Title
Resolution Approving Participation In and Appropriation by the City of Hampton, Virginia of the 2016-2017 Foster Grandparent Program through the Corporation for National and Community Service
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Peninsula Foster Grandparent Program is a non-profit program, which is funded by the Federal and local governments. The Program provides the opportunity for limited income and other qualified senior citizens, age 55 and older, to work with and mentor children 15 or 20 hours weekly and to be involved in their communities. The Program will begin its 44th year of operation in 2016 and it remains one of over 300 national Foster Grandparent Programs managed by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The Cities of Hampton and Newport News, continue to sponsor the Program locally. The service areas represented by the Program includes; the City of Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg and the Counties of Yorktown and James City.
Our senior volunteers work with children who may have multiple needs such as juvenile delinquents, children who are mentally and physically challenged, abused or who are from violent homes (at risk children), and many others. The Program primarily focuses on the area of literacy and many of our volunteers help prepare children for PAL’s and SOL testing. Overall our volunteers serve as mentors and help to provide the love that all children need to succeed in life. Furthermore; the program strategic initiative is to engage at risk students in their communities by mentoring and academic assistance.
Volunteers are assigned to such environments as elementary and primary schools, head start programs, daycare centers, before and after school programs, juvenile detention, just to name a few. Additionally our volunteers help to meet the needs of children and in turn the needs of the community. These needs are identified through performance measures, and work plans which are tools used to evaluate and measure our ...
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