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The Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act (H.R. 1388) of 2009 included new authority for a Summer of Service program. The Corporation for National and Community Service is authorized to establish or implement Summer of Service programs (giving priority to programs that enroll youth who will be enrolled in any of grades 6 through 9 at the end of the summer concerned) during the summer months (including recruiting, training, and placing service-learning coordinators). Programs will engage youth in community-based service-learning projects that shall:
- meet unmet human, educational, environmental (including energy conservation and stewardship), and emergency and disaster preparedness and other public safety needs;
- be intensive, structured, supervised, and designed to produce identifiable improvements to the community;
- that may include the extension of academic year service-learning programs into the summer months; and
- under which a student who completes 100 hours of service shall be eligible for a summer of service educational award of $500 or $750.
NSLC Library Items
- Summer of Service: Cultivating an American Rite of Passage (2009), Jon Schmidt, Jean Manney, Emily Samose, and DD Gass (PDF)
- Summer of Service: A New American Rite of Passage? (2008), Shirley Sagawa (PDF)
- Engaging At-Risk Students Socially and Educationally During a Time of Critical Transition From Elementary to Junior High: a Case Study of a Summer Service-Learning Intervention Program (2001), Cynthia Leffler White
- Making an Impact on Out-of-School Time: A Guide for Corporation for National Service Programs Engaged in After-School, Summer, and Weekend Activities for Young People (2000) (PDF)
Related Websites
- Summer of Service Legislation (Innovations in Civic Participation)
- Summer of Service Initiative (Corporation for National and Community Service)
- Summer of Service Resource Center (Innovations in Civic Participation)
