21CCLC Before and After School Program

The 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) initiative is the only federal funding source dedicated exclusively to afterschool programs. The No Child Left Behind Act reauthorized 21st CCLC in 2002, transferring the administration of the grants from the U.S. Department of Education to the state education agencies. The program was again reauthorized in 2015 in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Each state receives funds based on its share of Title I funding for low-income students. Grants support afterschool programs that provide the following services to students attending high-poverty, low-performing schools:

• Academic enrichment activities that can help students meet state and local achievement standards.
• A broad array of additional services designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic program, such as: drug and violence prevention programs, career and technical programs, counseling programs, art, music, and recreation programs, STEM programs, and character education programs.
• Literacy and related educational development services to the families of children who are served in the program. (U.S. Department of Education, 2003)

Conversations about appropriations to 21st CCLC for fiscal year 2017 and 2018 are currently underway.  Learn more about how you can reach out to Congress in support of 21st CCLC. See the Policy Blog for updates.

http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/policy21stcclc.cfm

Before and After School Starts September 4^th

ACT Prep will be offered September 4^th – 7^th