Are you a retired teacher with extra time on your hands? Do you enjoy working with children?

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Foster Grandparents serve 15 - 40 hours per week mentoring, tutoring, and supporting children of the Concho Valley (Coke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, Kimble, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Sutton, Sterling and Tom Green Counties) . The children we serve are disadvantaged youth, children with special needs, children with special circumstances, children of military Veterans, and children of deployed Active duty military. Services are provided in elementary schools, Head Start Programs, and approved after-school programs.

Foster Grandparents may receive, mileage reimbursement, meals at some Stations, annual volunteer appreciation, Pre-Service orientation training, monthly In-Service training, and supplemental accident/liability insurance.

To qualify: You must be 55 years of age of older, complete an application, meet the job description qualification, meet income guidelines, pass a physical, pass a criminal background check, sex offender check and agree to be fingerprinted.

Completing an application does not automatically guarantee you a volunteer position. Applications are reviewed and those applicants that are qualified to serve as a volunteer will be called for an interview. An interview does not automatically guarantee you a volunteer position.