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Community Service Hours for Caregiving Youth

About AACY Caregiving Youth Community Service Hours

If you live in the United States, regularly provide care for someone in your home or close by who has a chronic illness or disability, you are in high school (grades 9-12), and you are at least 13 years old, we can help you get the recognition you deserve for your important work at home through American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) Community Service Hour Credits.

Sometimes schools require you to tell them how many hours you volunteered to graduate from high school or even to receive extra credit points in class. But if you’re a Caregiving Youth, you might not have time to volunteer or participate in out-of-school activities. AACY created this recognition program to help fulfill your community service requirements through life experience. Caregiving Youth Community Service Hour Credits can also help your resume look better for college or job applications!

To receive the AACY Community Service Hours Certificate, you need to follow these simple steps:

1. Answer the questions below
2. When you are finished, click submit, and your information will be e-mailed to the American Association of Caregiving Youth.
3. An AACY team member will review your application, and we might reach out for clarification or assistance with the form.
4. If eligible, you will then receive an official award certificate to bring to your school for your school record documentation.
5. Each questionnaire is individually evaluated and is completely confidential.
6. There is no cost to you for this award recognition.
7. You will receive your award within ten days.
8. Your information will not be shared. Our privacy policy is located here.

AACY Caregiving Youth Service Hour Application Form
Please fill out the information below and hit submit when done.
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INDICATES REQUIRED FIELD I CONFIRM THAT I AM 13 YEARS OLD OR OLDER (PLEASE CHECK BOX TO CONFIRM)
I HAVE TALKED TO MY PARENT OR GUARDIAN ABOUT FILLING OUT THIS FORM (PLEASE CHECK BOX TO CONFIRM)
I AM A PARENT OR GUARDIAN PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT MY CHILD (PLEASE CHECK BOX IF YOU ARE A PARENT OR GUARDIAN FILLING OUT THIS FORM FOR YOUR CHILD)
Please select your age from the dropdown menu
Please let us know what grade you are currently in from the dropdown menu
Please enter the full name of your school
ADDRESS OF YOUR SCHOOL
Please enter the address of your school
We typically award Community Service Hours for up to six months at a time. This means that kids who engaged in caregiving activities for six months or less can receive a certain number of Community Service Hours from AACY, depending on the amount of time they spent caregiving. Please indicate the time period for which you are applying. If you are no longer a caregiver, you can still receive hours for the time you were! Just put the estimated dates/time period you were/are a caregiver in the text box above.
Please tell us who you help care for.
Please check the box(es) that matches who you help.
"I help my family member with" - Please check all that apply
How often do you help on SCHOOL DAYS?
Check all that apply to you as a result of your caregiving duties:
How much do you help on NON SCHOOL DAYS/WEEKENDS?
We would love for you to share your story with us. What do you want us to know about your situation and the person(s) you care for? How do you feel about caregiving? How do you think it has helped you in life and how do you think it's challenged you?
Name
A contact phone number is needed if we have any questions related to the above information. We will never contact you for any purposes other than clarifying details on this form to get you the recognition through Community Service Hours you deserve. If we need clarification - an AACY Employee/Team member will reach out personally.

We applaud you for your important and often unseen work as a Caregiving Youth. We hope the Community Service Hours Certificate will serve as recognition of your valuable contributions to your family and community. You deserve the best in school and life.

American Association of Caregiving Youth Community Service Hour Program | Advocated & Introduced by KidsAreCaregiversToo