State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants (Deadline: October 15)

State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants (Deadline: October 15)

State Farm is proud to team up with Youth Service America to offer grants of up to $1,000 for youth-led service-learning initiatives is all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Eligible programs will engage youth in service-learning, an effective teaching and learning strategy that promotes student learning, academic achievement, workplace readiness, and healthy communities.

State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants encourage semester-long projects (following YSA's Semester of Service framework) that launch on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 17, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2011).

Eligible candidates include teachers, service-learning coordinators and students in a public school, or staff and youth in a community-based organization working with a public school.

YSA encourages all applicants to become familiar with the online application before beginning the request process. YSA wil host two application webinars, September 7 and October 7, for applicants to learn more about developing a successful project. To register, please email Amanda McDonald at amcdonald (at) ysa (dot) org.

Applications must be submitted by midnight, October 15, 2010. Learn more and access the application atwww.YSA.org/goodneighbor