Foster Grandparent Program

From its inception in 1965, the Foster Grandparent Program has provided a chance for old and young alike to answer each other’s needs.

 

As school based mentors, friends and role models, Foster Grandparents work one-on-one with children or in small groups in classroom settings assisting with academics, social skills or other special needs.  They display an abundance of personal warmth, emotional maturity and social responsiveness.  Foster Grandparents help children learn to succeed and be happy.  They enhance a child’s life.

 

Foster Grandparents work twenty to forty hours a week in day care centers, preschools, Head Start Programs and public or private schools.  They also help young people living in exceptional care facilities with developmental needs.

Participants receive a tax-free stipend of approximately $225 to about $450monthly.

 

In 2012, Foster Grandparents devoted 72,203 hours to the program in Bureau, Carroll, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, Ogle, Putnam, Stark and Whiteside Counties. 

 

Currently between seventy-five and eighty Foster Grandparents are placed at sites in Amboy, Byron, Dixon, Grand Detour, Lanark, LaSalle, Milledgeville, Oregon, Princeton, Rock Falls, Savanna, Sterling, and Thomson.

There continues to be a need for more volunteers in all areas.

 

Requirements

To be a Foster Grandparent

· Must be 55 years of age or older

· Retired

· In reasonably good health

· Meet Federal Income guidelines.

 

Benefits

· Tax Free Stipend

· Transportation Provided

· Meal Provision

· Free Physical Examination

· Paid Holidays, Vacation Days, and Sick Days

· Training

· In-service

 

 

Sites (Schools, Preschools, Day Cares, Head Start)

· Amboy                     Central Grade School, Amboy

· Byron                       Mary Morgan Elementary

· Dixon                       Bright Beginnings Day Care

· Dixon                       Jefferson Elementary School

· Dixon                       Lincoln Elementary School

· Dixon                       Lovett Child Care (YMCA)

· Dixon                       Open Sesame Child Learning Center

· Dixon                       St. Mary’s Grade School

· Dixon                       Washington Elementary School

· Grand Detour        Faith Christian School

· Lanark                     Eastland Primary School

· LaSalle                    Caring Hands Day Care

· LaSalle                    Northwest Elementary School

· Milledgeville           Chadwick/Milledgeville Schools

· Princeton                 Jefferson Elementary School

· Princeton                 Lincoln Elementary School

· Rock Falls               Coloma Township Park District

· Rock Falls               Dillon Elementary School

· Rock Falls               East Coloma Grade School

· Rock Falls               Merrill Elementary School

· Rock Falls               Riverdale Preschool

· Rock Falls               St. Andrew Grade School

· Savanna                  West Carroll Primary School

· Sterling                    Christ Lutheran School

· Sterling                    CGH Helping Hands Day Care

· Sterling                    Exceptional Care Center

· Sterling                    Franklin Grade School

· Sterling                    Jefferson Grade School

· Sterling                    Lincoln Elementary School

· Sterling                    Washington Elementary School

· Thomson                 West Carroll Preschool

 

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