HELP SAVE AFTER SCHOOL FUNDING
Connecticut State Budget Update - February 10, 2020 On February 5, Governor Lamont released his proposed budget adjustment for the next fiscal year starting July 1, 2020. What does this mean…
Governor Releases 2 Year State Budget
The Connecticut General Assembly kicked off its 2019 session on Wednesday, January 9, and will finish on June 5. Governor Lamont has released his proposed budget (Click here to see…
Advocacy After School Task Force
Want to ensure that afterschool programs are funded? Want to expand funding for summer programs? Have ideas about state laws that impact afterschool and summer programs for kids? Join the…
Connecticut Needs Summer Learning Programs
UPDATE 2/22/18. The Education Committee will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 26, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. in Room 1E of the LOB. For more detailed information click here. UPDATE 2/21/18. The Education…
SAVE THE DATE: Upcoming Confidential Licensing Listening Sessions
The Connecticut After School Network will be hosting confidential listening sessions throughout January 2017. All licensed and exempt after school program providers are encouraged to come and share their thoughts,…
Help Keep Care4Kids Open
Keeping Care4Kids open for families is a top priority. Thank you to all of you who are helping in this effort by testifying before the Appropriations Committee, signing the petition, calling your…
CARE4KIDS IN CRISIS AGAIN
An important alert from our colleagues at the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance (CECA) -- please join with us in supporting this essential program! PROTECT CONNECTICUT’S CHILD CARE 1. November 16,…
Invest in after-school programs to ensure Connecticut’s future
Mark Fopeano is the Program Manager at Dwight Hall at Yale. Like all of us he knows the hard decisions that the legislature has to make in order to balance…
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Soooo, was after school STEM money in the Federal budget?
We’re all interested in extra money coming to afterschool programs. A nice report came from the website, Afterschool Snacks. It breaks down the President’s final budget request on STEM education…
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More Connecticut Support Needed for Afterschool in the Every Child Achieves Act
Local voice matters...I recently looked over the signatories of a letter that is going to Congress about after school. As I looked down the list, after Arkansas and California's large…