Carter Academic Service Entrepreneur (CASE)
Louisiana Campus Compact is a host of the Carter Academic Service Entrepreneur Grant program which is administered by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation. The CASE initiative seeks to foster academic-service learning at American colleges and universities and is a student-led initiative. For 2007-2008, Louisiana Campus Compact will present a $1,000 CASE grant with funds from the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation. In addition to the initial award, Louisiana Campus Compact is offering one additional award of $500 each to allow students to partner with a non-profit organization, making the total amount of grant funds available under this application $1500.
Learn and Serve Higher Education
Louisiana Campus Compact administers its Learn and Serve program in conjunction with Kentucky Campus Compact. Learn and Serve Higher Education supports and encourages service-learning throughout the United States, and enables over one million students to make meaningful contributions to their community while building their academic and civic skills. By engaging our nation's young people in service-learning, Learn and Serve America instills an ethic of lifelong community service. Current Learn and Serve Higher Education programs administered by Louisiana Campus Compact are programs at Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, and River Parishes Community College.
Ready Campus, a partnership that began among Pennsylvania's colleges and universities and their neighboring communities, is designed to strengthen preparation for and response to regional or national emergencies. The Ready Campus model is being implemented in Louisiana through a partnership with College Misericordia in order to assist campuses in responding to regional and national emergencies through the use of campus facilities, training campus volunteers and providing college students with service learning opportunities to prepare them to be crisis-ready civic leaders of the future. Louisiana Campus Compact’s current Ready Campus project is funded by the Louisiana Board of Regents.
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
Louisiana Campus Compact AmeriCorp VISTA project has been developed to address issues related to poverty statewide. Under this initiative, Louisiana Campus Compact member institutions host VISTAs who will develop projects that will focus on one of three areas of service including Service Leaders, Youth Outreach, Campus and Community Collaboration. LaCC AmeriCorp VISTA members have demonstrated interest and experience in college or community service and/or service learning and are committed to local campus projects that provide an impact on communities. VISTAs work through an advisory council to develop local campus projects that are forge partnerships with the community.
