Learn and Serve America Announces $20 Million in Service-Learning Grants (TABLE)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Jul 30, 2009
Washington DC - The Corporation for National and Community Service today announced 36 Learn and Serve America grants totaling nearly $20 million to engage students across the nation in service-learning projects that promote community service while enhancing students' academic and civic skills.
The grants will support service-learning at schools, institutions of higher education, tribes, and faith-based and community groups. Service-learning is an approach to education that links community service to academic achievement while also teaching students about our country's civic institutions and traditions.
School Based
| State | Legal Applicant | Years Funded | Grant Award |
| CO | Education Commission of the States | 3 | $926,640 |
| DC | Youth Service America | 3 | $890,278 |
| HI | State of Hawaii, Department of Education | 3 | $900,000 |
| MA | Massachusetts Department of Education | 3 | $1,150,000 |
| ME | Kids Consortium, Inc. | 2 | $600,000 |
| MN | National Youth Leadership Council NYLC | 3 | $899,974 |
| VA | VCU Division of Community Engagement | 2 | $400,090 |
| TOTAL | $5,766,982 |
School-Based Indian Tribes & US Territories
| State | Legal Applicant | Years Funded | Grant Award |
| CA | San Pasqual Band of Diegueno Mission Indians | 3 | $151,772 |
| MI | Hannahville Indian Community | 2 | $197,800 |
| MT | Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes | 3 | $359,667 |
| TOTAL | $709,239 |
Community-Based
| State | Legal Applicant | Years Funded | Grant Award |
| CA | National Indian Justice Center | 2 | $540,000 |
| GA | Usher's New Look, Inc. | 1 | $200,000 |
| IA | Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service | 2 | $500,000 |
| MD | Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development | 2 | $585,000 |
| MT | Hopa Mountain, Inc. | 2 | $580,000 |
| NC | The Rural School and Community Trust | 2 | $580,000 |
| NY | Girl Scouts of the USA | 2 | $600,000 |
| TN | Volunteer Tennessee | 2 | $586,996 |
| TOTAL | $4,171,996 |
Higher Education
| State | Legal Applicant | Years Funded | Grant Award |
| CA | SFSU - California Campus Compact | 2 | $928,510 |
| DC | American Association of Community Colleges | 2 | $742,636 |
| DC | Serve DC-DC Commission on National & Community Service | 2 | $860,571 |
| KY | Western Kentucky University Research Foundation | 2 | $755,544 |
| MA | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | 1 | $470,937 |
| NY | Research Foundation of CUNY on behalf of the Graduate Center | 1 | $338,407 |
| OH | Ohio Campus Compact | 1 | $482,835 |
| PA | Drexel University Center for Civic Engagement | 1 | $443,970 |
| PA | Harrisburg University of Science and Technology | 1 | $460,474 |
| SUBTOTAL - Consortia Grants | $5,483,884 | ||
| CO | Colorado State University | 3 | $501,276 |
| FL | University of Central Florida | 3 | $570,000 |
| FL | University of South Florida | 3 | $395,000 |
| IL | The Chicago School of Professional Psychology | 3 | $581,884 |
| MA | Tufts University | 3 | $508,977 |
| MO | Curators of the University of Missouri | 3 | $420,000 |
| NC | Fayetteville State University | 3 | $465,378 |
| NY | St. John Fisher College | 3 | $99,384 |
| VA | Northern Virginia Community College | 3 | $245,320 |
| SUBTOTAL - Individual Grants | $3,787,219 | ||
| TOTAL | $9,271,103 |