Foster Grandparent
Program Foster Grandparent Program
provides intergenerational opportunities for seniors age
60 and above to"at risk" children in schools,
hospitals, drug treatment 
centers,
Head Start and Early Head Start Centers, and child development
centers. The heart of the program is the one-on-one daily
attention the Foster Grandparents provide. In improving
the lives of the children they serve, Foster Grandparents
also profoundly enrich their own lives.
Foster Grandparent Program is sponsored
by Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity,
Inc. The Foster Grandparent Program is funded by the Corporation
for National and Community Service/Senior Corps, and the
Illinois Department on Aging.
If you are at least 60 years of age, meet
certain income eligibility requirements, love children,
and are willing to volunteer 20 to 40 hours a week, you
can apply to become a Foster Grandparent.
What benefits do Foster Grandparents earn
- Tax-free bi-weekly stipend to cover
the cost of serving.
- Transportation to and from home
- Reimbursement for transportation if
they drive
- A daily lunch
- Annual physical examination
- Supplemental accident and liability
coverage while they are serving
- Paid holidays and Paid Time Off
- Foster Grandparents receive 40 hours
of pre-service orientation and additional monthly training
- And we end each year with a Recognition
Banquet to celebrate our Grandparents year of invaluable
service
Foster Grandparents volunteer in:
- Blaine St. Head Start
- Carver Child Care Center
- Catholic Charities/Jesu Center
- CICTA Child Care Center
- Crisis Child Care Center
- Crittenton Child Care Center
- Harrison Head Start
- Methodist Family Child Care Center
- Neighborhood House
- Proctor Hospital - New Horizons
- Robert Jamieson School
- Salvation Army
- SouthSide Catholic Child Care Center
- Thomas Jefferson School
- Trewyn Head Start
- Valeska Hinton Early Childhood Center
- Valeska Hinton Early Head Start
- Webster Head Start
- Westminster Presbyterian Infant Care
- YWCA - Lakeview
- SouthSide Mission
