Youth Service America
| File:Youth Service America logo.png Logo of YSA | |
| Formation | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Type | Youth organization |
| Legal status | Non-profit organization |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC |
| Location | |
Membership | Young people ages 5-25 |
President & CEO | Steve Culbertson |
| Website | YSA.org |
Youth Service America (YSA) is a resource center that partners with many other organizations who are committed to increasing the quantity and quality of volunteer opportunities for people that are currently between 5 and 25 years of age. Their aim is to serve both nationally and internationally.[1] The purpose of the YSA is to support and promote youth voice, youth service, and service-learning through advocacy and resource sharing activities. Steve Culbertson was appointed to the role of President and CEO in 1996.
Programs[edit]
Programs include:
- Technology: YSA.org to support the organization's outreach to partners; and GYSD.org to support Global Youth Service Day;
- Microfinance grants that use a teaching application process to encourage hundreds of high quality, measurable, service-learning projects by young people around the world;
- Government relations to encourage an ongoing Federal and State investment in national service programs such as AmeriCorps;
- Youth Voice initiative to help young people influence adults and contribute to policies and problems that affect them;
- Communications to spread the word to media about young people as assets and resources.
YSA has also been a long-time partner supporting the National Service Learning Conference, co-sponsored by the National Youth Leadership Council.
See also[edit]
- One World Youth Project
- Youth service
- National service
- Community service
- National Service Learning Conference
- Service-learning
- Youth activism
- Civic engagement
- List of awards for volunteerism and community service
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Youth Service America website
- Global Youth Service Day website
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