The National Senior Service Corps helps people age 55 and older find service opportunities to their interests and close to home. Together, these programs involve over one half million seniors serving in tens of thousands of sites across the country. The Senior Corps includes three programs:

Click this link to view a list of the Kansas RSVP programs, the Kansas Foster Grandparent programs, and the Kansas Senior Companion programs.	Retired and Senior Volunteers help people 55 and older find service opportunities in their communities. RSVP involves seniors in service that matches their personal interests and makes use of their skills and life experiences. Participants serve from a few to over forty hours a week, providing a wide range of services that include tutoring youth, serving as citizen patrols for local police departments, planning community gardens, helping other seniors complete income tax forms, and serving as hospital aides.
	Foster Grandparents provide support to children with special needs by offering emotional support to children who have been abused and neglected, mentoring troubled teenagers and young mothers, and caring for premature infants and children with disabilities. In the process, Foster Grandparents strengthen communities by providing youth services that community budgets cannot afford and by building bridges across generations. The Foster Grandparent Program is open to people age 60 and over with limited incomes; they receive small stipends for their 20 hours of weekly service.
	Senior Companions are people age 60 and older who provide assistance and friendship to elderly individuals who are homebound and, generally, living alone. By taking care of simple chores, providing transportation to and from medical appointments, and offering contact to the outside world, Senior Companions often provide the essential services that prevent older Americans from having to enter nursing homes. Senior Companions meet eligibility requirements and receive small stipends.