Navajo Foster Grandparent Program helps Navajo elders to keep active through community volunteer service and intergenerational contact/activities.

Where:  More than 200 elders serve at Navajo Head Start Centers, schools and day care centers on the Navajo Nation.

What:  They help with tutoring and mentoring and basic care of infants and pre-school kids,  and where applicable, elders are helping to preserve Navajo language and culture through the school immersion programs.

Five Navajo FGP programs are located at the Navajo Area Agency on Aging offices.  You can go to any of the agency offices to inquire, enroll or for information.  Ask for the FGP Staff listed below.

Local Agency Phone #s:                                                                               
Marie Claw/Jolene Yazzie - Chinle, AZ  -  (928) 674-2100
Sadie Peshlakia/Nadine - Crownpoint, NM  -  (505) 786-2007/08
Valorie Bahe - Ft. Defiance, AZ  -  (928)  729-4172 or 4019
Louise Washburn/Lavena  - Shiprock, NM (serves UT)  - (505) 368-1255
Devine Thomas/Alice  - Tuba City, AZ  - (928) 283-3353
Irene Eldridge - Window Rock, AZ - (928) 871-6873 or 6869

Fax: (928)  871-6869 for Window Rock Office only.
Email address: irene.eldridge@nndoh.org

Senior Corps taps the skills, talents, and experience of more than half a million Americans age 55 and older to meet community needs in education, the environment, public safety, homeland security, and other areas. Senior Corps is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, which also oversees AmeriCorps and Learn and Serve America.