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Senior Companions & Foster Grandparents
 
Who Are Senior Companions?
 

Senior Companions are healthy older adults who help other adults live as independently as possible in their respective communities. Senior Companions provide support to family caregivers. They assist with the placement of resources, connecting seniors to services, grocery shopping, escorting and “helping” with other daily tasks necessary to maintaining independence.
 
What is a Foster Grandparent?
 
Foster Grandparents are older adults who offer love, wisdom and support to children. They assist children and youth in schools, hospitals, drug treatment centers, correctional institutions, Head Start and day care centers.
 
Are You the Senior to Make a Difference?
 
Senior Companions and Foster Grandparents receive:
    • Pre-service orientations and monthly training;
    • An annual physical examination;
    • Supplemental Insurance;
    • Annual recognition event;
    • A small contribution towards meals and transportation when funds are available;
    • A small stipend for those who qualify; and
    • The joy of knowing you’re making a difference for the frail and socially isolated seniors; and for children and youth with special needs.
 
Senior Companions & Foster Grandparents
 
• Are over 55 years of age;
• Can volunteer an average of 15 – 20 hours per week;
• Have a limited income; and
• Love children/youth and seniors!
 
Become a Senior Volunteer Today!
 
City of Oakland
150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza #4340
Oakland, CA 94612
PH: 510-238-3080
FAX: 510-238-7207
www.seniorcorps.org
 
Taxi Up & Go (TU&GO) – A new service to fill paratransit gaps
 
 Actia Logo  In July 2008, the Senior Companions Program (SCP) received a two year Measure B Gap Grant through the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority (ACTIA) to collaborate with Oakland Paratransit for the Elderly and Disabled (OPED) to expand paratransit services to SCP clients who are mono-lingual, frail and or socially isolated with limited access to health care and daily activities.

SCP Volunteers are issued OPED’s taxi scrip in order to accompany SCP clients on medical and daily activity trips to get clients out of the house and into the community.

If you would like to know more about the service, please contact the SCP at (510) 238-3038. To read more about ACTIA, please click http://www.actia2022.com/.
 
 
Funded by: City of Oakland (sponsor); City of Berkeley; Corporation for National & Community Services; Alameda County Area Agency on Aging; City of Oakland, Community Development Block Grant.
 
 
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