Service-Learning grants for Community Colleges

Posted by on August 25, 2006

The American Association of Community Colleges is pleased to announce the national competition for its 2006-2009 grant program, Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning.

Eight community colleges will be selected to develop model service learning programs and will be known as Horizons mentee colleges. AACC is also conducting a search for four experienced community college service learning practitioners to serve as mentors in the Horizons project. Mentee colleges will receive $12,000 in the first year of the grant, and mentor colleges will receive $5,000. In addition, Horizons mentee colleges will receive extensive training and technical assistance through the mentor team, project conferences, site visits, listservs, conference calls, and project publications. The funding period is December 1, 2006, through June 30, 2009.

Requests for proposals for both mentor and mentee grants, as well as proposal writing tips and frequently asked questions, are now available online at <a href="http://www.aacc.nche.edu/slrfp">http://www.aacc.nche.edu/slrfp</a>. Proposals are due Monday, October 2, 2006. All AACC member colleges are eligible to apply for the grants (to see state by state listings of AACC members, visit <a href="http://www.aacc.nche.edu/ccfinder">http://www.aacc.nche.edu/ccfinder</a>).

The Horizons project is made possible with the support of the Corporation for National and Community Service and its Learn and Serve America program. For more information, please visit www.aacc.nche.edu/servicelearning or contact:

Gail Robinson
Manager of Service Learning
American Association of Community Colleges
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20036-1176
Phone 202/728-0200 ext. 254
Fax 202/728-2965
E mail grobinson@aacc.nche.edu
Web <a href="http://www.aacc.nche.edu/servicelearning">http://www.aacc.nche.edu/servicelearning </a>

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