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Corporation State Offices |
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Below is a directory of Corporation State Offices. The Corporation's State Offices are federal offices staffed by federal employees in the state. They conduct public outreach and program support. They are directly responsible for developing grants and projects and for overseeing all Senior Corps and AmeriCorps*VISTA projects within their state. |
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State Education Agencies |
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Below is a directory of State Education Agencies (SEAs). SEAs receive Formula-based funds from Learn and Serve America. Most of the funds are distributed by subgrant to schools and school districts who work with one or more community partner organization to create service-learning projects that simultaneously meet community needs and support the development of students’ academic, civic, and service skills. |
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K-12 School-Based Programs |
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School-Based programs engage students in service-learning programs that allow young people to apply academic content knowledge to meet critical - community needs. Participants may be youth between the ages of 5 and 17 and children with disabilities, as defined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, who receive services under that Act. |
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Learn & Serve Challenge |
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The Learn & Serve Challenge, October 5-11, 2009, is a concentrated week of special events spotlighting service-learning successes around the country in order to build awareness of the value of students’ contributions to their communities; spread effective service-learning practices; and inspire other schools and communities to launch their own service-learning programs and projects. |
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Learn and Serve America Programs |
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Since 1990, Learn and Serve America has furthered America’s tradition of civic participation and volunteerism by making grants to integrate community service with curricula through service-learning. Learn and Serve America grantmaking fosters collaboration among schools, faith-based and other communityorganizations, and institutions of higher education to meet immediate community needs and strengthen the capacity of communities to address long-term needs. |
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Programs for Native American Communities |
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Indian Tribes and U.S Territories compete nationally for grants that may be used to operate local school-based service-learning programs or to organize service-learning throughout a region, engaging youth in positive community service activities in partnership with elders in their community. Per statute, up to 3% of Learn and Serve America funds are set aside for grants to Indian Tribes and U.S. Territories. |
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Acting Chief Executive Officer - Robert Velasco, II |
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Robert Velasco, II, was designated Acting CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) by President Obama on May 27, 2011. CNCS is the federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in results-driven service through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America programs, and leads President Obama’s national call to service initiative, United We Serve. |
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Chief of Program Operations - Idara Nickelson |
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Idara Nickelson serves as the Chief of Program Operations for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). In this role, Idara provides overall organizational management for all CNCS programs and oversees the agency’s field structure. She also serves as a principal advisor to the CEO and Board of Directors, helping to improve performance and shape and execute the long-term strategy and vision for the agency. |
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Fact Sheets and Issue Briefs |
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Learn and Serve America makes grants to schools, colleges, and nonprofit groups to support efforts to engage students in community service linked to academic achievement and the development of civic skills. This approach to education, called service-learning, improves communities while preparing young people for a lifetime of responsible citizenship. In addition to making grants, Learn and Serve America serves as a resource on service and service-learning to teachers, faculty members, schools, and community groups. |
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Use these web banners and buttons to link to us on your website and highlight The Corporation for National and Community Service as well as its programs and initiatives. Users may copy the image or the HTML code directly below the image to place a banner on your web site. |
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Media Kit Materials |
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Every year, thousands of stories about Learn and Serve America appear in the media – almost all generated by local project staff and volunteers. Publicizing your program in not a goal in itself. It’s a means of building support for your program and increasing your likelihood of success. Taking the time to communicate with the public helps attract resources from your community, including volunteers, sponsors, and funding, and helps educate people about your program. You don’t have to be a media pro to get good coverage, but having some tips and resources can help. |
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Communications Center |
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Welcome to the Learn and Serve America Communication Center. Here you will find policy updates and other messages that Learn and Serve America staff typically send to grantees via e-mail, for easy access and continued reference. |
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News From the Field |
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News From the Field contains the latest press releases, official announcements, and news alerts taken directly from our Learn and Serve America network. This is an expanding library of announcements highlighting the work of Learn and Serve America participants and grantees—each of whom is making a powerful impact through service-learning. |
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Public Service Announcements |
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Across America , service-learning is helping students perform better in school while improving their communities through service. By connecting classroom lessons with community service projects, service-learning engages students and brings learning to life! |
