About Us

Learn and Serve Colorado is a federal grant awarded through the Corporation for National and Community Service and run through the Colorado Department of Education. Learn and Serve Colorado focuses on K-12 school-based programming in service-learning.

For the 2009-2012 grant cycle, Learn and Serve Colorado will focus on the following goals:

To expand high-quality service-learning into more K-12 schools, particularly those with large numbers of youth in disadvantaged circumstances, as a strategy to improve retention and graduation through increased civic and academic engagement
To engage young people in service-learning activities that directly address community needs in order to build healthier communities, specifically through a focus on poverty and health issues

For technical assistance regarding this website please contact gumina_p@cde.state.co.us