- Program Education
- Program Area Advancing Afterschool
- Grant Amount $1,000,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2006–December 31, 2006
- Location Washington, DC, United States
- Geographic Focus United States
About this grant
The Afterschool Alliance supports the vision that all children and youth — particularly those in underserved populations — will have access to quality, affordable afterschool programs. The specific goals of the alliance are to serve as a national information source on afterschool programs and resources; be an effective voice for expanding the quality of afterschool programs; encourage the development of local, state and national afterschool constituencies and systems; and communicate the impact of afterschool programs on children, families and communities.This grant will enable the alliance to raise public awareness of afterschool programs and resources and continue developing its organizational infrastructure.In 2005, Lights on Afterschool – a nationwide celebration of local events designed to call attention to the importance of afterschool programs – had more than 8,000 rallies involving approximately 1 million Americans.