Out of School Time Funders Meeting

Greater New Orleans Afterschool Partnership and

United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area

July 20, 2010

What is Out of School Time?

When is it?• Afterschool• Summer• Weekends

What is it?• Activities offered• Outcomes expected

Where is it?• School• Rec centers• Community centers• Churches

Who is it?• Ages served• Communities served• Agencies and programs

Children spend about 80% of their time OUT OF SCHOOL.(All Work and No Play, Public Agenda,2004)

Benefits of Out of School Time Programming

Body of research indicates that high-quality OST DOES make a difference.

• Supervised, safe, engaging environment

• Social and emotional development

• Health and wellness

• Support for working families

• School success

Out of School Time in New Orleans

• About 300 programs

– Afterschool

– Summer

– Low- or no-cost/Fee for service

– School-based/Center- or community-based

GAPS in OST

• Ages served – pre-k, elementary, middle, high

• Geography – neighborhoods served

• Facilities – capital needs

• Service areas – focus of programs

• Quality – programs that can make a difference

• Access – voice and choice

Out of School Time in New Orleans

Out of School Time: Primary Funding Sources

• 21st Century Community Learning Center• TANF Afterschool For All (ended 2010)• Community Development Block Grant• Child Care Development Block Grant• Title I Funding (other federal school-based streams)• Workforce Investment Act (WIA)• Office of Juvenile Justice Prevention and Diversion

Programs• Private/philanthropic• Registration/tuition

State OST FundingFor example…

21st Century Community Learning Center •Federal Block Grant to Louisiana Department of Education•About twenty providers in the GNO region; •In Orleans Parish, 21CCLC serves about 8,000 childrenFunding Levels:•2009: $23,599,759 from U.S. to LA •2010: $21,624,179 from U.S. to LA

But, we LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE!

*Fully 50% of the 2.3% that goes to Opportunities for Youth is used for JUVENILE ADJUDICATION and INCARCERATION.

GNO Afterchool Partnership, Understanding Youth Funding in the 2010 New Orleans City Budget

April 2010

Local and Regional Improvement Efforts

• Funding Collaboratives

– Unified Summer Grants Collaborative

– Central City Funders Collaborative

– Giving Circles

• Quality Improvement Initiatives

– Louisiana Department of Education

– Wallace Foundation

Our Role Models

• Providence After School Alliance

• Nashville AfterZone Alliance

• TASC (New York City)

• United Way-Massachusetts Bay Success For Life

• Afterschool Matters (Chicago)

GNO Afterschool Partnership

http://www.gnoafterschool.org

I Live Here – New Orleans

http://neworleans.ilivehere.info

Funding Map

http://gnoafterschool.org/resources/funding-advocacy/