Living to Serve Program Grants & Awards
Rural Youth Development
Living to Serve, Developing a Habit of the Heart, is a federally funded program focused on rural communities to develop, implement and evaluate community-based service-learning projects that meet an identified community need. Projects must utilize the skills agriculture students are learning in the classroom to meet those needs.
United We Serve
First Lady Michelle Obama calls on you to serve.
Community Walk
An interactive map highlighting Living to Serve communities and service-learning projects.
Lesson Plans
Go to Team Ag Ed Learning Center's Teaching Resources for Living to Serve lesson plans.
Grant Opportunites
Chapter Grants
Do you live in a rural area with 10,000 or fewer community members and wish to apply for funding up to $3,000 to support a service-learning project?
Download the Living to Serve Chapter Grant Application.
State Grants
Does your state have more than four rural FFA chapters who wish to apply for funding of at least $3,000? If so, contact your state association for more details.
Additional Funding
For additional service-learning funding opportunities, visit Youth Service America and click on Awards and Grants.
The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is an agency of the USDA. Its mission is to advance knowledge for agriculture (and other areas) by supporting research, education and extension programs in the Land-Grant University system and other partner organizations including nonprofit associations. Some of the above programs are administered through CSREES.