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A Nationally Based Program, Sponsored Locally By St. Clair County Council on Aging, Inc.

Qualifications for a Volunteer Station

Characteristics of Volunteer Stations

A volunteer station is a public agency, private non-profit organization, proprietary healthcare agency or organization that accepts the responsibility for assignment and supervision of Foster Grandparents in health, education, welfare or related settings. Each facility serving as a volunteer station must be licensed or otherwise certified, when required, by the appropriate sate or local government.

Individual private homes are not volunteer stations. In-home assignments are made only through a volunteer station.
Volunteer stations are located within the project's service area as defined in the approved grant application.
As noted above, licensed proprietary healthcare organizations or facilities may be volunteer stations. All such placements must limit volunteer assignments to those counseling, entertaining, etc. Placements must not displace paid employees and must avoid other staff or clerical assignments which would accrue to the profitability of the proprietary healthcare organization.

Types of Volunteer Stations

Types of agencies or organizations serving children as defined by the FGP Regulations, which may be volunteer stations, include but are not limited to:

Clinics
Hospitals/Medical Center
Long Term Care Facilities
Mental Health Facilities
Teen Pregnancy Programs
Shelters
Head Start Centers
Native American Schools
Sheltered Workshops
Juvenile Corrections Programs

Hospices
Developmental Disability Centers
Rehabilitation Centers
home Health Care Providers
Day Care Centers
Before/After school Programs
Educational Pre-Schools
Public/Private Schools
Courts

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