TRI-COUNTY OPPORTUNITIES COUNCIL

Community Action Agency

Building Opportunities to Transform Communities

foster grandparent sites

As school based mentors, friend and role models, Foster Grandparents work one-on-one with children or in small groups in classroom settings assisting with academics, social skills or other special needs. They display an abundance of personal warmth, emotional maturity and social responsiveness. Foster Grandparents help children learn to succeed and be happy. They enhance a child's life.

Foster Grandparents work 15 to 40 hours a week in day care centers, preschools, Head Start programs and public or private schools. They also help young people living in exceptional care facilities with developmental needs. Participants receive a tax-free stipend of approximately $225 to about $450 monthly.

In 2012, Foster Grandparents devoted 75,983 hours to the program in Bureau, Carroll, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, Ogle, Putnam, Stark and Whiteside counties.

Requirements to be a Foster Grandparent:

Must be 55 years of age or older
Retired
In reasonably good health
Meet Federal Income Guidelines

Benefits:

Tax Free Stipend
Transportation Provided
Meal Provision
Free Physical Examination
Paid Holiday, Vacation and Sick Days
Training
In-service

2018 Yearly Income Guidelines:

1 person - $24,280 after all medical deductions are subtracted
2 persons - $32,920 after all medical deductions are subtracted
3 people - $41,560 after all medical deductions are subtracted
4 people - $50,200 after all medical deductions are subtracted

Serving the 9 Counties of Bureau, Carroll, LaSalle, Lee, Marshall, Ogle, Putnam, Stark, and Whiteside Illinois

Amboy - Central Grade School	Byron - Mary Morgan Elementary	Dixon - Bright Beginnings Day Care
Dixon - Jefferson Elementary School	Dixon - Lincoln Elementary School	Dixon - Lovett Child Care (YMCA)
Dixon - Open Sesame Child Learning Center	Dixon - St. Mary's Grade School	Dixon - Washington Elementary School
Dixon, Ottawa, Sterling, Streator - Head Start	Dixon - Madison/Reagan Elementary School	Tampico - Prophetstown/Lyndon/Tampico Elementary
LaSalle - Northwest Elementary School	Milledgeville - Chadwick/Milledgeville School	Princeton - Jefferson Elementary School
Princeton - Lincoln Elementary School	Rock Falls - Coloma Township Park District	Rock Falls - Dillon Elementary School
Rock Falls - East Coloma Grade School	Rock Falls - Merrill Elementary School	Rock Falls - Riverdale Preschool
Ottawa - Starved Rock Regional Center	Savanna - West Carroll	Polo - Centennial Elementary
Marseilles - Marseilles Elementary	Sterling - Exceptional Care	Sterling - Franklin Grade School
Sterling - Jefferson Grade School	Sterling - Lincoln Elementary School	Sterling - Washington Elementary School
Lostant - Lostant Elementary	Spring Valley - JFK Elementary	Sterling - YMCA

foster grandparent program