- Program Education
- Program Area Advancing Afterschool
- Grant Amount $225,000
- Grant Period October 1, 2005–September 30, 2008
- Location Providence, RI, United States
- Geographic Focus Rhode Island
About this grant
Since 2002, the United Way of Rhode Island, along with committed stakeholders, have worked to support a statewide afterschool network to create a movement for quality afterschool programs across Rhode Island.Multiyear funding will provide core support to the network and support efforts to promote policies and practices for school-based/school-linked afterschool programs. In addition, the network will build on the City of Providence’s efforts to engage providers and policymakers in developing a statewide afterschool system targeting program quality and public/private partnerships.