Youth ServiceYoung people benefit from meaningful service opportunities, and having early exposure to service is critical to establishing lifelong volunteers and engaged citizens. Thanks to the generous support of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Allstate Foundation, ASC has been able to facilitate several initiatives to support service commissions in developing and expanding youth service opportunities in states across the country. ASC received a $300,000 grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to deepen youth service and service-learning in eight states. The funding will support eight state service commissions, each receiving a grant of $30,000 for 18 months to replicate successful youth service initiatives. Read more about Deepening Youth Service.
As part of this work, ASC has compiled a resource with tips, ideas, and potential models to incorporate youth service into AmeriCorps State and National programs. View the resource.
ASC received a $500,000 grant from The Allstate Foundation to expand youth-led service initiatives. The funding will support 10 state service commissions, each receiving an 18-month subgrant to support a range of initiatives including service project mini-grants for young people ages 5-25, support to new or existing youth advisory councils, and training to nonprofits to empower youth-led service. Read more about Empowering Youth Service.
In 2021, ASC awarded grants to 11 service commissions for a 15-month initiative to identify how the commission network can expand youth service opportunities through national service. This work resulted in a report that assessed national trends in youth service and proposed new strategies and several state-based youth service landscape assessments. Read more about the youth service landscape initiative.
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