The major federal funding sources supporting after-school programs promote a variety of goals and outcomes, including:
- substance abuse prevention
- juvenile delinquency
- workforce development
- academic supports for students
For more information on federal funding sources supporting after-school, read How to Get Money .
NEW GRANTS
U.S. Department of Labor announced a three-category, $17.3 million competition through which selected localities will develop strategies to assist all their young offenders returning from correctional facilities. Please read a copy of the release for more information. The deadline for applications is Dec. 18.
Grant: Stonyfield KaBOOM! Double Play
To fund a volunteer project to build or improve a playground, skate park, basketball court, sports field or similar play space.
Funder: Stonyfield Farm
Eligibility: Schools and youth organizations
Deadline: Dec. 31
Amount: One $50,000 grant
Grant: Child Mental Health
To support integrated home- and community-based services for children and youth with serious emotional disturbances and their families.
Funder: U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Eligibility: Public entities
Deadline: Jan. 15
Amount: 17 grants of up to $1 million
Grant: YouthBuild Grants
To provide opportunities for disadvantaged youth in education, employment and community engagement.
Funder: U.S. Department of Labor
Eligibility: Nonprofits
Deadline: Jan. 15
Amount: $47 million for three-year grants of $700,000 to $1.1 million
Grant: We the People Challenge Grants in U.S. History, Institutions and Culture
To support humanities activities that examine American history through the lens of the nation's founding principles.
Funder: U.S. National Endowment for the HumanitiesEligibility: Nonprofits
Eligibility: States, special district and tribal governments, institutions of higher education and other nonprofits
Deadline: Feb. 3, 2009
Amount: up to $1 million
Federal funding sources, typically administered by state agencies, support after-school programs.
- Child Care Funds
- The federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) provides subsidies to low-income families for child care for ages under 13.
- State quality improvement initiatives include an earmarked fund for improvements in the quality of school-age care.
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funds
- May be spent directly on after-school programs
- Up to 30% may be transferred to CCDF
- Education Funds
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21CCLC)
- Title 1
- Safe and Drug Free Schools
- Workforce Development Funds
- Title 1 of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA)
- AmeriCorps
- Provides trained, dedicated volunteers to agencies and non-profits, including those serving children in out-of-school time
- Juvenile Justice Funds: Violence Prevention
- Title V Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention
- Obesity Prevention Funds
- Carol M. White Physical Education program funded by the Department of Education
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Funds
- Preventive Health and Services Block Grant, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
For detailed information go to The Finance Project’s Out-of-School Time funding series.