Funding for Security Planning Efforts
with the Students!!
I was pleased to see this news piece. To all of my colleagues
working in the schools with disaster/crisis training projects,
here is another approach to planning and implementing those emergency
plans--working with the students.
It provides funding to the schools to develop with students,
in all grade levels, a service-learning oriented program for
the planning and execution of homeland security concerns.
Please apply for some of these funds and let me know what great
plans you develop as a result of this unique program.
Anne Warren
“Funding for Organizations to Engage Students
in Homeland Security Projects
The Corporation for National and
Community Service, the nation's volunteer agency, announced the
availability of "Learn
and Serve America" (LSA) school-based funds to support organizations
that are addressing homeland security concerns through actively
working with students (ages 5-17) in service-learning activities
related to school- based crisis planning in their schools and
communities. The intent of these funds is to tap into America's
youth as an important resource for local schools and communities
planning for and responding to health, safety, and security concerns.
The Corporation has worked with FEMA and the American Red Cross
in the past to respond to federally declared disasters. Funding
will be awarded for projects that support and promote public
safety, public health, and preparedness for any emergency, natural
or human-made.
The Corporation expects providing students
with the opportunity to help plan, organize, and implement
services (instead of being solely the recipients of community/school
crisis planning) will both empower youth to become more civically
engaged around these issues and provide relief to school-aged
children dealing with the anxiety, stress, and fear that may
be associated with disaster planning and response.
Project
applications are due March 9, 2004. Complete information including
application guidelines, eligibility, budget requirements, and
an overview of LSA is available from the Corporation for National
and Community Service Headquarters, 1201 New York Avenue, NW,
Washington, D.C. 20525; (202) 606-5000;
e-mail: webmaster@cns.gov
http://www.nationalservice.org/whatshot/notices.html .”
