The following resources may be useful tools for creating and developing service-learning projects.

Learn and Serve America's National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
http://www.servicelearning.org
A comprehensive resource on service-learning.

http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/he_facts/he_ops/expanded.php
Developing service-learning scholarship.

Campus Compact
http://www.compact.org
Promotes service learning, community service, and civic engagement in higher education. Campus Compact is a national coalition—nearly 1,200 college and university presidents are involved.

Corporation for National and Community Service
http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/node/17261
Information on developing service-learning projects and community partnerships.

The Midwest Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher Education
http://themidwestconsortium.googlepages.com
Made up of 26 member universities in the Midwest, the consortium supports the efforts of higher education institutions in strengthening their academic and cocurricular programs through service learning in their institutions, communities, states, and nation.

Academic Journals
The following academic journals publish articles on community engagement and service learning.

Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning
http://www.umich.edu/~mjcsl
Peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes articles on research, theory, pedagogy, etc.

The International Journal for Service-Learning in Engineering
http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/ijsle/index
A forum for circulating the results of undergraduate and graduate engineering students' service-learning efforts and lessons learned.

Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
http://www.jces.ua.edu/index.html
The University of Alabama recently launched this journal to provide a venue where academic activities can report on the integration of service learning, teaching, research, outreach, and community engagement.

Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement
http://www.uga.edu/ihe/jheoe/about.html
The University of Georgia produces an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal in the Institute of Higher Education. The journal strives to advance knowledge and theory about the social roles, civic missions, and contributions of academic institutions.

If you are leading a service-learning project related to children and their families and would like it listed on the Child and Family Policy Initiative Web site or would like assistance in developing a service-learning project related to children and their families, please e-mail Rachel Hagues at hagues@cviog.uga.edu.