Update: Jan. 20, 8 a.m.: Just after 10 p.m. on Friday night January 19, the Senate voted on the FY2018 CR but was unable to pass the measure that would have... read more →
In 2014, a unique partnership formed between the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce, The City After-School Program, and the Kansas Enrichment Network to introduce students to career pathways in Salina,... read more →
Students Learn How to Create Meals with Sparse Resources (Tahlequah Daily Press, Oklahoma) A Hulbert High School senior is helping her peers learn to cook delicious, creative meals through Kayla’s... read more →
We here at the Afterschool Alliance are once again excited by the opportunity to administer the New York Life Foundation’s incredible Aim High Grant Program. For those of you who... read more →
In less than ten days, Congress will again face a deadline to address FY 2018 federal funding. The third continuing resolution (CR) passed by Congress in late December is scheduled... read more →
By Kaleb Robertson. Kaleb is a senior at Green Bay West High School and was recently named a Youth Afterschool Ambassador for 2016-17 by the Afterschool Alliance. He has been... read more →
Harvard Law Grad Helps Low-Income Students Aim High (Christian Science Monitor) A Queens-based afterschool program is helping low-income students apply to and prepare for elite higher education. Legal Outreach offers... read more →
At the beginning of each year, most of us set personal goals that we would like to accomplish. Although the list of New Year’s resolutions vary from person to person,... read more →
By Roger Figueroa, program coordinator at Latin American Youth Center - Maryland Multicultural Youth Center. The transition for rising ninth graders is one filled with twists, turns, pitfalls, and barriers: the... read more →
By Harli Jo McKinney Welcome to our new blog series introducing the inaugural class of Youth Ambassadors! Building on the success of the Afterschool Ambassadors program, the Youth Ambassadors program... read more →