State Farm Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grants

Posted by on June 18, 2012

Applications Invited for State Farm Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grants
Deadline: July 31, 2012

State Farm and Youth Service America are offering grants of up to $1,500 for programs that enhance student achievement through service-learning in K-12 public schools in the United States and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick.

The State Farm Good Neighbor Student Achievement Grant program is designed to engage participating teachers and students in a service and learning program that promotes academic achievement, twenty-first century student outcomes, and stronger communities. The program requires a twelve- to fourteen-week Semester of Service starting on MLK Day (January 21, 2013) and ending on Global Youth Service Day (April 26-28, 2013).

Youth Service America will offer a series of regional trainings in selected geographic locations to be determined by the locations of successful applicants. The regional trainings will introduce grantees to the elements and expectations of the program and present the suite of tools, resources, and support that YSA will provide. Attendance at one regional training is a required element of participation in the grant program. Each grant, valued at $1,500, includes the costs of the grantee’s attendance at the regional training as well as up to $1,000 in grant funding for the grantee’s program.

To be eligible, an applicant must be a resident of one of the fifty U.S. states or the District of Columbia or the three Canadian provinces of Alberta, New Brunswick, or Ontario; and a teacher, a school administrator, or a service-learning coordinator in a K-12 public school, or a staff member in a community-based organization working in a K-12 public school. The applicant’s program must address a significant community need and connect community service to school-required academic standards, learning goals, and/or skills; include learning and service activities continuously over at least a twelve- to fourteen-week period; and provide for the measuring and tracking of academic achievement for the students involved in the program.

Visit the YSA Web site for complete program guidelines and the online application form.

http://www.ysa.org/goodneighbor