Awarded Grants

To support a program that provides academic support-with an emphasis on literacy and college planning, job training and career opportunities, as well as health and wellness recreational activities.

To support an organization that aims to prepare Bronx youth to become productive and independent adults through dance.

To support an organization that addresses the educational and support needs of underserved middle school students in New York City by hiring high school and college students as teachers and mentors.

Support was given to advocates working on the California expansion of after-school programs, in order to support a focus on program quality.

To support the development and evaluation of a course that will prepare after-school site coordinators and supervisors to conduct on-site coaching and on-site in-service training for their staff.

To support regional out-of-school time networks that are currently building quality accountability and improvement systems.

This two-year supplemental award will enable the Afterschool Alliance (AA) to use messaging, public education, leadership training, and partnerships at the local, state, and federal level to help educate policymakers about the importance of after-school programs and the need for ...

How do policy influentials use research-based evidence on the effectiveness of sex education in schools?

Can trained, informal mentors reduce the rates of substance use among rural African Americans making the transition from adolescence to adulthood? Are informal mentor relationships more effective than simply training families to be supportive of these young adults?

To help support the radio and Internet documentary “Will Power to Youth” which will explore an after-school program and its long-term effects.