YSA is now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 Lead Agency program to activate youth volunteers on 9/11 Day of Service & Remembrance (September 11, 2019), MLK Day of Service (January 20, 2020), and Global Youth Service Day (April 17-19, 2020). Funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the Lead Agency program offers youth development organizations, community-based organizations, and schools/school districts grant funding, capacity-building training, and ongoing support to effectively engage young people in meaningful service and civic action activities.

Grantees leading 9/11 Day activation are required to coordinate at least one project focused on veterans or military families, and at grantees leading MLK Day activities are required to coordinate at least one project focused on economic opportunity and financial literacy. All grantees are also required to record and report names of all volunteers for each day of service.

The application deadline is Friday, June 14, and we expect to be able to notify all grantees by mid-July.