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Learn and Serve
America
Y.O.D.A.
(Youth Organized for Disaster Action)
 One of our country’s most valuable resources is its youth!
Y.O.D.A.-Youth Organized for Disaster Action,
is a service-learning program that helps young
people prepare their families, schools, and
communities for unexpected emergencies and
disasters. Y.O.D.A. began as a project of the
Institute for Global Education and Service Learning
in collaboration with the New Jersey Commission for
National & Community Service, National Dropout
Prevention Center and PennSERVE: The Governor’s
Office for Citizen Service. Support for Y.O.D.A.
comes from a Learn & Serve Grant from the
Corporation for National and Community Service.
Y.O.D.A. addresses community
safety concerns by engaging students in
service-learning activities in their schools and
communities. YODA provides students with a
structured learning experience that allows them to
enhance academic achievement, develop
workplace-readiness skills, demonstrate active
citizenship, and give back to their communities
through service-learning while planning to respond
to health, safety, and security concerns in their
schools or communities, including
natural disasters,
school violence,
medical emergencies, or
acts of terrorism.
To learn how to apply for a Y.O.D.A.
Training Grant!
The Y.O.D.A. program began in twenty schools in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey during the 2004-2005
school year. The YODA program has grown to include
sixteen additional schools in the states of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina,
Georgia, and Alabama. These schools represent urban,
suburban, and rural communities and involve a
variety of students from grades one through twelve.
Students and community members benefit from the
Service Learning projects that focus on safety and
preparedness needs of the school and community.
To see samples examples of Y.O.D.A curriculum connections select a
link below:
Disaster Preparedness Kits Health & Safety Fair Bio Attack Drill
The Y.O.D.A. program
has gown to include 16 additional schools in the
states of PA, NJ, NY, GA, SC, and AL.
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