| 2010 Youth Advisory Board Service-Learning Projects Congratulations to the newly selected 2010 State Farm Youth Advisory Board grant winners! To learn more about the service-learning projects selected by the YAB, click on one of the funding areas below. For a complete listing of the grants selected, click here. |
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| Drivers' Safety
Traffic crashes are the number one cause of death among children and young adults. In 2008 alone, there were 37,261 driving fatalities in the United States. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that “25 percent of all deaths due to injuries are the result of road traffic injuries”. The leading causes of traffic and traffic-related deaths include impaired driving, improper or lack of seat belt use, speeding, fatigue, and distractions such as music and cell phones. To read more about some past grants that the Youth Advisory Board has funded: :: click here |
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| Access to Higher Education / Closing the Achievement Gap
Every 26 seconds a child drops out of school. You could fill up Wrigley Field or Fenway Park with a capacity crowd each Saturday with the students that have dropped out that week. Research shows that most will never come back to get a diploma. Jobs that require post-secondary education make up more than 2/3 of new jobs. The dropout rate is a silent national crisis that needs to be stopped in its tracks. To read more about some past grants that the Youth Advisory Board has funded: :: click here |
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| Financial Literacy
For the average young adult in North America, opening a checking or savings account, applying for a credit card, or taking out a school loan requires little effort or understanding of the responsibility that they will incur. Past the age of 18, youth navigate a high-risk fiscal environment on a daily basis, yet are equipped with inadequate skills and knowledge to make the financial decisions that will affect them for decades. The roots of financial illiteracy run deeper than easy access to credit cards, beginning instead at an early age within the home. Less than a third of all parents express confidence in their abilities to discuss basic financial skills with their children and practices like insufficient retirement savings and the average debt load of $8,565.27 carried by households set poor examples for youth. Few schools address financial education content as part of a required curriculum. To read more about some past grants that the Youth Advisory Board has funded: :: click here |
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| Natural & Societal Disaster Preparedness
Disaster preparedness encompasses school shootings such as at Columbine and Virginia Tech, hurricanes such as Katrina and Rita, and increasing nutritional imbalances. As these diverse yet equally exigent disasters unfold, the State Farm Youth Advisory Board has come to realize that disaster preparedness encompasses a broad variety of challenges and threats, from natural disasters to public health and safety issues like nutritional imbalances, physical exercise, bullying, physical & substance abuse, psychological disorders & suicide, sexually transmitted diseases and diversity & acceptance. To read more about some past grants that the Youth Advisory Board has funded: :: click here |
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| Environmental Responsibility
Over the past decades, nations, corporations, and populations have started to recognize that in order to maintain our quality of life, we must take care of the planet that sustains it. State Farm’s Environmental Responsibility issue area is dedicated to addressing this ever-growing ecological concern. Environmental Responsibility is an expansive topic with unlimited opportunity because all environmental matters are ultimately interconnected. From global climate change and environmental education to wildlife conservation and land preservation, this issue area seeks to fund projects that improve environmentally responsible behavior in local communities across the United States and Canada. To read more about some past grants that the Youth Advisory Board has funded: :: click here |
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| Full List of 2010 Youth Advisory Board Grant Winners
The State Farm Youth Advisory Board received 1,192 requests for funding this year. Over the course of four months, the board went through a rigorous review process and chose 82 high quality service-learning grants. For more information about any of these grants, please click on its respective funding area above. For more information on what the board looks for in high quality service-learning grants, please download our supplemental grant information at the bottom of this page. Thank you and please continue to check www.statefarmyab.com for more information and opportunities with the YAB. Access to Higher Education / Closing the Achievement Gap School Success: Students Supporting Students Network Active Citizenship Project Approaching diversity issues using a service learning cascade The Dream Project, University of Washington The Concordia University Leadership, Empowerment, and Development Success (LEADS) Program State Farm & Mercer County Community College Presents Discovering Options- Trenton Area College Club The North Star Collaborative Youth Education Leadership Program National Service-Learning Leadership Program CSI - Cyber Security Initiative Blank Canvas The Penny Harvest program will sponsor the 'Full Pantry Project' during the 2009/2010 school year. The Academic Legacy Initiative A Greener Day Auburn University Outreach/Loachapoka High School College Preparatory Program Providing Education, Encouraging Restored Students (PEERS) Project Pathways Project GEM--Galesburg Enrichment Mentoring Speaking Out: Youth Voices through Video East Austin College Prep Academy - Breaking Barriers Through Success Books & Beyond Driver Safety Street Smarts Ready 4 The Road/Click4Life Generation tXt: Keep your eyes on the Road! The TMRW :-) Project Environmental Responsibility Sprouting Out in Avondale Program Fondy High Prairie Restoration What's Good for the Garbage Dump is Good for Our Children! Leading Green Bringing Botany Alive: Biodiversity in an Urban Setting Energy Matters Bag It Better! Student-Led Sustainable Energy Program and Outdoor Sustainable Research Laboratory Nature Scene Investigators (NSI) Community Environmental Education Our Food, Our Environment, Our Future Concordia Preserve Study Kentwood Cares for Kent Things Green Learning Center Thomas Bell Foster Park Project Pond: An Outdoor Learning Laboratory Environmental Action through Youth Service The 'Good Neighbor' House Frontier Academy's Operation: Green Roof Reduce the Juice Waterloo 2010 Fruits of Our Labor, Like a Good Neighbor LHS Goes Green Initiative Back to Nature Green and Clean on the Hilltop Berkeley Springs High School Greenhouse Renovation Green Aid Rain Drops Keep Falling in the Recycling Bin Key West High School's Alternative Energy Center W.A.T.E.R. - Woodstock Always Takes Environmental Responsibility Midwest Water Conservation Project: Development and Marketing of Rain Barrels Working to Reuse Teeland Middle School River Rangers Financial Education Building Teen Financial Literacy: A Peer-Directed Approach Earn and Learn: An Economic and Civic Literacy Service-Learning Partnership Social Entrepreneurship & The JA Company Program: Learning Essential Financial Education Skills Sharing OurSelves (SOS) for America's Future Financial Connects Financial Empowerment Academy The Financial Literacy for All Initiative Women on the Horizon Youth Co-Op Financial Literacy Project JA Programs: Youth Empowering Youth Pathway Out Of Poverty White House Hydroponic Garden The Chambersburg Area Senior High School Student Bank Financial SIM Project Natural and Societal Disaster Preparedness Franklin Field Youth Leadership Project Youth Leadership Drug Intervention Group (DIG) 'Move It!' Youth Diversity Initiative SMARTT Kidz Bite Back Heart of Texas Service Learning - TEEN Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Raise Your Voice Hogan's Harvest Advocating Change Together Project Hippodrome Improvisational Teen Theatre (HITT) The Equality Project |
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| Learn More!
The Youth Advisory Board hopes that applying for this grant is an educational experience that helps bring youth and adults together to solve . We encourage you to learn more about the issue areas that we fund and think about the impact they may have in your local community. A great place to start is by reading our supplemental grant information, which you can find below. :: click here |
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