By taking advantage of the billions of dollars available through federal, state, and local funding initiatives, it is now possible to equip your after school program with effective materials that won’t break your budget.
The information below highlights some of the larger federal pools of monies that may be available to your school or district. Additionally, you can find more information and links to other funding sources by visiting our funding page.
21st-Century Community Learning Centers
This program supports the creation of community learning centers that provide academic enrichment opportunities for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program helps students meet state and local student standards in core academic subjects, offers students a broad array of enrichment activities, and offers literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.
http://www.ed.gov/programs/21stcclc/index.html
Title I
These grants supplement state and local education funding for low achieving children, especially in high-poverty schools. The program provides the extra academic support and learning opportunities that are often required to help disadvantaged students catch up with their classmates or make significant academic progress.
Title I—Supplemental Educational Services
Any Title I elementary or secondary school in its second year of school improvement is required to arrange for the provision of supplemental educational services. This funding is designed to help increase academic achievement for instruction that takes place outside the regular school day (before school, after school, or over the summer).
Cultural Partnerships for At-Risk Children and Youth
This program supports the development of school-community partnership programs that improve the educational performance of at-risk children and youth by providing comprehensive, coordinated arts education services and programs, especially programs incorporating arts education standards.