CCHSC AmeriCorps Senior 918

Cherokee County Health Services Council’s AmeriCorps Senior 918 program is a three-year demonstration grant. Beyond traditional volunteer management, our program has the capacity to address the needs of our volunteers. Primary Focus Area is Healthy Futures – Access to Care and Obesity & Food objectives, providing social support, increasing health knowledge, promoting healthy lifestyles, preserving cultural food practices, and fostering intergenerational connections. Supported by the National Council of Aging

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Volunteer

All Senior 918 Volunteers will receive:

The opportunity to make a difference in your community by helping to match volunteers with service opportunities of interest in Cherokee County.

Supplemental insurance coverage: accident, personal liability, and excess automobile liability

Recognition, social connection, and opportunities to serve others

Qualifications

To become a member of Seniors 918, you must:

• Be age 55 or older at time of application.

• Apply, interview, and accept an offer to participate in the program as a Member or as a Super Volunteer.

• Complete a National Service Criminal History Check (NSCHC) before your first day of volunteer service:

• FBI fingerprint check

• State repository check (state of service & residence)

• National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) search

• Complete 20 hours of pre-service orientation/training & 24 hours annually of in-service training

Super Senior 918

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Members of Senior 918 are agreeing to:

• Help recruit and do a little more in Senior 918 for an hourly stipend ($10/hr for up to 35 hours a month)

• Paid for all in-service time (service activities, training, required program events/activities)

• Not subject to income restrictions (unlike most other AmeriCorps Seniors programs)

• Stipends are not taxable and cannot be treated as income/wages for the purpose of eligibility for ANY federal assistance or benefit

• Serve at least 35 hours a month through the Senior 918 volunteer opportunities at CCHSC or with our community partners and events.

History

CCHSC is one of seven organizations awarded a Native Nations SDP grant in 2023

• Primary Focus Area is Healthy Futures – Access to Care and Obesity & Food objectives

• Providing social support • Increasing health knowledge

• Promoting healthy lifestyles

• Preserving cultural food practices

• Fostering intergenerational connections

• CCHSC Native Nations SDP will utilize a stipend volunteer model for 25 Super Volunteers.

Program Overview: Native Nations SDP awards are three-year grant awards that cover a three-year performance period. All Performance Measure targets reflect the grantee’s three-year goals. Projects have a performance period from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026. Projects may include a six-month planning period, included in the three-year performance period.

Senior 918 super volunteers and members are prohibited to do these activities while serving: Political activities, Religious activities, Labor or anti-labor activities, and any activities that would displace/supplant employed workers