Posted on June 4, 2009	print  e-mail
Deadline: June 30, 2009

Youth Service America Accepting Letters of Interest for Grants to Support Middle School STEM-Focused Service-Learning Programs

Contingent on federal funding, Youth Service America plans to implement a service-learning program in twenty-five middle schools in ten states to strengthen students' science, technology, and math skills.

The program will focus on creating a framework for primarily disadvantaged students to work in a semester-of-service model, where each month is devoted to a different aspect of planning and executing a service project in their community in connection to academic standards. The projects will begin on Martin Luther King Day of Service (January 18, 2010) and conclude on Global Youth Service Day (April 23-25, 2010).

Teachers, administrators, and service-learning coordinators in middle schools as well as staff and service-learning coordinators in afterschool programs in the states of Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Washington are eligible to apply.

The program components include an annual $5,000 grant for teachers or service-learning coordinators and an additional $500 grant for an "ally" located in each school who will support the grantee and help to establish a more sustainable program at their school, as well as training and technical assistance, specialized resources, social networking to facilitate an online professional learning community, and communications training.

Visit the YSA Web site for complete program information.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Children and Youth
Geographic Funding Area: National

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