Funding Opportunities

According to a NSBA’s survey on after-school program among school board presidents, 52 percent say they will have to reduce somewhat or cut entirely programs due to decreases in funding. 

 

In this section, you will find helpful information on funding streams.  Listed directly below are some suggestions for school board members to consider when examining the funding issue:  

  • Provide financial support for a full-time after-school/community schools coordinator (perhaps in conjunction with county/city government, community-based organizations (CBOs) and faith-based organizations (FBOs)) to build the partnerships and programming for an engaging, enriching community learning center in each school-community that wants it.
  • Take advantage of the Title I Supplemental Educational Services (SES) provision of No Child Left Behind by offering engaging academic help in your own after-school programs.
  • Provide a transportation allotment for students participating in after-school programs, as well as those playing sports, in the band, and other extracurricular activities.
  • Create incentives or requirements when renovating or constructing school facilities. Design buildings to be community schools/learning centers that are much more welcoming, accessible, and usable as community education centers for students' families and other community members. 
  • Create a competitive mini-grant fund for energetic teachers and paraprofessionals to develop engaging and enriching after-school classes. These can be clubs and activities that are linked to the school day curriculum.

 


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Additional Resources

Innovative Strategies for Funding Quality After-School School Programs
After-school programs are among the most promising educational innovations today. They provide opportunities for students to engage in enriching learning activities and for schools and communities to form powerful collaborations. Learn innovative strategies for funding school based and school linked after-school programs. This webinar examines under-utilized and overlooked funding sources at the federal, state, and local levels as well as the role school boards can play in accessing these funds.

Dollars and Sense: A First Look at Financing A New Day for Learning
This publication focuses on how communities can organize resources to support A New Day for Learning.

Follow the Money: A Tool for Mapping Funds for Out-of-School Time Initiatives
This publication provides a step-by-step approach for statewide afterschool networks and others to track out-of-school time investments in their states.

Roadmap to Afterschool for All
Roadmap to Afterschool for All is a scientific study that assesses the current investment in afterschool programs from the public sector, parents, foundations and businesses, and estimates the additional investment needed from each sector to provide quality afterschool programs for all children.

Out-of-School Time Finding Funding Clearinghouse
This Resource Center highlights funding sources and financing strategies and considerations for their implementation.

Strategies for Improving Out of School Programs in Rural Communities
This brief highlights the challenges faced by rural programs and suggests several strategies that can strengthen them. Proposes five key strategies for obtaining resources for rural out-of-school programs.

Financing and Sustaining Out of School Time Programs in Rural Communities
This strategy brief describes the funding landscape of rural programs and highlights the uniques challenges facing rural program leaders. It also provide information for overcoming these challenges.

Snapshots of Sustainability: Profiles of Successful Strategies for Fiancing Out-of-School Time Programs
This compendium includes 32 profiles of out-of-school time programs that have succeeded in sustaining their work by developing strategies to marshal a broad range of critical fiscal and non-fiscal resources.

Estimating Supply and Demand for Afterschool Programs: A Tool for State and Local Policymakers
This tool provides a framework for estimating supply and demand—from basic steps to an in-depth review—by summarizing and highlighting experiences in a number of states.

 
 
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