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Service-learning & Education

Supporting service-learning programs through funding and training.

A national initiative to make service-learning a common experience for students across the nation.

Massachusetts DOE Health, Safety and Student Support Services

Massachusetts public education's efforts to provide every child with the values, knowledge, and skills needed to achieve full potential in his or her personal and work life and to contribute actively to the civic and economic life of our diverse and changing democratic society.

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse

A clearinghouse of information regarding all dimensions of service-learning.

National Service-Learning Exchange

One-on-one service-learning assistance.

National Service-Learning Partnership

A national leadership organization dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core element of the educational experience of every elementary, middle, and secondary school student in the United States.

SEANet

A national network of state education agency designees, SEANet provides leadership for statewide kindergarten through 12th grade school-based service-learning initiatives.

U.S. Department of Education

Ensuring equal access to education and promoting educational excellence for all Americans. This site also provides information on presidential initiatives, including No Child Left Behind.

Service & Volunteerism

Points of Light Foundation

Resources to engage people in volunteer community service that helps solve serious social problems.

SERVENet

A service and volunteering website that matches users with local organizations in need of help.

USA Freedom Corps

Home of Citizen Corps, AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and the Peace Corps.

Youth Service America

A resource center that partners with thousands of organizations to increase the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people in America. YSA sponsors National Youth Service Day and Global Youth Service Day.

Youth Development & Leadership

America's Promise Alliance

Advocates for children and engaging in a few powerful initiatives, America's Promise uses the strength of its partnership network to more effectively and strategically bring the power of the Five Promises to America’s children — enabling them to have the resources they need to lead happier, healthier, and productive lives and build a stronger society. America’s Promise Alliance has recently launched the 15 in 5 Campaign Network, an online resource to engage, support, and recognize individuals and organizations working to help young people succeed.

At The Table Initiative

A project of the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development, this site provides tools for youth governance.

Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development

Seeks, tests, and promotes innovative concepts and practices, and provides cutting edge tools for youth workers.

Leadership Online

A project of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, whose leadership development efforts are
based on the accumulation of nearly 70 years of experience.

National Youth Development Information Center

An online information system focused on youth development.

Search Institute

Conducting research and producing publications that assist communities in building youth assets.

Youth on Board

Working toward a world where young people are fully respected and treated as valued and active members of their families, communities, and societies.

Public policy

American Youth Policy Forum

Provides policymakers with information and experiences to develop effective youth education, training, and transition-to-employment systems.

Food Systems Professions Educations

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation program to impact university-based food systems education and foster institutional change at land-grant universities.

International

Global Youth Service Day

Millions of young people around the world carry out thousands of community improvement projects.

International Youth Foundation

Strengthening programs that are making a positive and lasting difference in young lives.

Peace Corps World Wise Schools

An innovative educational program that broadens perspectives, promotes cultural awareness, and encourages service.

TeachUNICEF.org

Online resources to help teachers engage students as active global citizens in learning about UNICEF's efforts worldwide.

The International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership

Initiates, designs, and administers service-learning programs through undergraduate and graduate programs around the globe.

HIV & AIDS

Advocates for Youth

Champions efforts to help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health.

Go Ask Alice!

The health question and answer Internet service produced by Alice!, Columbia University's Health Education Program — a division of Health Services at Columbia.

Kaiser Family Foundation

A nonprofit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation.

loveLife

South Africas national HIV prevention campaign for youths works to reduce the HIV infection rate and establish a new model for effective youth-targeted HIV prevention.

MTVs Staying Alive Campaign

Promotes awareness about and prevention of HIV/AIDS among international youths.

SIECUS

The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States is dedicated to assuring access to information about sexuality for all people.

Straight Talk Foundation

This Ugandan organization increases understanding of adolescence, sexuality, and reproductive health, and uses communications projects to promotes safer-sex practices.

UNICEF

The United Nations Childrens Fund supports young people in the fight against AIDS by helping them make healthy and informed choices.