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The Connecticut After School Network is your place for the latest and greatest affecting after school and summer programs in CT!

LATEST NEWS

NEW - State-Funded After School Grant

The Connecticut General Assembly has passed a state budget that includes $4.5 million for after school grants! Please email your state legislators and thank them for their commitment to after school. The State Department of Education has released an RFP for this funding. Proposals are due June 28.

• Request for Proposals (pdf, click HERE; Word version, click HERE)

• Slides/handouts from the bidder's conference are HERE

• For existing grantees, the two new reporting forms (fillable pdf forms HERE; Word versions are HERE)

• Frequently Asked Questions related to the grants are HERE

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NEW - Strengthening Financial Management in Afterschool Programs Webinar

Weak financial management stops too many after-school and youth-serving nonprofits from winning grants, planning realistically, and doing all they can to fulfill their missions. Organizations with strong financial management are better able to fulfill their missions as well as plan and deliver high-quality services

Date: Thursday, June 13, 2013
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour
Host: Adam Greenman

The Northeast Network of Statewide Afterschool Networks would like to invite you to attend a free webinar in partnership with Fiscal Management Associates (FMA), a leading financial management consultant for nonprofits, and The Wallace Foundation.  This webinar is designed to help you learn how to build your organization’s fiscal strength and that of your provider network through a new, free suite of online resources at StrongNonprofits.org. You’ll hear from the creators of the website how to tailor it to your needs, and you’ll also get advice from a leading expanded learning non-profit organization.

Conference dial-in number: (712) 432-0075

Participant access code: 343808



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Supporting Student Success in Connecticut

March 7th was After School Day at the Capitol and the Connecticut After School Network released our newest report "Supporting Student Success in Connecticut."

Click here to view the report now.

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Literacy Strategies After School

Literacy Strategies After School, A Teaching and Learning Strategies Guide is now available at our Resource Page.

The goal of the Literacy Strategies After School: A Teaching and Learning Strategies Guide is to support after school program managers and staff working with children in grades 1-6 to provide meaningful literacy-related activities that are in alignment with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in the area of English Language Arts (ELA). Access your copy today!

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Global Learning Webinars


Take part in Asia Society's free year-long webinar series, Global Learning for Educators. Get started with our back-to-school series designed to help you plan for the year ahead with the goal of preparing students for college and the interconnected world beyond. Use the webinars as a basis for whole-school or districtwide conversations about what matters in 21st century global education.

Past webinar recordings, click here.

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Summer Learning Funding Resources

Moving Summer Learning Forward: A Strategic Roadmap for Funding in Tough Times. While summer learning is an emerging strategy for education reform, uncertainty over how to pay for it, especially in an environment of tough budget choices, has been a barrier for school districts and community partners alike. But for those who know where to look and devise creative strategies to combine funding streams for summer learning, there is also substantial opportunity.

For more information and other funding resources click here.

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2013 Spring Conference

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2013 Annual Spring After School and Literacy Essentials Conference.

The conference focused on literacy with an emphasis on reading and writing as these are impacted by the current educational reforms and policies such as the Common Core State Standards, as well as the changing landscape in education. 

For Conference information, click here.

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Disaster Preparedness

Is your afterschool program ready for the next storm? Check out our Disaster Planning Toolkit by clicking here. The Connecticut After School Network has trainers available to help after school programs and child care centers prepare plans to cope with disasters.  Contact the Network for more information.

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Riley Institute at Furman Selects Fellows

Our very own Ken Anthony, Professional Development Director and 14 other leaders in the afterschool and expanded learning fields nationwide have been selected as White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellows as part of a partnership between The Riley Institute at Furman University and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

Click here to read more!

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2012 Annual Follow-Up

Program providers have asked for a list of the Alliance districts as defined by the State Department of Education. You can find it by clicking here.

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School-Age Resource

Click here to access, The Community Investment Collaborative for Kids Resource Guide; Creating Quality School-Aged Child Care Space (pdf)

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Grant Finder Tool from the Spark Foundation

It lets you search for Connecticut specific, or national grants available to after school programs.

Click here to access the tool!

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The Connecticut After School Network is affiliated with the National AfterSchool Association.

2013 NAA Convention Presentations, Videos and more, click here to access.

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Welcome

Visit our Training Page for the latest workshops and professional development opportunities including our new Staff Meeting Starters designed so you can conduct your own engaging staff meetings and our PEARLS Network (Peer Education After School Regional Leadership System). 

Check out our Latest Research for all the newest articles, reports and research pertaining to after school. Our Local Resources page links to local after school alliances, State agencies and local non-profit links as well as all of the Connecticut After School Network publications.