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  • President’s proposed FY2026 budget expected in spring 2025: This budget will be a recommendation, but Congress will make final decisions about which programs are funded.
     
  • Budget reconciliation expected by May 2025: Could affect tax policy related to children and families, meals policy, benefits packages, and overall government spending. Contact Congress today!
     
  • For more details, check out our blog, "Checking in on the Federal Budget and Appropriations.”

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Using Child Care Contracts to Expand Afterschool Access in Underserved Areas

Join us for a webinar to explore this CCDF policy change as an opportunity for afterschool providers to collaborate with state agencies, identify service gaps, and explore ways school-age programs can be included in funding opportunities to meet underserved needs.

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Policy Pulse for Fri. Mar. 14, 2025

Every second Friday at noon ET, our own Senior VP of Policy, Erik Peterson, will recap the latest policy developments, what we know (or don’t know!) about how they may impact afterschool and summer programs, and what may be coming up next.Watch

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Policy Pulse for Fri. Feb. 14, 2025

Every second Friday at noon ET, our own Senior VP of Policy, Erik Peterson, will recap the latest policy developments, what we know (or don’t know!) about how they may impact afterschool and summer programs, and what may be coming up next.Watch

Update on FY 2025 Appropriations
(3/12/2025)
Ending AmeriCorps funding means closing afterschool programs
(3/3/2025)
Reconciliation: A tax bill with key implications for families today and tomorrow
(2/10/2025)
Federal Budget Appropriations Update: Looking ahead at 2025
(1/29/2025)
New Executive Order would dismantle U.S. Department of Education, but shuttering it won’t be quick or easy
(3/20/2025)
Additional blogs
Continued changes at Department of Education as layoffs announced
(3/12/2025)
Executive Order establishes “Make America Healthy Again Commission”
(2/24/2025)
Executive Order on immigration
(2/19/2025)
Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon testifies in front of Senate HELP Committee
(2/14/2025)
Executive Order on transgender participation in sports
(2/13/2025)
The Impact of the Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families Executive Order on afterschool and summer learning programs
(1/31/2025)
New Executive Orders could impact afterschool and summer learning programs
(1/29/2025)
OMB temporarily pauses federal agency grants, loans, and assistance
(1/28/2025)
Afterschool Alliance sends memo to President-elect Trump’s Transition Team
(1/15/2025)