NYLC: About the National Youth Leadership Council

Institute for Global Education and Service-Learning

www.igesl.org

Provides training and technical assistance to schools, community organizations, and national service programs. IGESL operates the Atlantic Regional Center of the National Service-Learning Exchange.

Youth Service California

www.yscal.org

Provides programs, resources, and support for service-learning and youth service in California. YSCal operates the Pacific Regional Center of the National Service-Learning Exchange.

National Dropout Prevention Center

www.dropoutprevention.org

Reshaping school and community environments to meet the needs of at-risk youths and ensure that these students receive the quality education and services necessary to succeed academically and graduate from high school. NDPC operates the Southern Regional Center of the National Service-Learning Exchange.

Youth Service America

www.ysa.org

A resource center that partners with thousands of organizations to increase the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people in America. YSA sponsors National Youth Service Day and Global Youth Service Day.

University of Wisconsin — River Falls

www.uwrf.edu/outreach

NYLC's partner in the Graduate Certificate in Service-Learning program.

John Glenn Institute

www.glenninstitute.org

Named for the former senator, the Institute engages students in public service and creates and disseminates high-quality policy research.

SEANet

www.seanetonline.org

A national network of state education agency designees, SEANet provides leadership for statewide kindergarten through 12th grade school-based service-learning initiatives.

American Youth Policy Forum

www.aypf.org

Provides policymakers with information and experiences to develop effective youth education, training, and transition-to-employment systems.

National Service-Learning Partnership

www.service-learningpartnership.org

A national leadership organization dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core element of the educational experience of every elementary, middle, and secondary school student in the United States.

Education Commission of the States

www.ecs.org

Creates unique opportunities to build partnerships, share information, and promote the development of education policy based on available research and strategies.

RMC Research Corporation

www.rmcdenver.com

A research organization working with the agencies, institutions, schools, foundations, and corporations whose missions involve learning in its most sweeping definition. RMC conducts program evaluations that assist educators and program-service providers as they take stock of their work and make improvements.

America's Promise Alliance

http://15in5.americaspromise.org

Advocates for children and engaging in a few powerful initiatives, America's Promise uses the strength of its partnership network to more effectively and strategically bring the power of the Five Promises to America’s children — enabling them to have the resources they need to lead happier, healthier, and productive lives and build a stronger society. America’s Promise Alliance has recently launched the 15 in 5 Campaign Network, an online resource to engage, support, and recognize individuals and organizations working to help young people succeed.

FrontRange Earth Force

www.earthforce.org/section/offices/frontrange

Earth Force engages young people as active citizens who improve the environment and their communities now and in the future.

ServiceNation

http://bethechangeinc.org/servicenation

ServiceNation is a campaign for a new America. To begin this journey, ServiceNation will unite leaders from every sector of American society with hundreds of thousands of citizens in a national campaign to call on the next President and Congress to enact a new era of service and citizenship in America. This campaign will launch with a ServiceNation Summit, Sept. 11-12 in New York City, and build with a national grassroots movement aimed at inspiring public support for a new National Service Act that will encourage all Americans to take the lead in bridging divides, strengthening communities, and building a more vibrant democracy.