Stories from September 24, 2009 in the National Service Briefing

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and mayors from 16 cities across the country came together September 10 to launch Cities of Service, a bipartisan coalition of mayors representing more than 20 million Americans, who will work together to engage millions more volunteers in service. The founding mayors met for a half-day summit at Gracie Mansion where they signed a Declaration of Service, a commitment to finding new ways to tap the power of volunteers to address each city's most pressing challenges.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is seeking Peer Reviewers and Facilitators to assist in the review of its competitive grant applications. CNCS seeks a diverse group of people with expertise in a variety of areas who can assess the quality of grant applications. Reviewers are practitioners, educators, administrators/managers, analysts, researchers, evaluators, or volunteers.

Think outside the box with the Service Learning Trainer's Toolkit -- a compilation of activities, tools, and research created by and for youth and adult trainers from across the country. Based in the K-12 Service Learning Standards for Quality Practice, the Trainer's Toolkit will enable adults and youth with service learning experience to train others in their schools and community. This great new resource from the Institute for Global Education & Service Learning is Earth friendly - you print only the resources you need!

1. Immigrant Youth Less Likely to Volunteer
2. 2009 Civic Index Report Finds Civic Engagement Under Stress in the Recession
3. Civic Engagement and Educational Progress In Young Adulthood
4. New CIRCLE Working Paper on K-12 Civic Education

Subject to the availability of appropriations for fiscal year 2010, the Corporation announces the anticipated availability of approximately $363 million to award new, re-competing, and continuation AmeriCorps State and National grants. The grant categories are: State Commission and National Competitive including Professional Corps and Fixed-Amount Grants; State and National EAP; States and Territories without Commissions; and Indian Tribes.

Donald J. Eberly, founder and honorary president of the International Association for Youth Service, is the recipient of the 2010 William James National Service Lifetime Achievement Award. Given by theNational Youth Leadership Council in conjunction with numerous national and international partners, the award recognizes significant lifetime contributions to national service and service-learning. Eberly will receive the award at a ceremony on March, 26, 2010, at the National Service-Learning Conference in San Jose, CA.