Coordinating Human Service Funding to Support OutofSchool Time Initiatives at the local level

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Coordinating Human Service Funding to Support
Out-of-School Time Initiatives at the local
level

• Bela P. Shah
• Institute for Youth, Education and Families
• National League of Cities
• APHSA Fall Conference
• Arlington, VA
• September 11, 2007

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Municipal Leaders Understand Value of Afterschool

• 21 of municipal leaders consider afterschool
  programs as one of their citys top three most
  pressing needs.
• Municipal leaders say if they had more resources
  they would focus on creating more afterschool,
  childcare, recreation enrichment and mentoring
  programs.
• 65 of respondents in large cities said their
  municipalities provide direct afterschool
  services.
• 35 of elected officials said their cities
  offerings of afterschool programs are less than
  adequate for children and families.
• 78 of city officials believe afterschool
  programs enhance their effort to curb juvenile
  crime or violence during daytime hours (2006).

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Link between Afterschool and City Goals

• Workforce/economic development
• Help working families school-age care and worker
  productivity
• Public Safety/Cost of Policing/Crime Prevention
• Reduce time for risky behaviors
• Ensure the health and well-being of communities
• Support academic achievement
• Increase youth civic participation, pride and
  service
• Develops character, talents, interests of young
  people
• Strengthens the community

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Growth of Dollars for Afterschool in Cities
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The Importance of Coordination --Funding
Landscape for Afterschool

• Local Investments K-12 Education, city parks
  recreation, dedicated local revenue sources
  (general fund, tax levy, Mayor initiatives,
  sin/crime tax, blended dollars)
• Private Investments Foundations, United Way,
  Business Partnerships, private donors/volunteers
• State General Fund Investments K-12 Education,
  Health/Social Services, Juvenile Justice
• Federal Entitlement (ex Food and Nutrition)
• Block Grant (ex 21CCLC, TANF, Title I, CCDF,
  CDBG)
• Discretionary Grants (GEAR Up, Weed and Seed)

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Municipal Leaders Engagedin Afterschool

• NLC works with municipal officials to help them
  build their capacity and use their leadership/
  bully pulpit to
• Increase awareness of importance of afterschool
  programs
• Build public will and support
• Broaden access
• Assess local resources and needs
• Improve quality/develop afterschool standards
• Align in-school with out-of-school time learning
• Finance citywide systems
• Develop governance structure
• Promote partnerships to strengthen and support a
  citywide afterschool system

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City Examples Denver, CO

• 2006/2007 -- 500,000 in Quality Improvement
  funds
• -- quality improvement of afterschool and summer
  programs
• -- evaluation (through Denvers Lights On
  Afterschool Partnership)
• -- training/professional development for
  afterschool providers
• -- citywide assessment of programs
• 2007/2008 -- 500,000 in TANF funds
• -- direct service (program expansion, strengthen
  services, serve more kids)
• -- evaluation
• -- none of the money was transferred over to
  CCDF for child care reimbursement.

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City Examples Grand Rapids, MI

• Receive 500,000 in TANF dollars
• -- used for direct service to fund four school
  sites in the Grand Rapids Public Schools, serving
  450 poor children.
• -- United Way is fiscal agent subcontract with
  CampFire to manage the sites.
• -- TANF funds support academic support and
  enrichment activities same as 21st CLCC.
• -- Citys Office of Children, Youth, and
  Families advocates for TANF funds and ensures
  programs are in line with the quality
  expectations of standards and outcomes. 

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City Examples Columbus, OH

• In Ohio, TANF funds distributed by county.
  Franklin County allocates over 2 million in TANF
  for afterschool throughout city.
• 450,000 to City of Columbus for City-Student
  Tech Core 100 high school students in
  afterschool/ workforce development program. Funds
  pay for program, data collection, testing,
  curriculum, license, computers and stipend.
• Mayor Coleman strongly advocated for 28 million
  in TANF for afterschool to remain part of the new
  governors budget. Successful at keeping 21
  million in budget.