
Afterschool Alliance Want to see exactly how Congress' FY2010 increase to the 21st CCLC Program affects your state? Check out our "State(s) of Afterschool" web page for freshly updated state fact sheets with each state's new 21st CCLC funding broken down. Come on, we know you're curious.
www.afterschoolalliance.org
People are joining together across the country to push for quality, affordable afterschool programs for all youth. Networks of afterschool program providers and advocates are already working or forming in several states. For information about youth and afterschool in your state, check out this page.

Afterschool Alliance Happy Holidays from the Afterschool Alliance. If you haven't already, sign up to receive monthly afterschool updates and become an Afterschool for All partner at www.afterschoolalliance.org.

Afterschool Alliance The early bird registration rate for the Afterschool for All Challenge/National AfterSchool Association Conference has been extended until THIS FRIDAY, December 18. Register now and help us shake up the Nation's Capitol!
www.naaconvention.org
In partnership with the Afterschool Alliance's Afterschool for All Challenge, we'll shake up the Nation's Capital Afterschool Style!

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Amid concerns about how the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative would be funded in the upcoming fiscal year, this Sunday (December13th), the U.S. Senate voted 57 to 35 to approve the FY2010 Consolidated Appropriations Conference Report, which is expected to be signed into law by President Obama this week.... The legislation includes a $35 million increase for 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21stCCLC) initiative, bringing the total funding for 21st CCLCs to $1.166 billion.
Check out the Afterschool Alliance’s Policy News web page for updates on 21stCCLC funding and other goings on in the policy world.

Afterschool Alliance Reminder: Tomorrow (Dec. 15th) the Afterschool Alliance, Food Research and Action Center(FRAC) and the School Nutrition Association are hosting a conference call on the Afterschool Meal Program at 1 p.m. EST to discuss the program and answer questions. Sign Up at: org2.democracyinaction.org

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Time is running out to get a SPECIAL RATE for the 2010 Afterschool for All Challenge held with NAA’s 22nd Annual Convention: Be the Change!
But you only have until tomorrow (12/11) so don't miss out...
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Everyone who registers before December 11, 2009, will be entered to win a vacation in the beautiful Wasatch Mountains of Utah. For more information, visit the NAA Convention homepage.

Afterschool Alliance Afterschool in Action: 'Chicago after-school programs show staying power' from Medill Reports...
news.medill.northwestern.edu
Story URL: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=152207 Story Retrieval Date: 12/10/2009 9:20:36 AM CST

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From our Policy Director: Funding for afterschool programs makes sound economic sense when considering effective ways to decrease unemployment and increase student readiness for college and career. http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/after schoolsnack/ASnack.cfm

Afterschool Alliance Check out this study from the Wallace Foundation
www.wallacefoundation.org
(September 2009) An examination of the investments six major cities are making to create well-functioning systems to provide quality afterschool opportunities to more kids.

Afterschool Alliance Check out this Op-ed written by one of the Afterschool Alliances Afterschool Ambassadors!
www.bakersfield.com
Every afternoon, schools across California dismiss children for the day, and at about the same instant, any number of working parents begin to worry. Many are unsure of what their children are up to; others ...

Afterschool Alliance Afterschool in Action: Achievement program looks to keep kids from getting lost in middle school, from an article in the Baltimore Sun...
www.baltimoresun.com
At first the idea of regularly staying after school until 8 in the evening seemed "cool" to 11-year-old Kaelah Williams, but then the reality sank in that she would have to give up her afternoons to read ...

Afterschool Alliance Wow! We just hit 500 followers on Twitter! Are you one of them?
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The Afterschool Alliance is working to ensure that all children have access to affordable, quality afterschool programs.

Afterschool Alliance The Food Research and Action Center(FRAC), the Afterschool Alliance, and the School Nutrition Association are hosting a conference call on the Afterschool Meal Program on December 15 at 1 p.m. EST to discuss the program and answer questions. Sign Up below:
org2.democracyinaction.org
Is your state new to the Afterschool Meal Program? Do you have questions about how to get a program started? Or, has your state been operating the program for a while but needs to kick up efforts?

Afterschool Alliance Do you have 2 minutes for 28,000 kids in afterschool programs in Los Angeles? http://imagine.lasbest.org/

Afterschool Alliance Read this inspiring story about one family's struggle to keep their kids in an afterschool art program, and the payoff of all their hard work:
www.latimes.com
Juan Correa, 15, is photographed with dry point, which is used for print making, at the Hola Arts Studio in Los Angeles. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)





















