The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) supports mentoring for children and youth from disadvantaged circumstances through several of their programs. CNCS believes that caring and capable adults can make a critical difference in the lives of children and youth in need. Mentoring is a proven method to ensure students complete…

If full-time service experience is important to the maturation of young people, then federal support for service learning is imperative, because most young people require financial support to underwrite their service. Experiences with the Peace Corps, ACTION, VISTA, and especially University Year for ACTION (UYA) are described. (Editor/LBH)

With passage of the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993, national service volunteers will be joining forces with community-based organizations to work with underserved populations, creating many challenges. The community agency perspective on some anticipated challenges, possible responses, and application of principles of good…