Citizen Portal

Get email alerts on the Volunteer Programs topic

No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.

Committee highlights Senior Companion program, announces RSVP coordinator hire

Buncombe County Home and Community Care Block Grant and I3 Committee · August 26, 2026

Summary

Members discussed the AmeriCorps Senior-funded Senior Companion program and volunteer eligibility criteria, and staff announced the hiring of an RSVP coordinator to expand volunteer recruitment across aging programs.

The committee reviewed the Senior Companion program and noted its connection to AmeriCorps Senior funding; members discussed volunteer eligibility rules, including an income threshold mentioned in the meeting.

Agency staff announced that the county had hired an RSVP (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) coordinator to recruit volunteers for programs including Senior Companions and Foster Grandparent initiatives, a move members said should expand volunteer capacity.

AI generated

The text on this page is AI generated. Summaries, highlights, analysis, and video transcripts are all produced from the original source material.

AI can make mistakes, so if you spot one, and we will fix it for everyone.

Note: the source content is unaltered by us. Any content source we link to, be it a video, an audio recording, or a document, is presented exactly as its publisher released it. That publisher is usually a government body, sometimes an individual official or another organisation.

Source