ND Senior Career Development is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We are an AmeriCorps Seniors grantee.
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ND Senior Career Development Staff encourages you to review the proposed AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program Regulation Changes and Submit a Public Comment!
This Public Comment Section Available till April 15th, 2024:
For Public Comment:
AmeriCorps Seniors has a proposed rule published in the Federal Register, which is available at: Federal Register: AmeriCorps Seniors Regulation Updates.
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The public comment period is open until Monday, April 15, and commenters can submit comments by pressing the "Submit a Formal Comment" button.
Summary of the proposed changes:
This proposed rule would remove barriers to service in AmeriCorps Seniors for individuals and increase flexibility for AmeriCorps Seniors sponsors to determine the best mix of staffing and resources to accomplish project goals. Specifically, this proposed rule would:
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Remove barriers for individuals to serve as AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers in three ways (Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion):
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by simplifying how income is calculated for the purposes of determining eligibility to receive a stipend in a manner that limits what is considered income;
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by allowing volunteers to continue to receive a stipend when sponsors place them on administrative leave due to extenuating circumstances preventing service; and
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by allowing sponsors to supplement stipends.
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This proposed rule would increase flexibility for AmeriCorps Seniors grantees in three ways:
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by removing the prescriptive requirement for them to employ a full-time project director;
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by establishing a single 10 percent match value for RSVP regardless of year; and
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by allowing sponsors to choose to pay more than (but not less than) the AmeriCorps-established stipend rates using non-AmeriCorps funds for the amount exceeding the AmeriCorps-established rate.
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These proposed changes would allow grantees to determine the best staffing and volunteer mix to support projects and how to devote resources that would otherwise be devoted to meet increasingly high match requirements. This proposed rule would also update nomenclature to reflect that the Corporation for National and Community Service operates as AmeriCorps and that "Senior Corps" is now known as "AmeriCorps Seniors."