Learn and Serve America
Encyclopedia
Learn and Serve America (LSA) is a United States government program under the authority of the Corporation For National and Community Service
. Its mission is to provide opportunities for students nation-wide to participate in service learning projects, and to gain valuable experience while helping communities. It sponsors the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
and higher education
institutions, as well as community organization
s, upon request, in the form of grants
. Of the money earmarked for grants, approximately half is distributed on an as-needed basis, while the other half is divided among organizations that requested funding. The rest of the LSA budget goes towards programs run directly by Learn and Serve America, which include the Presidential Freedom Scholarships.
Corporation For National and Community Service
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in service through Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America, and other national service initiatives...
. Its mission is to provide opportunities for students nation-wide to participate in service learning projects, and to gain valuable experience while helping communities. It sponsors the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
Programs
Learn and Serve America's budget is primarily distributed to K-12K-12
K–12 is a designation for the sum of primary and secondary education. It is used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand where P–12 is also commonly used...
and higher education
Higher education
Higher, post-secondary, tertiary, or third level education refers to the stage of learning that occurs at universities, academies, colleges, seminaries, and institutes of technology...
institutions, as well as community organization
Community organization
Community organizations are civil society non-profits that operate within a single local community. They are essentially a subset of the wider group of nonprofits. Like other nonprofits they are often run on a voluntary basis and are self funded...
s, upon request, in the form of grants
Grant (money)
Grants are funds disbursed by one party , often a Government Department, Corporation, Foundation or Trust, to a recipient, often a nonprofit entity, educational institution, business or an individual. In order to receive a grant, some form of "Grant Writing" often referred to as either a proposal...
. Of the money earmarked for grants, approximately half is distributed on an as-needed basis, while the other half is divided among organizations that requested funding. The rest of the LSA budget goes towards programs run directly by Learn and Serve America, which include the Presidential Freedom Scholarships.