On March 3, 2005, Members of Congress announced that in order to build support for afterschool programs and increase resources for quality afterschool care, they have established the first-ever Afterschool Caucuses in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Reps. Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) serve as current co-chairs of the bipartisan Caucuses. 

Current members of the Afterschool Caucuses for the 113^th Congress are listed below:

Ask your senators and representative to show their support for afterschool programs by joining the Afterschool Caucuses!

Click here to read a press release about the launch of the Afterschool Caucuses.

Current members of the Afterschool Caucuses:

United States Senate Afterschool Caucus Members

1. Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK)
2. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
3. Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)
4. Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA)
5. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
6. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
7. Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
8. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
9. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)
10. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
11. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD)
12. Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
13. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
14. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
15. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
16. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)
17. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
18. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
19. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
20. Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM)
21. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
22. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
23. Sen. Robert Casey, Jr. (D-PA)
24. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
25. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
26. Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
27. Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
28. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT)
29. Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
30. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
31. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)

United States House Afterschool Caucus Members

1. Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
2. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
3. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
4. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
5. Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA)
6. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
7. Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)
8. Rep. John Larson (D-CT)
9. Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
10. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
11. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
12. Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)
13. Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
14. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
15. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
16. Rep. Bill Young (R-FL)
17. Rep. John Barrow (D-GA)
18. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
19. Rep. David Loebsack (D-IA)
20. Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID)
21. Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL)
22. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)
23. Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN)
24. Rep. Edward Whitfield (R-KY)
25. Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
26. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
27. Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
28. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
29. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
30. Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME)
31. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
32. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
33. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)
34. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
35. Rep. David Price (D-NC)
36. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
37. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)
38. Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY)
39. Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)
40. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
41. Rep. Greg Meeks (D-NY)
42. Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY)
43. Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY)
44. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
45. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)
46. Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA)
47. Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
48. Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI)
49. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
50. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)
51. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
52. Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
53. Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
54. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
55. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
56. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
57. Rep. James Moran (D-VA)
58. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)
59. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)
60. Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
61. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)

Check back to see if your Senators and Representatives have joined the Afterschool Caucuses!