With the generous support of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, YSA will award after-school grants of up to US$ 500 each to support youth-led service or service learning in after-school programmes.

The scholarships are offered on a competitive application basis and are open to any after-school programme that meets the following requirements:

All activities must put the health and safety of students first, following the COVID-related guidelines of the federal, state and local governments;
Beneficiaries will engage at least 50 young people as volunteers in service projects or service learning between December 2020 and May/June 2021;
Beneficiaries agree to submit an online impact report by 30 June 2021;
Preference will be given to programmes that involve a large percentage of young people from disadvantaged communities;
Applicants should focus on engaging young people in middle and high school;
Applicants can work locally, regionally or statewide. After-school coalitions are encouraged to apply and may be eligible for multiple grants;
Candidates must be based in the United States; AND
Activities can take place any time between mid-December and the end of the 2020-2021 school year. We will provide additional planning resources to beneficiaries of the MLK Day of Service (18 January 2021) and/or Global Youth Service Day (23-25 April 2021); participation in both days is optional.
For assistance in preparing your application, review the YSA Youth Tools Programme and other free planning tools in the YSA Knowledge Centre. For project ideas, visit the YSA Ideas Centre.

See the scoring rubric we will use to review grant applications.

Applications will be accepted until Friday 4th December at 11.59pm local time. Contact Karen Daniel, vice-president of programmes, with application questions at kdaniel@ysa.org.

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