For Community Partners

As a community agency, you have a wonderful opportunity to share your knowledge, skills, and experiences with a Family Studies and Human Development student who may soon be a colleague in your field. Not only do students gain valuable skills, but they also provide important service to your agency and your clients. For a more detailed description of the Service Learning Internship and Service Learning Practicum programs, please read more in the student section of our website.

In order to place students in the most appropriate sites for their skills and learning goals, students and agencies are asked to make application to the program. The information you submit will be evaluated for educational merit, and then posted on the ICYF website for student use. Your agency posting can be updated at any time per your request. To read other agency postings, please go to the Find an Agency section of our website.

We are looking for community partners who:

1. are a non-profit or public agency serving community needs.
   
2. are located in Tucson or in close proximity.
   
3. are interested in promoting students' academic learning, volunteerism, and civic engagement.
   
4. provide volunteer positions that foster learning objectives.
   
5. incorporate risk management procedures for injury prevention and liability reduction.
   
6. accept volunteers for one semester (15 weeks), with the possibility of continuation beyond the semester.
   
7. have a responsible contact person who will
   
   • respond quickly to student inquiries
     
   • let students know quickly whether they are accepted
     
   • place students in positions matching educational objectives
     
   • ensure that students are oriented, trained, and supervised
     
   • communicate with students and ICYF Service Learning Coordinator about problems and successes

If you meet these criteria, sign up to be a community partner by completing the application and sending it to the ICYF Service Learning Coordinator.

Becoming a Community Partner

If these do not work for you, please contact the Service Learning Coordinator to have the application faxed or mailed.