Service-Learning Grant for Youth Service Day

Posted by on August 27, 2004

[posted from RFP Bulletin]

Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant Program Offered by State Farm Companies Foundation and Youth Service America
Deadline: October 18, 2004

Youth Service America (<a href="http://www.ysa.org/">http://www.ysa.org/</a>) and State Farm have partnered to present the State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant. The grant is available to teachers/professors, youth (ages 5-25), and school-based service-learning coordinators to implement service-learning projects for National Youth Service Day 2005, April 15-17.

National Youth Service Day mobilizes youth as leaders to identify and address the needs of their communities through service and service-learning, supports youth on a lifelong path of service and civic engagement, and educates the public, the media, and policymakers about the year-round contributions of young people as community leaders.

One hundred grants of $1,000 are available to youth, teachers/professors, and school-based service-learning coordinators.

Grant applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements: be a youth between the ages of 5-25, or; be a certified teacher or professor who currently teaches in a public, private, faith-based, charter, or Department of Defense school, or higher education institution located within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Indian tribe, U.S. territory, or; be a school-based service-learning coordinator, whose primary role is to coordinate service projects in a school or university as described above, and; be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Online applications are available on the YSA Web site. Visit the site to learn more about the grant program and National Youth Service Day.

RFP Link: <a href="http://www.ysa.org/awards/award_grant.cfm">http://www.ysa.org/awards/award_grant.cfm</a>

For additional RFPs in Children and Youth, visit: <a href="http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_children.jhtml">http://fdncenter.org/pnd/rfp/cat_children.jhtml</a>