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This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 54 pages. Original publisher: Washington : U. S. G. P. O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. G. P. O. , 2008. LC Number: KF27 . E3396 2007b OCLC Number: (OCoLC)191734865 Subject: National service -- United States. Excerpt: . . . 11 with creating the Corporation for National and Community Service and AmeriCorps. At the Corporation for National Service, I was the first director of Learn and Serve America. I applaud the chair and the members of the subcommittee for putting Renewing the Spirit of National and Community Service so high on your agenda. The issue is critically important - for all Americans, but especially for young people, whose skills and habits as life-long active citizens are being formed. Context for new ideas for service Before speaking about one specific proposal for Renewing the Spirit of National Service that ICP has developed - Summer of Service - I would like to provide some context for the value of scaling up the next generation of service programs: 1. First, there should be a continuum of service that begins in elementary school and continues through ones work life and retirement. The commitment to serve ones community is learned, not inherited. To be an effective citizen, one needs to practice being a citizen. It is not something one can learn entirely from a textbook. So people from all backgrounds, young and old, need opportunities to practice being active and engaged citizens. 2. Second, service is strategy to meet critical national needs. Service gets things done. Every policymaker should ask how service can address unmet needs and build it into a public policy strategy. Service isnt nice, its necessary. We all benefit from full-time, stipended service, which improves education, the environment, public safe-ty and the delivery of human services. 3. Third, service is a strategy for engaging young people in productive, skill-build-ing activities. It prevents risky behavior, re-engages at-risk youth, and provides a way for young people to . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.

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United States Congressional House, Alfonso De Castro, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books LLC.