Afterschool Alliance

Making Afterschool an Election Issue


Making the Case:
Educate & Be Prepared to Persuade

 

Additional Resources:

The Candidate’s Guide to Afterschool provides a primer on afterschool issues for candidates—from public opinion data and program supply & demand, to research on outcomes for youth, families and communities. Send the guide to candidates and their advisors with a personal note discussing how the issue affects your area. If you are able, tailor the guide to include data specific to your locality.
We want candidates to know that supporting afterschool is important to voters.

  • The parents of 18.5 million children would send their child to an afterschool program—if one were available.

  • Nearly 9 out of 10 voters are concerned that children are unsupervised after school with too much unstructured time.  Half are very concerned.  They are equally concerned about children and teens.

Afterschool keeps kids safe, inspires them to learn and helps America’s working families. 
These three key points resonate with voters of every kind. 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Familiarize Yourself with the Impact of Afterschool Policy
 
Afterschool funding and policy affects millions of families as well as stakeholders such as employers concerned about productivity and future workforce.  Be sure you have an understanding of key policies that affect afterschool in your area.  A number of federal policy initiatives have major impact on afterschool in local communities:
 
 
 
For updates on the latest federal afterschool policy developments, visit our Afterschool Snack blog.

 



Afterschool Alliance
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