We are still looking for applicants if you are interested and did not meet the first application round.  If you are looking for an opportunity to explore and build comfort with sharing STEM learning as a regular part of your program? Are you a frontline educator and want to learn...

Application deadline extended - November 27, 2023 The Flight Crew is a group of youth advocates promoting the value of out-of-school STEM learning and equity in STEM for young people across the nation. The 2023 Flight Crew will participate in eight months of youth development and public speaking training to...

November is a busy month! November 8th is National STEM Day - let’s make it a blast! (more…)

As programs rebuild and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, we are here to help support staff and leadership development, develop quality improvement tools vital to program success, and provide opportunities for your voice to be heard statewide and nationally. In addition to our conferences and on-site training service, several exciting...

The Wallace Foundation has announced a one-year grant opportunity for groups of organizations that are working together to promote adolescent youth development. Expressions of interest from eligible partnerships are due at 5 p.m., Friday, November 4th. Adolescence is a time of rapid development for young people marked by growing independence,...

The Well-Being Institute, formally known as Behavior Management Institute, focuses on providing comprehensive well-being supports to afterschool staff and educators in a cycle beginning in October 2022 and ending in May 2023. (more…)

Join Shawna the first Monday of every month on Facebook Live at noon! (more…)

We are just 11 weeks away from one of the biggest days of giving. (more…)

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EXHIBITOR AND SPONSOR PACKAGES ARE NOW AVAILABLE! (more…)

Hello friends!  So excited for this August's post.  It's all about the Perseids. (more…)

We invite you to apply to present at our Annual Fall Conference.   (more…)

The Connecticut State Department of Education is pleased to announce the new competitive ARP ESSER After School Innovation Request for Proposals (RFP).  (more…)

Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Tea Time! Get your tea cups ready because we have more to spill this week! Keep your questions coming because you could be helping someone who has similar questions! (more…)

I love sharing my love for astronomy each month.  I wish there were times I can do it weekly, but we are located in a pretty tough area where light pollution or weather for that matter may not always be on our side. (more…)

Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Tea Time! Get your tea cups ready because we have more to spill this week! Keep your questions coming because you could be helping someone who has similar questions! (more…)

Our Feel Good Friday blog gives us an inside look and learning more about the Network staff!  Here is what is making us feel good lately! We look forward to sharing our small blurbs and hope you do too. Comment or share what you think...would you like to be included?...

Welcome back to this week’s segment of After School Tea Time! Get your tea cups ready because we have more to spill this week! Keep your questions coming because you could be helping someone who has similar questions! (more…)

Millions of professionals and volunteers work with young people every day in the many settings where youth play, learn, and grow outside of the school day. (more…)