The Foster Grandparent Program includes opportunities for low-income seniors to have an impact on the community through volunteer service among special needs children. Volunteers receive a modest stipend and travel reimbursement.
Areas Served
- San Diego/Metro
- East County
- South Bay
- Calexico
- El Centro
- Brawle
Site Locations
- Receiving Home
- 16 schools
- 5 Child Development Centers
- 3 Migrant Head Start Programs
- 1 Pre-school
- 2 Residential Programs serving the homeless
- Job Training and High School Diploma Program serving at risk youth
- Juvenile Hall—Imperial County
Children and Youth Served
Infants to 18 years of age with multiple barriers
- Learning Disabled
- Physically Disabled
- Abused and Neglected
- Developmentally Disabled
- Hearing and Speech Impaired
- Severely Emotionally Disturbed
- Homeless
- Fetal Drug and Alcohol Syndrome
- Blind and Visually Impaired
- English Learners
- Teen Mothers
- High School Drop Outs
- Youth with Parents in Prison
Services Provided
- Tutoring in reading and math
- Personal/social skills
- Problem solving
- Mentoring
- Behavior Modification
- ESL and language skill development
- Communication skills
- Gross and fine motor skill development
- Loving and nurturing support
Impact on Community Needs—Examples
There are an estimated 2,100 families homeless in San Diego on any given night; 1,400 of these are children.
15 Foster Grandparents serve both counties providing services to homeless children in 2 shelter facilities and 1 Summit School.
Of over 450,000 children enrolled in San Diego and Imperial County schools, the Office of Education identify 10% as children with special needs requiring some form of special education.
33 Foster Grandparents provide one-to-one attention to children wldisabilities to strengthen independent living skills and support those who are mainstreamed into the regular classroom.
According to County Offices of Education there are 100 different languages spoken in San Diego County schools and 17 different languages spoken by school children in Imperial County.
29 Foster Grandparents provide one-to-one service in San Diego and Imperial Valley for children with a special emphasis on ESL and literacy to remove barriers to academic learning.
According to the Office of Education there are 100 different languages spoken in San Diego County schools and 17 languages spoken by school children in Imperial County.
10 Foster Grandparents provide one-to-one attention for children who need special emphasis with English literacy. Those whose language is other than English lag behind and need the assistance of the FGP to remove the barriers to academic learning and prevent them from being kept back in school.
