Afterschool Webinars

Election season is here – and your voice matters! As advocates, this is the perfect time for us to tell elected officials and candidates our afterschool stories. The Afterschool Alliance Election Toolkit has a variety of resources and materials that can help you think through outreach to the elected officials and candidates in your community!

Hear the latest afterschool policy news from Washington, D.C. including an update on the President’s FY 2021 budget proposal, the scoop on federal support for afterschool and summer learning, and a timeline for the appropriations process this year. Join us for the first installment on our 2-part Federal Policy and Afterschool webinar series, and get the latest scoop on the funding process, as well as tips and tricks to use when meeting with federal policy makers.

The New York Life Foundation will make 26 grants to out-of-school time programs serving youth through their Aim High local grant program. Join us for this webinar to learn more about the funding opportunity, eligibility requirements, and expectations. The speakers will be Marlyn Torres, Senior Program Officer at the New York Life Foundation, and Dan Gilbert, the administrator of the grant application and review process. Review the application, have your questions ready, and hear tips on submitting a strong application.

Over the past several decades, research has fundamentally changed our understanding of how adolescents—young people ages 10 to 25—develop, grow, and learn. Join us in this webinar for an opportunity to learn more about recent breakthroughs around the principles of adolescent development and learn ways that they can be applied in afterschool programs.

Every October, 1 million Americans come together at 8,000 Lights On Afterschool events across the nation. Like afterschool programs, Lights On Afterschool celebrations come in all shapes and sizes, and don't have to be huge to be effective.  Holding an event is an excellent way to build support for your program, by letting leaders and policy makers see firsthand how you are supporting kids and families in your community.

Join us for a webinar with experts from both research and practice as they provide an overview of the newly-published Changemakers! Practitioners Advance Access and Equity in Out-of-School Time. Featuring presentations by authors of two of the chapters as well as the editors of the volume, this webinar will dive into the details on how afterschool and summer learning programs can move the needle on issues of equity and access.

Join us to learn about how afterschool and summer learning programs can use Empatico, a new, free tool to teach social-emotional skills and build empathy by connecting young people to communities and cultures that are very different from their own.

This year Congress is looking at reauthorizing several laws that can have a serious impact on afterschool programs around the country, including the Higher Education Act and the Child Nutrition Act. Join us for the second installment of this webinar series to learn how both of these important pieces of legislation impact your program and the children and families you serve.

Join us for the first installment on our Federal Policy and Afterschool webinar series and get the scoop on the funding process, what's new with 21st Century Community Learning Centers and the Child Care Development Block Grant, and what's next for afterschool on Capitol Hill.