YouthServe is a AmeriCorps Program composed of 15 people who commit a year of their lives in service to at-risk youth in the Franklin and Hampshire County areas in one of 9 youth serving not-for-profit agencies or programs. Together they will provide over 25,000 hours in service to local youth. In return they receive a modest living allowance and an educational award. YouthServe is a program of DIAL/SELF Teen Services and is supported in part by the Massachusetts Service Alliance the state commission on community service and volunteerism.