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This Spring, MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett, contributed more than $500 million towards after-school, summer learning, and positive youth development organizations, serving under-served communities. Private support is critical to closing the Out of School Time activities opportunity gap impacting over 24MM+ kids nationwide. https://buff.ly/3kyb3A9

Philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett invest in a host of afterschool programs As part of a larger series of gifts to nonprofit organizations, this spring, philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett announced the contribution of a combined investment of more than $500

It's refreshing to see states such as Vermont commit to making universal after-school a reality. The legislature and the governor’s offices will be working together over the next two years for full implementation in 2024. Proposals are also being considered in New York City and Richmond, Virginia. What will it take?!
1) State/city-wide commitment
2) Sustainable funding
3) Deep collaboration across all stakeholders
4) Central coordination
5) Systems to measure program quality and collect and analyze data
6) Effective outreach
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How to make universal afterschool a reality in your state By Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool. Across the country, afterschool programs have been chronically underfunded for decades, and the unmet demand among families has

School/Community Partner Spotlight - Wayside Elementary School PTA

We are grateful for the opportunity to support the Wayside Elementary School PTA around their fall after-school activity planning. We look forward to continuing to collaborate with Wayside and our other early adopter partners.
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It's encouraging that after-school STEM learning is on the rise, but the opportunity gap is still massive. The biggest barriers continue to be cost, transportation, and availability. 87% of parents are looking for public funding to expand opportunities and ARPA offers a generational level of funding that could meaningfully close that gap. Public-private partnerships create the best pathway to build innovative/holistic/evidence-based programs that help all children advance.

2020 America After 3PM The Afterschool Alliance's 4th edition of America After 3PM provides a detailed account of children in the afterschool hours, identifying: trends of participation in, and unmet demand for, afterschool programs; the experiences and opportunities programs afford; and which children and families are mi...