The goal for the Youth Engagement Zone initiative is to improve student engagement, including student attendance and behavior, and student achievement, graduate rates and college-going rates by:
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1. Engaging youth as positive contributors through service-learning to demonstrate the relevance of academic coursework and the value of civic engagement to their educational and personal development; and
2. Connecting with citizens from diverse communities, backgrounds and perspectives to provide expanded opportunities to serve; and
3. Building enduring capacity within communities to become more effective at using service as a solution to address pressing challenges.
Eligible includes partnerships that must include:
1. one or more community-based entities with demonstrated records of success in service-learning programs with economically disadvantaged students,
2. a local educational agency serving a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (a free and reduced-price lunch eligibility rate of 70% or more) and where the graduation rate is less than 70%;
3. a community college with existing connections to the LEA and/or youth serving organizations; and
4. a geographic area where less than 30% of the secondary students are already engaged in service-learning. Approximately $5.4 million for an estimated 4 to 12 grant awards that will range from approximately $300,000 to $450,000 per year for up to three years.
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