CalServe Initiative Partnership

CA Dept of Education Funding

Funding Name: CalServe Initiative Partnership

Eligible Applicants: local educational agencies

Required Eligibility Criteria: Federal regulations require that partnerships must include at least one public or private nonprofit community-based organization that has demonstrated expertise in meeting educational, environmental, public safety, health, and human needs. In addition, the community-based organization must have been in existence for at least one year before applying and must make service opportunities available to student participants.

Funding Description: Funding is available for the 2009-12 Learn and Serve America CalServe Initiative Partnership. To support service-learning in California, the federal Corporation for National and Community Service grants the California Department of Education approximately $2.1 million annually, of which 75 percent must be subgranted for local models of implementation.

View at http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/profile.asp?id=1420