WATERLOO, Iowa ( IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH ) - After federal funding shifts forced an Iowa community college to close a decades-old program for its community’s older adult residents, Hawkeye Community College announced Monday it has received grant funding to relaunch and continue the initiative.

Hawkeye Community College announced in a news release it has received a three-year, $407,940 grant from Americorps for its Senior Companion Program, in which volunteers aged 55 years or older are matched with older adults in the area to provide aid and company.

The Waterloo college announced in late June program operations had to end due to its Americorps grant funding — making up $400,000 of the program’s $500,000 budget — being held for review by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

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