American Rescue Plan:
A Focus on Afterschool & Summer Learning
With new support from the American Rescue Plan, schools have the opportunity to leverage support from afterschool and summer programs to help students re-engage, re-connect and recover.
Throughout the pandemic, schools teamed up with community partners to support families, from providing distance learning help and enrichment to meals and well-being check-ins. These partnerships draw on decades of research that show afterschool and summer programs boost academic, social, and emotional learning. They need help sustaining and rebuilding relationships, talking about their experiences and emotions, developing as leaders and agents of change, and re-engaging with their interests.
Because they’re rooted in local partnerships, summer and afterschool programs are able to leverage resources and space from libraries, parks, museums, churches, businesses and other community organizations. Join us to hear from national and state leaders on the ways that summer and afterschool programs are proven to accelerate learning gains and to support positive mental health. Learn how federal COVID relief dollars can provide resources to support afterschool and summer programs.
Throughout the pandemic, schools teamed up with community partners to support families, from providing distance learning help and enrichment to meals and well-being check-ins. These partnerships draw on decades of research that show afterschool and summer programs boost academic, social, and emotional learning. They need help sustaining and rebuilding relationships, talking about their experiences and emotions, developing as leaders and agents of change, and re-engaging with their interests.
Because they’re rooted in local partnerships, summer and afterschool programs are able to leverage resources and space from libraries, parks, museums, churches, businesses and other community organizations. Join us to hear from national and state leaders on the ways that summer and afterschool programs are proven to accelerate learning gains and to support positive mental health. Learn how federal COVID relief dollars can provide resources to support afterschool and summer programs.
Your Input is Important!
This is a once in a generation opportunity to secure impactful investments in afterschool & OST programs for our state! You - as OST program staff, site leaders, educators, and administrators - are the experts of the field that can provide the best insight and experience to help guide the use of these funds. Make sure to keep an eye out for future opportunities to provide your feedback on state and school district plans!
Helpful Documents & Resources
Please take a few moments to review some helpful supplemental materials that will provide important context to how these funds are being used in other states:
- Fact Sheet on COVID-19 Relief Funding
- Nevada State Plan (DRAFT) for ARP ESSER Funds
- Feedback Guide: Helpful data, writing prompts, and supporting material for providing ARP funding feedback
- Chart with 25+ examples of ways state and local education agencies are using American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds for afterschool and summer programming — plus examples of states using other relief funds and partnering with LEAs
- New blogs to help understand state ARP ESSER plans...
- ...and find materials to help programs access ARP funding.
- We have a new chart on the American Rescue Plan page showing states with grant funding opportunities that afterschool and summer learning providers may apply for.
- Our latest ARP webinar, Tapping into ARP State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to Support Afterschool and Summer Learning, walks through the funding opportunities at the state and local level and provides examples of how funds are being used to support enrichment and learning opportunities for young people.
- Visit www.3to6.co/rescue to find a toolkit designed to help local programs reach out to school districts about partnering to support student recovery using ARP dollars.
- View the Nevada ARP Child Care Stabilization Fact Sheet to learn more about child care stabilization funds in Nevada provided by ARP.
Listening Session: Partnerships between Schools & Expanded Learning Programs
Thank You for those who joined us to explore what is possible, how to quickly form effective partnerships, and how to maximize an investment in community-based partners for student recovery!
Speakers:
Erik Peterson: Sr. Vice President of Policy, National Afterschool Alliance
Rebecca Feiden: Executive Director, Nevada State Public Charter School Authority
Denise Tanata: NV Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Director, The Children's Cabinet
Speakers:
Erik Peterson: Sr. Vice President of Policy, National Afterschool Alliance
Rebecca Feiden: Executive Director, Nevada State Public Charter School Authority
Denise Tanata: NV Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Director, The Children's Cabinet