AFTERSCHOOL IN

Oklahoma

Afterschool programs in Oklahoma keep kids safe, boost student success, and help parents keep their jobs. Kids achieve more, productivity goes up, and risky behaviors go down.

Oklahoma parents strongly support afterschool:

77%

support public funding for afterschool

75%

say afterschool helps them keep their jobs

60%

say afterschool excites kids about learning

66%

say afterschool reduces the likelihood that kids will engage in risky behavior

The need for programs far exceeds the funding available.

Among Oklahoma's K-12 students:

68,751

are enrolled in afterschool

230,198

are waiting for an available program

130,367

are alone and unsupervised after school

Learn more about afterschool in Oklahoma

21st Century Community Learning Centers are the only federally funded before-school, afterschool, and summer learning programs.

TODAY

FY 2017

12,467^*

of kids enrolled in Oklahoma afterschool attend a 21st CCLC program

$12,467,002

in federal funds supports 21st CCLC programs statewide

PROPOSED BUDGET

FY 2018

0

kids served in Oklahoma

$0

to Oklahoma

Learn more about 21st Century Community Learning Centers

* This figure is an Afterschool Alliance calculation based on the state-allocated 21st CCLC funding and a program cost of $1,000 per child. The program cost per child is an Afterschool Alliance estimation based on the Department of Education's per-student expenditures for: (1) all students attending 21st CCLC programs and (2) students who regularly attend 21st CCLC programs.

Oklahoma Contacts

NETWORK

AMBASSADORS

CAUCUS

The statewide afterschool network is working to ensure that all kids have access to high-quality afterschool and summer learning programs.

Megan Stanek
Oklahoma Partnership for ELOs
309 NW 13th, Ste. 103
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
405-926-8322
megan.stanek@opelok.org

AMBASSADORS work to ensure that all kids have access to high-quality afterschool and summer learning programs.

Ambassador Emeritus
Kim Templeman
Crooked Oak Public Schools
1450 S. Eastern
Oklahoma City, OK 73129
(405) 677-5211
Send email

Ambassador Emeritus
LATICIA VACCA
Stratford SAFE Bulldog Academy
P.O. Box 589
Stratford, OK 74872
(580) 759-2669 x52
Send email

Since 2005, members of the Afterschool Caucus in both the Senate and the House of Representatives have been building support and resources for quality afterschool programs.

Caucus members in your state:

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