Foster Grandparent Program (FGP)

Members of the Foster Grandparent Program (FPG) are low-income people sixty years of age and over. They serve twenty hours per week and receive a non-taxable stipend of $2.45/ hour. Foster Grandparents provide individual attention, love and personal care to physically handicapped children; teenagers who have run afoul of the law because of alcohol, drugs or other behavioral problems; homeless youngsters; teen parents; and boarder babies.

In Washington, there are eight FPG projects in which Foster grandparents provide English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction to young immigrants from Europe, Africa, Central America and Asia; provide reading assistance to youngsters enrolled in Head Start centers and public schools; provide emotional support and a stable, loving presence for children from homeless families staying in emergency shelters; counsel and listen to teenagers confined to juvenile detention facilities because of unlawful activity. This is but a sample of community service activities whereby Foster Grandparents improve the quality of life of youngsters and teenagers who require the love, personal care and attention which an elder can so effectively provide.

Catholic Community Services

2525 6th Street, Suite D
Bremerton, Washington 98312
Project Director: Bill Tracey
Phone: (360) 405-0072 or (866) 246-3642
E-Mail: billt@ccssww.org
Website: http://www.ccsww.org/
Service Area: Clallam | Kitsap

Catholic Community Services

100 23rd Avenue South
Seattle, Washington 98144
Project Director: Alexis LaFlamme
Phone: (206) 328-5925
E-Mail: alexisl@ccsww.org
Website: http://www.ccsww.org/
Service Area: King | Snohomish

Catholic Charities Spokane

1212 West Sharp, Suite 3
Spokane, Washington 99210-2253
Project Director: Michael Kenny
Phone: (509) 328-8400
E-Mail: mkenny@ccspokane.org
Website: http://www.ccsww.org/
Service Area: Spokane

Catholic Community Services

1323 South Yakima Avenue
Tacoma, Washington 98405
Project Director: David Olsen
Phone: (253) 502-2743
E-Mail: davido@ccsww.org
Website: http://www.ccsww.org/
Service Area: Pierce

Catholic Community Services

5301 Tieton Dr., Suite C
Yakima, Washington 98908-3478
Project Director: Vernita Adolf
Phone: (509) 965-7100
E-Mail: vernitaa@cfcsyakima.org
Website: http://www.ccsww.org/
Service Area: Kittitas | Yakima

Colville Confederated Tribes

P.O. Box 150
Nespelem, Washington 99155
Project Director: Joan Goujon
Phone: (509) 634-2395
E-Mail: joan.goujon@colvilletribes.com
Website: http://www.colvilletribes.com/
Service Area: Colville Indian Reservation

Educational Service District #112

2500 N.E. 65th Avenue
Vancouver, Washington 98661
Project Director: Claudia Dalton, Project Director
Phone: (360) 750-7500 Extension 139
E-Mail: claudia.dalton@esd112.org
Website: http://www.esd112.org/fostergrandparent/
Service Area: Clark | Cowlitz |Pacific