UCAN
Serve members may serve at any nonprofit,
faith-based, municipal, and governmental
organization for their term of service.
Service sites can focus on a range of issues,
including human needs, education, social services,
public health and safety, animal welfare, arts and
culture, and environmental conservation, among many
others. Check below for resources in each
service category.
Members
may not serve in for-profit agencies as part of
their term of service.
Public
Health & Safety:
All
nonprofit, faith-based, municipal, and governmental
public health and safety organizations are
appropriate service sites for UCAN Serve members.
For a listing of nonprofit healthcare sites in
Colorado please visit:
www.healthfacilities.info
Education:
In order
to qualify as an appropriate site placement for the
UCAN Serve program, a K-12 public school must meet
at least one of the following categories.
These categories and academic areas have been
identified both nationally and regionally as areas
of critical teacher shortages for K-12 schools.
-
Title I status
-
Free and Reduced
Lunch percentages
(greater than or
equal to 50%)
-
Student mobility
percentages
(greater than or
equal to 40%)
-
Minority student
percentages
(greater than or
equal to 50%)
-
CSAP or UT, AZ, NM state
assessments
(low or
unsatisfactory rating)
-
Student drop-out
rates (greater than 5%)
Members
may also qualify separately from the site placement
if they are focusing their service in at least one of the following specific academic areas:
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Special Education
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ESL/Bilingual Education
-
Math & Science Education
School-based information can be obtained through
individual schools or through State Department of
Education websites:
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