Youth Service America Explained

Youth Service America (YSA)
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Formation:	1986
Type:	Youth organization
Status:	Non-profit organization
Headquarters:	Washington, DC
Location:	United States
Membership:	Young people ages 5-25
Leader Title:	President & CEO
Leader Name:	Steve Culbertson
Website:	YSA.org

Youth Service America (YSA) is a resource center that partners with many other organizations who are committed to increasing the quantity and quality of volunteer opportunities for people that are currently between 5 and 25 years of age. Their aim is to serve both nationally and internationally.^[1] The purpose of the YSA is to support and promote youth voice, youth service, and service-learning through advocacy and resource sharing activities. Steve Culbertson was appointed to the role of President and CEO in 1996.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Programs

Programs include:

• Technology: YSA.org to support the organization's outreach to partners; and GYSD.org to support Global Youth Service Day;
• Microfinance grants that use a teaching application process to encourage hundreds of high quality, measurable, service-learning projects by young people around the world;
• Government relations to encourage an ongoing Federal and State investment in national service programs such as AmeriCorps;
• Youth Voice initiative to help young people influence adults and contribute to policies and problems that affect them;
• Communications to spread the word to media about young people as assets and resources.

YSA has also been a long-time partner supporting the National Service Learning Conference, co-sponsored by the National Youth Leadership Council.

See also

• One World Youth Project
• Youth service
• National service
• Community service
• National Service Learning Conference
• Service-learning
• Youth activism
• Civic engagement
• List of awards for volunteerism and community service

References

1. http://www.ysa.org/about/aboutus3.cfm About Us
2. September 2015 . Youth Service America Mobilizes Young People . Volunteer Management Report . 20 . 9 . 6 . 10.1002/vmr.30194.
3. 1989-01-01 . The Youth Service America Working Group on Youth Service Policy: Issue Papers .
4. https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/19/21/filipino-student-recognized-by-us-based-organization-for-leading-literacy-program

External links

• Youth Service America website
• Global Youth Service Day website