State Farm Good Neighbor State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning GrantService-Learning Grant

Improving communities by increasing the number and the diversity

of young people, ages 5-25, serving in substantive roles.

Overview of the State Farm Good Neighbor grant program

Discuss the application and rubric to show they are guides to help prepare and implement a high quality service project

Answer your questions!

Today’s Objectives

•A service-learning grant that engages youth to serve their communities and promotes student learning, academic achievement, workplace readiness, and stronger communities.

•$1,000 grants

• 125 to be awarded

State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant Program

An effective teaching and learning strategy integrating meaningful community servicewith academic study and reflective practiceto enrich learning, build civic engagement, and strengthen communities.

What is Service-Learning?

State Farm Good Neighbor grants encourage semester-long programs: Launch on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 17, 2011)

Culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2011)

A Semester of Service

•November 9th: Application deadline •December 20th: Announce winners•January 7th: MOU due•January 14th : Grant funds distributed •January 17th, 2011: MLK Day •April 15th-17th, 2011: Global Youth Service Day•May, 2011: Post-project reports due

State Farm Good Neighbor Timeline

•The applicant must be a teacher, service-learning coordinator or student (age 5-25) in a public school, or staff and youth (age 5-25) in a community-based organization working with a public school.

•The applicant must be a resident of one of the 50 states of the United States or the Canadian provinces of Alberta, New Brunswick, or Ontario.

•Previous YSA grantees are welcome to apply.

State Farm Good NeighborEligibility – Who can apply?

The project must be a service-learning project and should address a real community need and connect the service with intentional learning goals and skills.

Children and/or youth, ages 5-25 must be the primary volunteers in your service-learning project.

State Farm Good NeighborEligibility – About the Project

The service-learning project activities must take place between January 2011 and April 2011.

A significant component of your service-learning project must take place on Global Youth Service Day, 2011 (April 15-17, 2011).

State Farm Good NeighborEligibility – Special Days of Service

Details

Evidence of planning

Feasibility

Service vs. Service-Learning

Youth Involvement

Community Need

General Tips

Created as a project planning tool

Incorporates the IPARD/C model:• Investigation• Preparation and Planning• Action• Reflection• Demonstration/Celebration

Application

•Semester of Service Strategy Guide:http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/semester/YSA-2010-strategy-guide.pdf

•GYSD Planning Toolkit:http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/gysd/toolkits/2009GYSDToolKit.pdf

• Scoring Rubric: http://tools.ysa.org/downloads/grants/statefarm/YSA_2011_State_Farm_Rubric.pdf

•YSA Tipsheets:http://www.ysa.org/Resources

Resources

A walk through the Application…

For more information . . .For more information . . .

www.YSA.org/goodneighbor

Amanda McDonald

Grants Manager

amcdonald@ysa.org