School- and community-based service-learning grants

Posted by on January 20, 2009

Subject tothe availability of appropriations for fiscal year 2009, the Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) announces the anticipated availability of approximately:

$4.2 million for qualified organizations to provide subgrants, training, and other assistance to local partnerships to implement Community-Based service-learning projects.

$5.7 million for qualified organizations to provide subgrants, training, and other assistance to local partnerships to implement School-Based service-learning projects.

$710,000 to federally-recognized Indian Tribes and the State Educational Agencies for the following U.S. Territories: Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Island to implement School-Based service-learning projects.

The Corporation’s mission is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering. Learn and Serve America School and Community-Based grants are designed to involve school-age youth in service-learning projects that simultaneously support student development and address community problems in areas such as the environment, education, public safety, and other human needs.

For the Notice of Funding Opportunity and more information on 2009 Learn and Serve America Grant Competitions please visit:
http://www.servicelearning.org/lsa/lsa_page/2009_nofos/index.php
http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa.asp
Updates will be posted when available.

Applications due: April 14, 2009.