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RSS, which stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary, is an easy way to keep up with your favorite news and information. An RSS feed contains headlines, summaries and links to full news stories on http://www.learnandserve.gov. Social Networking sites, such as Facebook or MySpace, allow for the building online communities of people who share activities and interests through the use of chat, messaging, file sharing, blogging, discussion groups, and other web-based features and technologies. To help facilitate collaboration and sharing of Corporation information among users of these sites, the Corporation offers functionality to allow for individuals to easily add or bookmark information from certain pages on this website. |
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Office of Inspector General |
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Created by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducts and supervises independent and objective audits and investigations of Corporation programs and operations. Based on the results of these audits, reviews, and investigations, the OIG recommends policies to promote economy and efficiency and prevent and detect fraud and abuse in the Corporation's programs and operations. |
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The Advanced Search page provides a number of specialty searches for content on LearnAndServe.gov, including the ability to search NationalService.gov by keyword and section, search our newsroom by date, search the National Service Calendar, and search Federal Register Notices. |
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History, Legislation, and Budget |
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Learn and Serve America has its roots in Serve America, a program created under the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to distribute grants in support of service-learning in order to simultaneously enrich the education of young people, demonstrate the value of youth as assets to their communities, and stimulate service-learning as a strategy to meet unmet community needs. |
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What Is Learn and Serve America? |
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America’s young people – from kindergartners to university students – have the desire, energy and ability to make a real difference in their communities. Service-learning offers a unique opportunity for them to get involved in a tangible way by integrating community service projects with classroom learning. Service-learning engages students in the educational process, using what they learn in the classroom to solve real-life problems. Students not only learn about democracy and citizenship, they become actively contributing citizens and community members through the service they perform. |
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What Is Service-Learning? |
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Service-learning offers a unique opportunity for America's young people -- from kindergarten to university students -- to get involved with their communities in a tangible way by integrating service projects with classroom learning. Service-learning engages students in the educational process, using what they learn in the classroom to solve real-life problems. Students not only learn about democracy and citizenship, they become actively contributing citizens and community members through the service they perform. |
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Service-learning engages students in the educational process by encouraging them to apply their learning to solve real-life problems. From individual efforts to school-wide projects, they are learning inside and outside of the classroom, creating mentoring programs, improving the environment, and tackling other community issues. And, by seeing the work they do benefit those around them, they become actively contributing citizens and community members. |
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Service-learning programs can offer parents and families the opportunity to participate in innovative learning experiences, and to become engaged in their children’s schools in unique ways. Research shows that service-learning affects students in many positive ways, such as: |
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Students all over America are making a difference in their communities through service-learning. From individual efforts to school-wide projects, they are learning inside and outside of the classroom, creating mentoring programs, improving the environment, and tackling other real-life community issues. |
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On September 27, 2007, President Bush signed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (“CCRAA”) into law. In addition to other amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965, the CCRAA created two new federal programs: a new Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and a new Income-Based Repayment plan (IBR) for the repayment of federal loans. |
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The Corporation's commitment to supporting the American culture of citizenship, service, and responsibility includes measuring the success and impact of our efforts. Performance reviews, research, and policy analysis help develop and cultivate knowledge that will enhance the overall effectiveness of the Corporation and of national and community service programs. |
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The purposes of the Corporation’s programs are complemented by those of the Federal Work-Study (FWS) program of the U.S. Department of Education. The Higher Education Act (HEA) states that one of the purposes of the FWS program is “…to encourage students receiving Federal student financial assistance to participate in community service activities that will benefit the Nation and engender in the students a sense of social responsibility and commitment to the community.” The HEA requires that all higher education institutions participating in the FWS program allocate at least seven percent of their annual FWS funding to student jobs that provide community service. Schools that can demonstrate that meeting this requirement would create hardship to its students may obtain a waiver from the Secretary of Education. |
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Every day, college students help their communities in a variety of ways, from tutoring and mentoring children, to raising funds for worthy causes, to helping families recover from hurricanes and other disasters. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the nation has witnessed a significant upsurge in volunteering by college students. |
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Many higher education institutions recognize the advantages of recruiting AmeriCorps alumni to become students. AmeriCorps alumni have the traits and skills that colleges and universities value, such as a commitment to community, problem-solving experience, and training as leaders. Consequently, a growing number of colleges and universities are creating incentives, including matching the education award, to attract AmeriCorps alumni to their campuses. |
