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AN ESTIMATED 112 FRANKLIN COUNTY RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL SERVE. OF THIS NUMBER, 112 RSVP VOLUNTEERS WILL BE PLACED IN OUTCOME ASSIGNMENTS. SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE HOSPICE, COMPANIONSHIP, HOME DELIVERED MEALS, TRANSPORTATION, K-12 TUTORING, AND ASSISTING VETERANS IN NEED. THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE HEALTHY FUTURES - AGING IN PLACE. AT THE END OF THE THREE-YEAR GRANT, THIS PROGRAM ANTICIPATES REACHING OVER 500 OF OUR HOME-BOUND AND HARE TO REACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 25 VETERANS AND AT LEAST 100 CHILDREN IN NEED OF TUTORING. THE CNCS FEDERAL INVESTMENT OF $47,500.00 WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY OVER $6,000.00 FROM NYS OFFICE OF THE AGING, $9000 FROM CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF OGDENSBURG, $800 FROM UNITED WAY AND OVER 10,000 OF IN-KIND DONATIONS.
FRANKLIN COUNTY RSVP WILL DELIVER VOLUNTEER HOURS OF SERVICE TO THOSE THAT PROVE TO BE IN NEED THE MOST THROUGHOUT FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE VOLUNTEER HOURS SERVED WILL HELP NOT ONLY THE PEOPLE SERVED BUT THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL. VOLUNTEER HOURS WILL ENCOURAGE HEALTHY LIVING AND INDEPENDENCE AND HELP TO COMBAT LONELINESS AND DEPRESSION, AND GIVE THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AN UPPER HAND IN EDUCATION. THIS GOAL WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY PLACING VOLUNTEERS WITH HOME BOUND AND HARD TO REACH ELDERS, INCLUDING VETERANS, BY PROVIDING FRIENDLY VISITING, RUNNING ERRANDS, DELIVERING MEALS, TRANSPORTATION, FRIENDSHIP AND ASSISTING CHILDREN WITH READING AND TUTORING. THESE ACTIVITIES WILL BE CLEARLY OUTLINED IN WRITING BETWEEN THE VOLUNTEER STATION AND THE FRANKLIN COUNTY RSVP, AND WILL BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY TO ENSURE ALL MEMBERS ARE INVOLVED ARE ENGAGING IN A WIN-WIN SITUATION. EACH YEAR THE VOLUNTEER STATIONS AND THE CLIENTS BEING SERVED WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AN ANNUAL SURVEY THAT WILL DELIVER INFORMATION TO THE RSVP DIRECTOR THAT WILL PROVIDE THE PROGRAM WITH INFORMATION TO DELIVER AND MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THEIR SERVICE. IT IS ANTICIPATED THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEING SERVED WILL REPORT THEY ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN THEIR OWN HOMES BECAUSE RSVP FILLED IN THE GAPS IN THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREAS OUTLINED IN THE GRANT APPLICATION. CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF OGDENSBURG IS A 501(C) 3 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION. CATHOLIC CHARITIES WAS ESTABLISHED BY AN ACT OF THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE IN 1017. CATHOLIC CHARITIES MISSION STANDS ON THE FOUNDATION OF THREE CONCEPTS: RESPONDING, INVITING AND EMPOWERING. CATHOLIC CHARITIES COVERS THE EIGHT (8) NORTHERN MOST COUNTIES OF NEW YORK STATE. THE AGENCY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE FEEL THAT THE RSVP FITS IN PERFECTLY TO OUR MISSION, AND IT WOULD BE AN HONOR TO HOST ANOTHER CNCS SENIOR PROGRAM.
