NS Grant Authorization of the RSVP 3 Year Renewal Application and Agreement (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program)

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:. •.. .. ~~ . OBJECTIVES WORI~LAN FOR PROGRAMM-.. v FOR IMPACT/OUTCOME BASED ACTIVITIES A licant Or anization; Oran a Conn Retired and Senior Volunteer Pro am Period Covered: starring.; o7-of-zoo3 rnain : 06- - 04 " NSSC 3-Digit Code(s) Applicable• Part 1. Community Need to be Address s A large number of the indepardart-living elderly population need some level of assistance with non-medical care such as meal preparation, grocery shopping, and transportation. Also, marry of these seniors experiwce loneliness due to a lack of family and friards livingclose-by. Research shows that the vast majority of ' older adults prefer to live in'their own homes, maintaining as much independence as possible for ere long as possible. in situations Total Number of Senior Corps volunteers contributing to where family support is available, caregivers frequartly becorrx overwhelmed with the added responsibilities and barefit greatly meeting the need• from some outside support. ;Orange County, North Carolina, has a senior (60+) population of almost 14,000 (approximately 12% 07-12/03: 15 vols served 300 hr of the total population). According to the Orange County Departrrrerrt on Aging, as of Manch.1999; 30 swiora aged 60+ had been . identified as in need of some level of assistance to help them maintain their indepwdarce and remain living in their own home. 01-06/04: 15 Vols. served 300 hr <~ The Friend to Friend Volunteer Program will sense 30 homebound swiora. The program is designed to support seniors living indepardartly, to help them feel less isolated and to help them experiwce an improved quality of life whar provided with non- Total Number of Volunteer Stations: 1 medical assistance.. Part 2: Action Pla Tasks and Timeline i PROJECT PLANNING PROJECT REPORTING Columlu A Col. B Column C. Col. D Plans Tasks and Activities Date Actual Performance Date Planned Service Activity: Friend to Friard volunteers will be matched with idartified Actusi Service Activity: Friend to Priard volunteers will be matched with identified pro- program cliwts. Clients wilt be referred to the program from a variety of sources in- 07-1 Z/03 >z~ clients. Charts will be referred to the program from a variety of sources including eluding Orange County's Department on Aging, the Department of Social Services, local 01-06/04 Orange County's Department on Aging, the Department of Social Services, local hospitals hospitals and family and self-referrals. Friwd to Friwd volunteers will visit each cliart and family and self-referrals. Friend to Friend volunteers will visit each client in his/her in his/her home, one tirrre each week, for one hour,. for a ono-year period. Friwd to home, one time each week, for one hour, for eons-year period. Friwd to Friwd volunteers Friend volunteer: will act as companions, and provide services such as telephone real- will act as companions, and provide services such as telephone reassurance, running er- surance,running errands, accompanying the older adults to appointtt~nts, doing yard rands, act an We older adults to Drop ying appointments, doing yard work and meal ptepara- work and meal preparation; providing assistance with writing correspondwce and gen- .lion, providing assistance with writing correspondwce and gareral companionship. eral co anionahi . PI 1" Effective Ju 1 1999 Planned Inputs: Cumulatively, will spend a total Actual Inputs: Cumulatively, _ Friend to Friend (RSVP) volunteers spwt approximately of 12 hours per week for; 48 weeks serving ~ living alaure and hours per week for _ weeks serving _ homebound seniors living alone and helping helping them maintain independence. Each cliart will receive 1 hour of service er them maintain indepwdarce. Each client received _ hour of service per week for the pe- week fora 12-rrronth period. Friend to Friend volunteers will spwd ~ riod. _ Friwd to Fiiwd volunteers spent'- hours FY01-03 engaged in activities with engaged in activities with! Orange.County older adults. The volunteer support costs 07-12/03 Orange County older adults. The volunteer support costs including travel reimliurserrrent, including travel reimbursement, insurance and recognition arc estimated to be $19.17 pa' insurance and recognition are estimated to be $19.17 per volunteer or a total of $ `~ for volunteer or a total of $287.55 for the total annual volunteer coat of the ro 01-06/04 the total annual volunteer cost of the Anticipated Accomplishments: Thirty hotr~bound elderly clients living alone will Actual Accomplishments: _ homebound elderly clients living alone received weekly receive weekly scheduled assistance from their Friard to Friard volunteer. If there were scheduled assistance from their Friwd to Friard volunteer. volunteers worked not Friard to Friend services available in Orange County, tither other agwcies would 07-12/03 _ hours. If there were not Friwd to Friend services available in Orange County, either other have to provide these services at a cost of $15.39 an hour (520,592 per year)," or the Ol-06/04 agencies would have to provide these services at a cost of $1539 an hour ($ per cliart would have to give up their independwce. year),* or the cliwt would have to give up their indepwdence. _ homebound elderly c6- arts who spend the majority of their days alone developed relationships with their RSVP ' volunteers who vided re ular scheduled assistance. Anticipated Impact: The; Friend to Friard volunteers will provide the services above Actual IunpaM: and all charts will remain living at home. The 30 clients served will feel less isolated 07-12/03 and show an improved quality of life measured by feedback from the actual charts, 01-06/04 famil members if available and the volunteers themselves. N O~