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AmeriCorps Education Awards—recently renamed the Segal AmeriCorps Education Awards after Eli Segal, one of the pioneers of the national service movement and the first CEO of the Corporation—are a post-service benefit received by AmeriCorps members, including those supported through VISTA and the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC). |
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How Learn and Serve America Can Help |
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Learn and Serve America provides direct and indirect support to K-12 schools, community groups and higher education institutions to facilitate service-learning projects. By integrating community service projects with classroom curriculum, service-learning projects offer students a unique opportunity to use what they learn in the classroom to solve real-life problems. In the process, they develop academic and practical skills, self-esteem, and a sense of civic responsibility while meeting community needs. |
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Listed below are points of contact available to you for answering your questions, obtaining information or technical assistance involving eGrants. Inquiries concerning NOFAs, application content, or general program questions should be directed to the specific program officer or program staff, while eGrants technical assistance issues should be brought to the attention of the help desk. |
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The Learn and Serve America National Service-Learning Clearinghouse is America’s resource for service-learning. The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse provides timely information and relevant resources to support service-learning programs, practitioners, and researchers. Through the Clearinghouse you can access training publications, sample forms, funding notices, effective practices and much more. |
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As with all federal grant programs, you must ensure that your programs or activities, including those of any sub-grantees, will be conducted, and facilities operated, in compliance with the applicable civil rights statutes and their implementing regulations. You must obtain assurances of such compliance prior to extending federal financial assistance to sub-grantees. For civil rights purposes, all programs and projects funded or receiving service members under the National and Community Service Act, as amended, are programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance. |
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Do you have an idea for a service-learning project that will impact your community? Learn and Serve America provides grant support, primarily through intermediaries, to diverse school-community partnerships to develop and sustain service-learning projects. Generally, grants are for a period of three years, renewable annually contingent upon performance and the availability of funds. |
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Learn and Serve America’s School- and Community-Based program provides grants to State Education Agencies and to nonprofit organizations. These grantees, sometimes called intermediaries, in turn, make grants to local schools and community organizations to implement service-learning programs for young people of elementary and secondary school age. The intermediaries make subgrants; they also provide training and technical assistance, conduct program evaluation, facilitate peer networks of service-learning practitioners, and support service-learning throughout their network. At the local level, grantees of these intermediaries create new service-learning programs, replicate existing programs, and train staff, faculty, adult volunteers and students in service-learning. Some local programs make focus their efforts on recruiting, training, and making use of adult volunteers to support their service-learning programs. |
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Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. Please visit the GPO website for the complete text of any of the following notices published in the Federal Register by the Corporation for National and Community Service. |
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Published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. Please visit the GPO website for the complete text of any of the following notices published in the Federal Register by the Corporation for National and Community Service. |
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The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is committed to achieving a diverse, energized, high performing workforce. Key to achieving this is developing and maintaining effective leaders, managers, and employees who treat all persons with dignity and respect, without regard to non-merit factors such as race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, political affiliation, marital or parental status, or military service. We strive to provide a work environment free of sexual, racial, ethnic, religious, or other harassment. |
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The Google Translate service is a means by which Learn and Serve America and the Corporation for National and Community Service offers translations of content from the Learn and Serve America website and is meant solely for the convenience of non-English speaking users of the website. |
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Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA) requires Federal agencies to allow individuals or entities that deal with the agencies the option to submit information and to maintain records electronically, when feasible. The Act specifically states that electronic records and their related electronic signatures are not to be denied legal effect, validity, or enforceability merely because they are in electronic form, and encourages Federal government use of a range of electronic signature alternatives. This capability should be in place at each agency by October 21, 2003. |
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The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35; see 5 CFR Part 1320) requires that the Office of Management and Budget approve all collections of information by a Federal agency from the public before they can be implemented. Collections of information include (1) requests for information for transmission to the government, such as application forms and written report forms, (2) reporting or recordkeeping requirements, and (3) third-party or public disclosure requirements. |
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For security purposes and to make sure this service remains available to all users, the Corporation for National and Community Service uses special software programs to monitor network traffic and identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage to this government computer system. These programs collect no information that would directly identify individuals, but they do contain provisions that could help us identify someone attempting to tamper with this Web site. |
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