9/11 Service-Learning Grants

For those of you already thinking ahead to next year!


YSA's Youth Council is partnering with State Farm to support youth across the United States in learning about, remembering, and honoring the 10th anniversary of 9/11 through a 9/11 service-learning project.

Available to youth ages 5-25 and teachers/educators who work with youth ages 5-25, YSA will award 10-20 $500 or $1,000 grants to youth-led projects that address important community needs while helping youth - many of who have no first hand memory of the event - remember and honor the 9/11 victims and their families, understand the significance of the event, and commit to sustaining our democracy through service.

Projects will need to address one of YSA's 9 for 9/11 - 9 lessons from the event and related ideas for service-learning projects. Grant applicants can also suggest a 10th lesson. (YSA will select one of these proposed lessons to become the 10th lesson for 9/11, to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 9/11.)

-One-day or limited-duration projects that take place primarily on 9/11 are eligible to apply for $500.
-Projects that take place over an extended period of time (approximately 70 hours) as part of a summer Semester of Service (culminating on 9/11) or a fall Semester of Service (beginning on 9/11) are eligible to apply for $1,000.


Tentative Program Timeline:

Application Deadline: Friday, June 17
Notification: early July
Grant implementation: approximately July through September 11 (Summer of Service); September 11th for one-day projects; or September 11 through MLK Day of Service - January 16, 2012 (fall Semester of Service)
Progress Report Due: Thursday, September 1
Final Report Due: Friday, September 23 for summer or 9/11 Day of Service-only projects; February 1 for fall Semester of Service projects.



Application Process:

To begin the application, take this eligibility quiz. (http://www.cybergrants.com/pls/cybergrants/quiz.display_question?x_gm_id=3187&x_quiz_id=4133&x_order_by=1%20)
Applicants who have already taken the eligibility quiz and started their application can access their application here. (http://www.cybergrants.com/ysa/10for9-11/application)
If you have questions during the application process, please contact grants@ysa.org