeking organizations to apply for $6 million in funding to provide training and technical assistance to increase the capacity of national service programs to meet community needs through service and volunteering. Outstanding Senior Corps Volunteers Receive Spirit of Service Awards On June 2, 2008, the Corporation for National and Community Service honored three outstanding Senior Corps volunteers and a private foundation for their extraordinary service with Spirit of Service Awards. Senior Companion Patricia Gratton of Grand Junction, CO, has come to understand all too well the importance of being independent. A stroke left her with permanent physical disabilities but her determination remained as powerful as before. She relearned many basic tasks, including how to drive her specially equipped car. She is now back on duty as a senior companion, serving many of her clients four to seven days a week and offering them her undivided attention as she provides companionship and assists with such tasks as grocery shopping and medical appointments. She also serves on the Senior Companion Advisory Council and sees herself as a community ambassador, exerting good will and persuading others to support the program. As a Volunteer Team Leader, she provides guidance to other volunteers, helping the Senior Companion project achieve an 85 percent volunteer retention rate. Corporation Board Member Alan Solomont, Senior Corps Director Tess Scannell, and Corporation COO Elizabeth Seale presented the awards at the 2008 National Conference on Volunteering and Service.

[ Back ]