State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant

State Farm has teamed up with Youth Service America to offer grants of up to $1,000 for youth-led service-learning initiatives in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Eligible programs will engage youth in service-learning, an effective teaching and learning strategy that promotes student learning, academic achievement, workplace readiness, and healthy communities.


State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grants encourage semester-long projects (following YSA's Semester of Service framework) that launch on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service (January 17, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2011).

Applications must be submitted by midnight, November 9, 2010

Eligible candidates include teachers, service-learning coordinators and students in a public school, or staff and youth in a community-based organization working with a public school.

YSA wil host two application webinars, September 7 at 3:00 PM EST and October 7 at 5:00 PM EST, for applicants to learn more about developing a successful project. To register, please sign up by filling out the form here.

YSA encourages all applicants to become familiar with the online application before beginning the request process. Once completed, all applications created in CyberGrants are immediately submitted to Youth Service America and cannot be modified. It is recommended that applicants compose grants narratives in a word processing program and then cut and paste that text into the online application.

•  To begin the application process, take the eligibility quiz.

• Once you have taken the quiz, you can return any time to your saved application.

To learn more about developing a semester-long service-learning initiative, download YSA's Semester of Service Strategy Guide.

See the list of past grantees.

To hear the webinar from October 7th please dial the Playback Dial-in Number followed by the Access Code. You can also view the presentation here.
Playback Dial-in Number: 1-702-589-8203 (Pacific)
Playback Access Code: 968366