If you would like to experience every day the love and wonder of children eager to tell you their stories, the DFTA Foster Grandparent Program is for you!
What Is The Foster Grandparent Program?
The Foster Grandparent Program is a volunteer program that offers seniors age 60 and older a paid non-taxable stipend to serve as mentors, tutors and caregivers for children and youth with special needs. Foster Grandparents serve 20 hours per week in community-based organizations such as elementary schools, hospitals, day care programs, after-school programs and Head Start programs.
How Do Foster Grandparents Benefit Communities?
Foster Grandparents tutor elementary school students to improve reading skills, offer emotional support to children who have been abused and neglected, mentor troubled teenagers and young mothers, and care for infants and children with physical and developmental disabilities. In the process, they strengthen communities by providing youth services that community budgets cannot afford and by building bridges across generations.
What Benefits Do Foster Grandparents Receive?
Foster Grandparents receive a modest tax-free stipend, reimbursement for transportation, a daily meal during service, an annual physical examination, and accident and liability insurance while on duty. In addition to these benefits, the program gives participants the opportunity to share a lifetime of experience with youths, and join the half million older Americans who are strengthening communities across the country as members of the National Senior Service Corps.
